Kelfala Marah (born July 7, 1984) is a Sierra Leonian international

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Club career

Marah arrived in Europe in the summer of 2003 after playing with

Mighty Blackpool F.C. Mighty Blackpool is a Sierra Leonean Association football, football club based in the capital Freetown. They play in the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the top football league in the country. Blackpool represents the West End of Freetown a ...

, East End Lions F.C. and

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. In September 2002 he was priced as the most expensive player in the

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. He first came to

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where he signed

FK Željezničar Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Željezničar Sarajevo ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Жељезничap Сарајево; English: Football Club Željezničar Sarajevo), commonly referred to as Željo, is a professional football club, based in Sarajevo ...

in the

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but was loaned to another Bosnian club,

NK Bosna Visoko Nogometni klub Bosna Visoko ( en, Bosna Football Club) is a professional association football club from the city of Visoko that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Currently, Bosna plays in the Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and H ...

playing with them in the first half of the second level, the 2003–04 First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina season. During winter-break, he moved to

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where he played in the

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club

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. The following winter break, he was loaned to a third-level

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club

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to get more chances to play. Next season he moved to

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to play with Reymersholms IK. He would later also play with Swedish clubs

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and Danderyds SK, and in 2021 Danderyds United FC in the Swedish 9th tier.

International career

Marah was part of the

Sierra Leone national football team The Sierra Leone national football team represents Sierra Leone in men's international association football and it is governed by the Sierra Leone Football Association. The team's nickname is Leone Stars. The team is affiliated to the West Afr ...

since the 2002 World Cup qualifiers.Kelfala Marah NT stats
at Playerhistory

Honors

;Mighty Blackpool *

: 2000, 2001 *

Sierra Leonean FA Cup Sierra Leone FA Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is the national knockout cup competition in Sierra Leone. It was established in 1967. The competition is run by the Sierra Leone Football Association. Cup winners qualify for the CAF Confederation ...

: 2000 ;Čukarički *

Second League of Serbia and Montenegro The Second League of Serbia and Montenegro was the second tier of the football league system in Serbia and Montenegro, one level below the First League of Serbia and Montenegro. History Formed in 1992 after the breakup of Yugoslavia, it consisted ...

: 2003–04

References

External links

*
Kelafala Marah
at Srbijafudbal
Marah Profile
at Azplayers Living people 1984 births Sierra Leonean footballers Sierra Leone international footballers Sierra Leonean expatriate footballers Association football midfielders FK Željezničar Sarajevo players Expatriate footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina FK Čukarički players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Expatriate footballers in Serbia Expatriate footballers in Serbia and Montenegro Expatriate footballers in Sweden Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Sweden {{SierraLeone-footy-bio-stub