Ibrahim Tahini (born 25 July 1987) is a Sierra Leonean former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Tahini came to Sweden as a 15-year-old and first played for

Falkenbergs FF Falkenbergs Fotbollsförening, also known simply as Falkenbergs FF, Falkenberg or (especially locally) FFF, is a Swedish football club based in Falkenberg. Formed on 3 January 1928, the club plays in the second highest Swedish league, Superetta ...

. In 2009, while playing for

Melleruds IF Melleruds IF is a Swedish football club located in Mellerud in Västra Götaland County. Background Melleruds Idrottsförening were founded on 28 July 1908 at a meeting in the Jacobssons café at Köpmantorget in Mellerud. The first club chairm ...

, he was scouted by

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. He was Melleruds's top scorer in the 2009 season with 12 goals and trained with Gefle of the

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's Assyriska,

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of the

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and Swedish Division 1's Dalkurd. In 2010 Tahini signed for

IK Oddevold IK Oddevold is a Swedish football club located in Uddevalla. The club, formed on 3 July 1932, currently plays in Sweden's second-flight league, Superettan. They play most of their home games at Rimnersvallen and they also have a newly built tr ...

from Melleruds IF. In early May 2012, due to lack of playing time, Tahini and IK Oddevold agreed to terminate his contract. Having trained with

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, he moved to lower league team Svarteborg Dingle IF later that month. On 4 July 2012, Tahini joined

Vänersborgs IF Vänersborgs IF is a Swedish Association football, football club located in Vänersborg. The club was founded in 1906. The current men's football team head coach is Andy Kilner. Background The club was founded in 1906. In the 1940s, it became t ...

on a loan deal. In November 2012 he was on a trial with Swedish Division 1 South side

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. Tahini joined

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in January 2015.

International career

Tahini was a member of the Sierra Leone U17 national team that lost in the final to

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at the

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, thereby qualifying for

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in Finland. He made his senior international debut for

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in a 2005 friendly against Liberia in Freetown.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tahini, Ibrahim 1987 births Living people Sierra Leonean men's footballers Footballers from Freetown Men's association football forwards Sierra Leone men's international footballers Melleruds IF players IK Oddevold players IFK Åmål players IFK Uddevalla players Sierra Leonean expatriate men's footballers Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Stenungsunds IF players