Sulaiman Sesay-Fullah

Sulaiman Sesay-Fullah (born 16 September 1991) is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays as a forward.

Sulaiman Sesay-Fullah
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-09-16) 16 September 1991
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2006–2007 Accademia Internazionale
2007–2010 Inter Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Inter Milan 0 (0)
2009–2010 → Eupen (loan) 0 (0)
2010–2012 Parma 0 (0)
2011–2012 → FC Brussels (loan) 1 (0)
2013 Etar 1924 4 (0)
International career‡
2010– Sierra Leone 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 May 2014

Club career

Born in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, Sesay-Fullah played for Italian club Accademia Internazionale in 2006–07 season. The club was part of Inter Milan academy as an affiliated club. The two Allievi team of the club finished as the losing quarter-finalists of Lombardy regional Allievi League, and eliminated in round of 16 of Allievi Fascia B respectively.[1] After the tournament, he was selected to Lombardy region Allievi representative team for 2007 Coppa Nazionale Primavera, a youth tournament for the representative teams of Italian regions.[2][3] Lombardy did not qualify from the group stage.[4]

Sesay-Fullah joined Internazionale's Allievi Nazionali team in 2007–08 season, from the affiliated club, which he won the league champion.[5] He scored 17 goals in the group stage that season, along with Luca Tremolada as the topscorer of that stage.[6] In the next season he was promoted to Inter's senior youth team Primavera, but failed to play regularly nor scoring. He also played once for the first team in club friendlies.[7] In 2009–10 season he left for Eupen along with Nicolas Desenclos. In January 2010 he was signed by fellow Serie A club Parma. He failed to play for both reserve and the first team due to non-EU policy.

On 26 August 2011, Sesay-Fullah joined Belgian second division club FC Brussels on loan from Parma.[8]

International career

In September 2010, he was called to Sierra Leone national football team for a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match.[9] He made a substitute appearance on that match, which 0–0 draw with South Africa on 10 October.[10][11][12] He also received a call-up for national under-23 team in 2012 CAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualifying rounds.[13]

International goal
As of 31 May 2014
  • Source: National-Football-Teams.com
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
118 May 2014Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba, Swaziland Swaziland0–11–12015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier

References
  1. "Comitato Regionale Lombardia : Stagione sportiva 2006/2007" (PDF). Settoregiovanile.figc.it. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  2. "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE n° 42" (PDF). FIGC COMITATO REGIONALE LOMBARDIA (in Italian). 25 May 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  3. Coppa Nazionale Primavera 2007 Convocazione Rappresentativa Regionale Cateoria Allievi 1991 "Comunicato Ufficiale N°44 (2006–07)" (PDF). Comitato Regionale Lombardia, Settore Giovanile e Scolastico, FIGC (in Italian). 8 June 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  4. "Comitato Regionale Lombardia : Stagione sportiva 2006/2007" (PDF). Settoregiovanile.figc.it. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  5. "Photos: Inter's Under-17 champions". FC Internazionale Milano. Inter.it. 19 June 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  6. "ALLIEVI NAZIONALI 2007/08". FC Internazionale Milano. Inter.it. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  7. "Training match: Inter 3–3 Chiasso". FC Internazionale Milano. Inter.it. 13 February 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  8. "Sesay Fullah Joins FC Brussels". allafrica.com. 31 August 2011.
  9. "Sesay Fullah convocato in Nazionale" [Sesay Fullah was called to National Team]. Parma FC (in Italian). 24 September 2010. Archived from the original on 30 September 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. "Bafana arrive from Sierra Leone". South African FA. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  11. "2012 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers". MTN Football. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  12. "Back Page Pix". Backpagepix.co.za. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  13. "Five foreign based in Salone U-23 squad". Sierra Express Media. 15 December 2010. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
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