Lamin Suma (born 14 July 1991) is a

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...

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who plays as a

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for Stumptown Athletic in the

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Club career

Born in

Freetown Freetown () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, e ...

, he was 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 ...

until summer 2011 when he moved to another

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side FC Kallon. In November 2011 he went to

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where he joined

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

side

Eskişehirspor Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish football club located in Eskişehir. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division of Turkish football for 16 years until they were relegated. After being out of the Süper Lig for 12 years the ...

on trials.Lamin Suma excels in Eskisehirspor, Turkey
at Africa Young Voices (AYV), 16-11-2011 He developed a good relation with club's coach

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and the prospects of Suma getting a contract looked good, however the sudden departure of Skibbe from Eskişehirspor left Suma with his future uncertain and Serbian side

FK Jagodina Fudbalski klub Jagodina () is a Serbian professional Association football, football club based in the city of Jagodina, which plays in the Serbian League East, the third tier in Serbia's football league. The club was founded in 1919 under the na ...

moved in and offered him a contract. Lamin Suma made his

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debut on March 31, 2012, as a substitute in a 21-round match visiting

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Serbia, the second large ...

, a 0-0 draw. He made a total of 3 appearances in the

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. In August 2012 he agreed to a loan to

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side

FK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje Fudbalski klub Jedinstvo ( Montenegrin: Фудбалски клуб Јединство), known as Jedinstvo Franca for sponsorship reasons, is football club from Bijelo Polje, Montenegro, currently competing in the Montenegrin First League. The cl ...

where he played the 2012–13 season. In summer 2013 he moved to Estonia and joined

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side

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. In 2014, he moved to Finnish third-tier side

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. After playing in Europe, Suma moved across the Atlantic to the United States and joined SGFC Eagles Maryland in 2015, a semi professional side playing in American Soccer League, in March 2016, he signed a short-term deal until summer with Philadelphia Fury.Lamin Suma signs for USA club Philadelphia Fury
at sierraleonefootball.com, 5-3-2016, retrieved 6-12-2016 Philadelphia Fury ended the season as champions, and Suma won the ''best player award'' of the 2016 Spring season of the American Soccer League. As result, Suma signed with

Sacramento Republic FC Sacramento Republic FC is an American professional soccer team based in Sacramento, California, that competes in the Western Conference of the USL Championship, the second level in US soccer. Co-founded by Warren Smith and Joe Wagoner in 2012, t ...

on December 5, 2016, a club playing a level higher, in the

United Soccer League The United Soccer League (USL) is an organizer of various professional and amateur soccer leagues in the United States league system. It currently organizes its Championship, League One, and League Two for men, its Super League and W Leag ...

. On 21 December 2017, Suma signed with USL side

Fresno FC Fresno Football Club was an American professional soccer team based in Fresno, California. Founded in 2017, the team was a member of the USL Championship, a second-tier league in the American Soccer Pyramid. Their first game took place on March ...

ahead of their inaugural season in the league.

National team

Lamin Suma has played for all categories of the Sierra Leonian youth national team, namely, the U-17, U-20 and U-23 teams. He was the captain of the Sierra Leone U-20 team. On May 19, 2011, he received a call by Christian Cole to the

Sierra Leone national football team The Sierra Leone national football team represents Sierra Leone in association football and is governed by the Sierra Leone Football Association. It has qualified for Africa Cup of Nations three times. History Sierra Leone's first match was at ...

however he was later dropped by Lars Matsson.Two different Sierra Leone squads have been announced
at

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, 19-5-2011

Personal life

Lamin Suma is the younger brother of Sheriff Suma, also a footballer.

References

External sources

Profile
at FK Jagodina official website * at Srbijafudbal {{DEFAULTSORT:Suma, Lamin 1991 births Living people Footballers from Freetown Sierra Leonean men's footballers Sierra Leonean expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Mighty Blackpool F.C. players F.C. Kallon players FK Jagodina players Serbian SuperLiga players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Serbia FK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje players Expatriate men's footballers in Montenegro Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Montenegro FC Flora players Esiliiga players Meistriliiga players Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Estonia Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Finland Sacramento Republic FC players Fresno FC players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in the United States Philadelphia Fury players Stumptown AC players National Independent Soccer Association players Mqabba F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Malta