Alusine Koroma (born 9 June 2000) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Spanish club Orihuela, and the Sierra Leone national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alusine Koroma | ||
| Date of birth | 9 June 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Yoni Chiefdom, Sierra Leone | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Orihuela | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Marampa Stars | ||
| 2019–2021 | East End Lions | ||
| 2021–2023 | Linense | 21 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → San Pedro (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Vélez | 16 | (0) |
| 2024– | Orihuela | 18 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018– | Sierra Leone | 12 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:22, 14 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:22, 14 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editIn 2019 Koroma was part of the East End Lions team that won the Sierra Leone National Premier League. In July 2019 he went on trial with Spanish club Real Balompédica Linense, the club where his twin brother Alhassan had already signed.[1] He went on to sign for the club and made his debut for the reserve team in February 2021 against CD Alcalá Del Valle.[2] In June 2021 both Koroma brothers signed a three-year contract extension with Linense.[3]
International career
editKoroma made his senior international debut on 17 March 2018 in a friendly against Iran.[4]
Personal life
editHis twin brother Alhassan Koroma is also a footballer.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Sierra Leone Sports: Alhassan Koroma set to join Real Balompedica in Spain". Awokon Newspaper. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Alusine Koroma pleased with RB Linense B winning debut". Football Sierra Leone. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Twin brothers Alusine, Alhassan commit to Real Balompédica Linense". Football Sierra Leone. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Sierra Leone's identical Koroma twins wanted to be like Man Utd stars". BBC Sport. 9 October 2024.
External links
edit- Alusine Koroma at National-Football-Teams.com
- Alusine Koroma at Soccerway
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