Mustapha Sama

Personal information
Full name	Mustapha Pa Safa Sama
Date of birth	October 31, 1979 (1979-10-31) (age 30)
Place of birth	Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Centre Back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996	Wellington People
1997	Wusum Stars
1997	Ports Authority
1998–1999	East End Lions
1999	JS Kabylie
1999–2000	FC Boavista
2000	Vasalund/Essinge IF
2001–2002	FK Haugesund	48 (9)
2002–2004	Charleroi	31 (2)
2005	Syrianska FC
2006–2007	LG-ACB Ha Noi
2007–2008	Persija Jakarta
2008–2009	Al-Wahda
National team‡
1996–	Sierra Leone	36 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May, 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 May, 2009

Mustapha Pa Safa Sama (born October 31, 1979 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean soccer player who is currently a free agent.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Early career in Africa 1.2 Global nomad 2 External links 3 References

[edit] Career

[edit] Early career in Africa

Pa Safa was born and raised in Wellington, a poor neighbourhood in the east end of Freetown. He started his football career with his hometown club Wellington People in 1996 as a 17 year old, and would later go on to play for several clubs in the Sierra Leone National Premier League, including Wusum Stars, Ports Authority and East End Lions, with whom he won the Sierra Leone National Premier League in 1999.

Sama also played for Algerian side JS Kabylie and Cape Verdean team FC Boavista prior to his move to Europe.^[1]

[edit] Global nomad

Sama was signed by Swedish club Vasalund/Essinge IF in 2000, initiating a trip across the second divisions of Europe, playing for FK Haugesund in the Norwegian Adeccoligaen, Charleroi in the Belgian First Division^[2], and Syrianska FC in Sweden. Sama was controversially terminated by Charleroi in 2005 after a dispute over the payment of match bonuses.^[3]

Sama moved to his third continent - Asia - in 2006 to play for LG-ACB Ha Noi in the Vietnamese V-League, moved to Indonesia to play for Persija Jakarta in 2007, and then moved west to play for Al-Wahda in Syria in 2008.

Sama then took on his fourth continent - North America - in March 2009 when he signed for the Carolina RailHawks in the USL First Division.^[4] After failing to get clearance to transfer to Carolina, Sama briefly went on trial with the San Jose Earthquakes.^[5]

[edit] External links

• Profile on national-football-teams.com

[edit] References