Musa Kallon (born 8 April 1970) is a Sierra Leonean

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coach and former player. He is the older brother of Sierra Leonean international footballers

Mohamed Kallon Mohamed Kallon Order of the Rokel, MOR (born 6 October 1979) is a Sierra Leonean association football, football manager and former player who is the manager of the Sierra Leone national football team. He was a striker and played for Inter Milan f ...

, and Kemokai Kallon.

Playing career

Club

Kallon was born in

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, Sierra Leone. He played as a

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for Vanspor (1994–1995) in Turkey, Sportul Studenţesc București (1995–1996) in

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, and PSM Makassar, Persikota Tangerang and Persebaya Surabaya (1996–1999) in

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International

Kallon was capped several times for

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between 1990 and 1998, and scored two goals in a 5–1 win against

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to help Sierra Leone qualify for the 1996 African Cup of Nations in South Africa.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Kallon also coached the Sierra Leone U-17 side in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in

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after managing a second-place finish in the 2003 African U-17 Championship. In 2007 he coached Central Parade. Kallon coached Kallon F.C. to a runners up position in the 2004–05 League Championship. He fell out with his players, management and his younger brother, however, who later sacked him. In 2005, Kallon was banned for a year after forcefully stopping a league match between Kallon FC and Diamond Stars by letting his daughter sit down in the centre of the field, after the players refused to play under him. On 9 February 2016, Kallon was sacked by Old Edwardians.

Honours

Player

Mighty Blackpool * Sierra Leone National Premier League: 1998 * Sierra Leonean FA Cup: 1988 Union Douala * Cameroon Premiere Division: 1990 RC Bafoussam * Cameroon Première Division: 1992, 1993

References

External links

Indonesian article
on emosijiwaku.com *

(archived) 1970 births Living people Men's association football midfielders People from Kenema Mighty Blackpool F.C. players East End Lions F.C. players Union Douala players RC Bafoussam players Vanspor footballers FC Sportul Studențesc București players PSM Makassar players Persikota Tangerang players Persebaya Surabaya players Elite One players Süper Lig players Liga I players Indonesian Premier Division players Sierra Leone men's international footballers Sierra Leonean football managers Sierra Leonean men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cameroon Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Romania Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia 1996 African Cup of Nations players {{SierraLeone-footy-bio-stub