Ibrahim "Teteh" Bangura (born 27 December 1989 in

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) is an unattached

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striker.

Career

Kallon F.C.

Bangura began his career in his native Sierra Leone, playing with F.C. Kallon. He was the leading goal scorer in the

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and Sierra Leone FA Cup for the 2006–07 season, and participated in European trials

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and Swedish club

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, but was not offered a contract by either team.

Cleveland City Stars

Bangura joined the

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of the

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in 2009, and was then sent on loan to

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of the

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. He scored a hat-trick on his debut for Cascade on 22 May 2009, in a game against Spokane Spiders.

Köping FF

On 18 July 2010, the Swedish club Köping FF – a fourth tier club struggling against relegation – announced that Bangura was on trial with them. The trial was successful and he made his debut away against Eskilstuna City FK. He scored one goal in that game. His home debut was against the league leaders

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, a 3–3 tie in which Bangura scoring all three goals for the home team.

AIK

On 27 September AIK signed Bangura for three years starting, 1 January 2011.AIK Fotboll – AIK värvar Teteh Bangura
. Aikfotboll.se (29 September 2010). In the 2011 season, he scored 15 goals in 17 games and made 3 assists. In summer 2011, he signed for

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Beitar Jerusalem

On 31 August 2013 Bangura entered for the 1st time into a game vs. Maccabi Petah Tikva, as a substitute, and helped the club to win its first win in 2013–14 season. on 29 September 2013 he scored his 1st goal, and alter was shown a red card by the referee in a game vs. Hapoel Ra'anana that ended in 2–2 draw. On 2 November 2013, Bangura scored 2 goals in a game vs. Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv when Beitar Jerusalem won 2–1. Later Bangura suffered and Injury. He left Beitar Jerusalem in January 2014.

Career statistics

International

Bangura was called up to the Sierra Leone national team for a World Cup qualifier with Equatorial Guinea on 6 September 2008, but did not see any minutes.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Sierra Leone's goal tally first.''

References

External links

CCS bio
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bangura, Teteh 1989 births Living people Footballers from Freetown Sierra Leonean men's footballers Sierra Leonean expatriate men's footballers Sierra Leone men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Cleveland City Stars players Cascade Surge players Köping FF players AIK Fotboll players USL First Division players USL League Two players Israeli Premier League players Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Bursaspor footballers Süper Lig players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Division 2 (Swedish football) players Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players GAIS players