Augustus Kargbo (born 24 August 1999) is a

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an professional association football, footballer who plays for Italian side

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Early career

As a boy Augustus Kargbo was scouted by his agent Numukeh Tunkara in Freetown, Sierra Leone aged 13 years. Believing in his quality he then persuaded the family to allow him to take the boy to Guinea where he could have a better training and development opportunity.

Club career

He started his professional career in Italian fourth-tier

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club

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. In the summer of 2018, he joined

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club

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and was loaned back to

, to Rocella. He returned from loan in January 2019. He made his

debut for Crotone on 19 January 2019 in a game against Cittadella, as a 68th-minute substitute for Marco Firenze. On 2 September 2019, he joined Reggiana on loan. On 22 July he scored an important goal for the promotion of the club in Serie B in the final against Bari. He made his

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debut for

on 20 September 2020 in a 1–4 away loss against

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. On 29 September 2020 he returned to Reggiana on a new loan. On 26 August 2023, Kargbo signed a three-year contract with

International career

On 29 September 2020, he was called up by Sierra Leone for the first team. He made his debut for the Sierra Leone national football team on 6 October 2021 in a friendly against

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. In December 2021, he was named in the Sierra Leone squad for the upcoming

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as the nation prepared for their first appearance at the competition since 1996.

International goals

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kargbo, Augustus 1999 births Footballers from Freetown Living people Sierra Leonean men's footballers Sierra Leone men's international footballers Men's association football forwards ASD Roccella players FC Crotone players AC Reggiana 1919 players Cesena FC players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Sierra Leonean expatriate men's footballers Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players