Francis Koroma
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francis Zapa Koroma | ||
Date of birth | 4 January 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Koidu Town, Sierra Leone | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sierra Leone (assistant manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–2001 | Diamond Stars | ||
2001 | Umeå FC | ||
2002 | Kamboi Eagles | ||
International career | |||
1996–2001[1] | Sierra Leone | 24 | (3) |
Managerial career | |||
2018–2023 | Old Edwardians | ||
2023– | Sierra Leone (assistant manager) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Francis Zapa Koroma (born 4 January 1975) is a Sierra Leonean football coach and former player who is assistant manager of the Sierra Leone national team.
Playing career
[edit]Koroma was born in Koidu Town, Sierra Leone. He played as a defender for the Sierra Leone national team as well as the Diamond Stars in Sierra Leone and Umeå FC in Sweden.
Koroma was also a member of the Leone Stars' squad at the 1996 African Nations Cup in South Africa.[2]
Coaching career
[edit]Koroma was appointed manager of Old Edwardians who play in the Sierra Leone National Premier League.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Francis Koroma at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ sierraleonefootball.com Gallery
- ^ Turay, Bernard (31 October 2018). "Sierra Leone Sports: Coach Zappa Koroma takes over Old Edwardians FC". Awoko Newspaper. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Francis Koroma at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- Living people
- 1975 births
- People from Koidu
- Sierra Leonean men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Sierra Leone men's international footballers
- 1996 African Cup of Nations players
- Diamond Stars F.C. players
- Umeå FC players
- Sierra Leonean expatriate men's footballers
- Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Sierra Leonean football biography stubs