Mohamed Kallon

Mohamed Kallon
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-10-06) 6 October 1979 (age 44)[1]
Place of birth Kenema, Sierra Leone
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 Old Edwardians 14 (4)
1994–1995 Tadamon Sour 24 (15)
1995 Spånga 0 (0)
1995–1999 Inter Milan 0 (0)
1995–1997Lugano (loan) 18 (1)
1997Bologna (loan) 2 (0)
1997–1998Genoa (loan) 26 (10)
1998–1999Cagliari (loan) 26 (6)
1999–2000 Reggina 30 (11)
2000–2001 Vicenza 25 (8)
2001–2004 Inter Milan 45 (14)
2004–2007 Monaco 49 (12)
2005–2006Al-Ittihad (loan) 26 (12)
2008 AEK Athens 11 (3)
2008–2009 Al-Shabab 4 (1)
2009–2010 Kallon 11 (2)
2010 Shaanxi Baorong Chanba 21 (7)
2011 Viva Kerala 0 (0)
2012–2014 Kallon
Total 337 (114)
International career
1995–2012 Sierra Leone 39 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohamed Kallon MOR (born 6 October 1979) is a Sierra Leonean football manager and former player who played as a striker.[3] He played for Inter Milan from 2001 to 2004, competing for spots with players such as Christian Vieri, Ronaldo, Álvaro Recoba, Adriano, Hakan Şükür and Nicola Ventola. He is widely considered the most famous footballer from Sierra Leone.[3]

Before playing for Inter, Kallon had one-year stints at Serie B club Genoa, and the Serie A clubs Bologna, Cagliari, Reggina and Vicenza. After leaving Inter in 2004, Kallon played at Monaco for three years. He subsequently had short stints in Greece, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and China.

He made 39 appearances for the Sierra Leone national team during his career. Kallon is the younger brother of former Sierra Leonean international footballers Kemokai Kallon and Musa Kallon.

  1. ^ "FIFA Club World Championship Japan 2005 – Official Rosters". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 December 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2005.
  2. ^ "Mohamed KALLON - Ligue 1 - 2006 / 2007 - Effectif - AS Monaco FC". Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b "President Koroma Decorates Sierra Leone Football Legend". sierraexpressmedia.com. Sierra Express Media. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.