Kelfala Marah (born 7 July 1984) is a Sierra Leonian former professional

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who played as an

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. He made two appearances for the Sierra Leone national team.

Club career

Marah arrived in Europe in the summer of 2003 after playing with

Mighty Blackpool F.C. Mighty Blackpool is a Sierra Leonean football club based in the capital Freetown. They play in the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the top football league in the country. Blackpool represents the West End of Freetown and their home games ...

, East End Lions F.C. and FC Kallon. In September 2002 he was priced as the most expensive player in the

Sierra Leone National Premier League Sierra Leone National Premier League is a professional football league in Sierra Leone. It was founded in 1967. The league is sponsored by Leone Rock Metal Group. East End Lions and Mighty Blackpool are the two biggest and most successful clubs ...

. He first came to

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where he signed

FK Željezničar Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Željezničar Sarajevo ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Жељезничap Сарајево; English language, English: Football Club Željezničar Sarajevo), commonly referred to as Željo, is a professional Association fo ...

in the

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (; ; sr-Cyrl, Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), officially known as the Wwin League of Bosnia and Herzegovina for sponsorship purposes, is the top tier football leagu ...

but was loaned to another Bosnian club,

NK Bosna Visoko Nogometni klub Bosna Visoko () is a professional association football club from the city of Visoko that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Currently, Bosna plays in the Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Group Center) ...

playing with them in the first half of the second level, the 2003–04 First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina season. During winter-break, he moved to

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where he played in the

First League of Serbia and Montenegro The First League of Serbia and Montenegro () was the top Association football, football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed as the First League of FR Yugoslavia following the breakup of ...

club

FK Čukarički Fudbalski klub Čukarički () is a Serbian professional football club from Belgrade, more precisely from the Čukarica municipality, that currently plays in the Serbian SuperLiga, the top tier of Serbian football. Founded in 1926, the club spe ...

. The following winter break, he was loaned to a third-level

Serbian League East Serbian League East (Serbian language, Serbian: Српска лига Исток / Srpska liga Istok) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, third tier of professional football in Serbia. The other three sections are Serbian League Belgrad ...

club

FK Rudar Kostolac FK Rudar Kostolac (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Рудар Костолац) is a football club based in Kostolac, Serbia. History Football started in the region with the beginning of the mining activity in the Klenovnik in 1933. At the end of the Sec ...

to get more chances to play. Next season he moved to Sweden to play with Reymersholms IK. He would later also play with Swedish clubs

Älvsjö AIK Älvsjö AIK FF is a Swedish football club located in Älvsjö within Stockholm Municipality. Background Älvsjö AIK was formed on 23 May 1915. The first and largest section of the newly formed club was football. Other sports played included ...

and Danderyds SK, and in 2021 Danderyds United FC in the Swedish 9th tier.

International career

Marah was part of the Sierra Leone national team from the 2002 World Cup qualifiers.Kelfala Marah NT stats
at Playerhistory

Honors

Mighty Blackpool *

: 2000, 2001 * Sierra Leonean FA Cup: 2000 Čukarički *

Second League of Serbia and Montenegro The Second League of Serbia and Montenegro was the second tier of the football league system in Serbia and Montenegro, one level below the First League of Serbia and Montenegro. History Formed in 1992 after the breakup of Yugoslavia, it consiste ...

: 2003–04

References

External links

* * at Srbijafudbal
Marah Profile
at Azplayers Living people 1984 births Sierra Leonean men's footballers Sierra Leone men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders First League of Serbia and Montenegro players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players FK Čukarički players Reymersholms IK players Älvsjö AIK players Sierra Leonean expatriate men's footballers Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Serbia and Montenegro Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia and Montenegro Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden {{SierraLeone-footy-bio-stub