Mahmadu Alphajor Bah

Mahmadu Bah

Personal information
Full name	Mahmadu Alphajor Bah
Date of birth	(1977-01-01)1 January 1977
Place of birth	Freetown, Sierra Leone
Date of death	21 September 2016(2016-09-21) (aged 39)
Place of death	Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1996	KSC Lokeren	15	(1)
1997–1998	Chunnam Dragons	30	(7)
1999–2003	Xiamen Lanshi	70	(6)
2004	Zhejiang Lücheng	21	(3)
2005	Halmstads BK	9	(0)
2005–2007	Al-Qadisiya
2007–2008	Mighty Blackpool
2008–2009	Al-Sailiya	4	(0)
2012	Perlis FA
International career‡
2000–2008	Sierra Leone	18	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 October 2007

Mahmadu Alphajor Bah (1 January 1977 – 21 September 2016) was a Sierra Leonean footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

His clubs included Halmstads BK in Sweden, KSC Lokeren in Belgium, Chunnam Dragons in South Korea, Xiamen Lanshi and Zhejiang Lücheng in China, Al-Qadisiya in Saudi Arabia, and Perlis FA in Malaysia.

Alphajor Bah died in a traffic collision in Freetown on 21 September 2016 when the vehicle he was driving was hit by a truck coming in an opposite road direction.

International career

Alphajor Bah was a regular member of Sierra Leone national team, known as the Leone Stars, between the years 2000 and 2008. He regularly played as an attacking midfielder or sometimes as a second striker for the Sierra Leone national team alongside striker Mohamed Kallon.

Personal life

Alphajor Bah was a very religious Muslim and he often publicly preached about Islam and the life of the Prophet Mohammad.

External links

• Bah, Mahmadu Alphajor at National-Football-Teams.com
• Mahmadu Alphajor Bah – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
• Profile and stats - Lokeren