Sidney Kargbo

Sidney Kargbo (born 1 July 1986 in Freetown[2]) is a Sierra Leonean international footballer who last played for Azerbaijani side Kapaz PFC. He is the younger brother of the Sierra Leone national football team captain Ibrahim Kargbo.

Sidney Kargbo
Personal information
Full name Sidney Kargbo
Date of birth (1986-07-01) July 1, 1986
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Central Defender
Youth career
1999–2002 Sierra Rangers
2002–2004 RWD Molenbeek
2004–2006 R. Charleroi S.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 FC Brussels[1] 42 (3)
2008 FC Inter Turku 3 (0)
2009–2010 K.V. Red Star Waasland 10 (1)
2011–2012 Kapaz PFC 1 (0)
National team
2006 Sierra Leone 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early life

Kargbo was born and raised in the east end of Freetown, Sierra Leone to Temne parents.

Career

He began his football career with East End Lions in the Sierra Leone National Premier League. Kargbo is commonly known in Sierra Leone by his nickname Pablo Cham, his former teams are Sierra Rangers, Sporting Charleroi[3] in 2003-2004 sydney was voted best youth player by the sporting charleroi fans[4] and joined 2005 to FC Brussels after 42 games in two year was released from FC Brussels.[5] In November 2008 signed for FC Inter Turku played only one Liigacup match[6] and joined than two months later to K.V. Red Star Waasland.

Position

He is a central defender/defensive midfielder.

International career

Kargbo plays for the Leone's Star, Sierra Leone senior soccer team. Kargbo made his international debut for Sierra Leone against Mali on September 5, 2006 in Freetown. Since his debut he has been a regular in the Sierra Leone national team.

Personal life

His older brother is Sierra Leonean international defender Ibrahim Kargbo who currently plays for Willem II in the Dutch Eredivisie. Sidney along with his brother Ibrahim Kargbo are the first brothers to play for the Leone Stars (Sierra Leone national team) since the three Kallon brothers (Mohamed Kallon, Kemokai Kallon, Musa Kallon and Kevin Kargbo.[7]

References
  1. Footgoal Profile Archived 2012-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Sierra Leone Football Association
  3. "Cookies op VI.nl". www.vi.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  4. "Sydney Kargbo 2007". Archived from the original on 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  5. Cordier, Kargbo et Durieux peuvent partir ! Archived 2008-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Inter testaa maalivahtia ja topparia". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  7. Players' Profiles - SLIFA: Ibrahim Kargbo
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