Lamin Suma (born 14 July 1991) is a

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

an Association football, footballer who plays as a

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for Stumptown Athletic in the

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Club career

Born in

Freetown Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and p ...

, he was 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 ...

until summer 2011 when he moved to another

Sierra Leone National Premier League Sierra Leone National Premier League is a professional football league in Sierra Leone. It was founded in 1967. The league is sponsored by the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, one of the major Sierra Leonean banks. East End Lions and Mighty Blackpoo ...

side

FC Kallon Football Club Kallon, commonly known as F.C. Kallon, is a football club based in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Founded as Sierra Fisheries, the club is one of the top clubs in the Sierra Leone National Premier League and play their home games at the Nat ...

. In November 2011 he went to

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where he joined

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

side

Eskişehirspor Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in Eskişehir. Eskisehirspor has a total of six trophies, making them the sixth most trophies holders in Turkey. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division ...

on trials.Lamin Suma excels in Eskisehirspor, Turkey
at Africa Young Voices (AYV), 16-11-2011 He developed a good relation with club's coach

Michael Skibbe Michael Heinz Skibbe (born 4 August 1965) is a German former football player and current manager of Japanese club Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Club career In his youth, Skibbe played for SG Wattenscheid 09, then moved to the professional team of FC Sc ...

and the prospects of Suma getting a contract looked good, however the sudden departure of Skibbe from Eskişehirspor left Suma with his future uncertain and Serbian side

FK Jagodina Fudbalski klub Jagodina () is a Serbian professional football club based in the city of Jagodina, which plays in the Serbian First League, the second tier in Serbia's football league. The club was founded in 1919 under the name ''JSK Zora'', just ...

moved in and offered him a contract. Lamin Suma made his

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

debut on March 31, 2012, as a substitute in a 21-round match visiting

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, the second la ...

, a 0-0 draw. He made a total of 3 appearances in the

2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga The 2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Jelen SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) is the sixth season of the Serbian SuperLiga since its establishment. The defending champions are Partizan, after having won their fourth Serbian Superliga ti ...

. In August 2012 he agreed to a loan to

Montenegrin First League The First League of Montenegro ( Montenegrin: ''Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga'' — ''Prva CFL'' — ''1. CFL''; ) is the top football league in Montenegro. Founded in 2006, competition is headed by the Football Association of Montenegro. 10 tea ...

side

FK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje Fudbalski klub Jedinstvo ( Montenegrin: Фудбалски клуб Јединство) is football club from Bijelo Polje, Montenegro, currently competing in the Montenegrin First League. The club was established in 1922. History FK Jedinstvo ...

where he played the 2012–13 season. In summer 2013 he moved to Estonia and joined

Meistriliiga Meistriliiga (, known as the A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football (soccer), football championship. The league was founded in 1992, and was initially semi-p ...

side

FC Flora Tallinn FC Flora, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is a professional football club based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Lilleküla Stadium. Fo ...

. In 2014, he moved to Finnish third-tier side

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. After playing in Europe, Suma moved across the Atlantic to the United States and joined

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in 2015, a semi professional side playing in American Soccer League, in March 2016, he signed a short-term deal until summer with

Philadelphia Fury The Philadelphia Fury was an American soccer team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that last competed in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA). The club formerly competed in the American Soccer League and is currently owned by ...

.Lamin Suma signs for USA club Philadelphia Fury
at sierraleonefootball.com, 5-3-2016, retrieved 6-12-2016 Philadelphia Fury ended the season as champions, and Suma won the ''best player award'' of the 2016 Spring season of the American Soccer League. As result, Suma signed with

Sacramento Republic FC Sacramento Republic FC is an American professional soccer team based in Sacramento, California, that plays in the Western Conference of the USL Championship, the second level in US soccer. Co-founded by Warren Smith and Joe Wagoner in 2012, the ...

on December 5, 2016, a club playing a level higher, in the

United Soccer League United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as United Soccer Leagues, is a Association football, soccer league in the United States and Canada. It organizes several men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Men's leagues curren ...

. On 21 December 2017, Suma signed with USL side

Fresno FC Fresno Football Club was an American professional soccer team based in Fresno, California. Founded in 2017, the team was a member of the USL Championship, a second-tier league in the American Soccer Pyramid. Their first game took place on March ...

ahead of their inaugural season in the league.

National team

Lamin Suma has played for all categories of the Sierra Leonian youth national team, namely, the U-17, U-20 and U-23 teams. He was the captain of the Sierra Leone U-20 team. On May 19, 2011, he received a call by Christian Cole to 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 ...

however he was later dropped by Lars Matsson.Two different Sierra Leone squads have been announced
at

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, 19-5-2011

Personal life

Lamin Suma is the younger brother of

Sheriff Suma Sheriff Awilo Suma (born 12 October 1986) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Atlanta SC and the Sierra Leone national football team. He was a member of Sierra Leone U-17 team at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World ...

, also a footballer.

References

External sources

Profile
at FK Jagodina official website

at Srbijafudbal {{DEFAULTSORT:Suma, Lamin 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Freetown Sierra Leonean footballers Sierra Leonean expatriate footballers Association football midfielders Mighty Blackpool players F.C. Kallon players FK Jagodina players Serbian SuperLiga players Expatriate footballers in Serbia FK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje players Expatriate footballers in Montenegro FC Flora players Esiliiga players Meistriliiga players Expatriate footballers in Estonia Expatriate footballers in Finland Sacramento Republic FC players Fresno FC players Expatriate soccer players in the United States Philadelphia Fury players Stumptown AC players National Independent Soccer Association players Mqabba F.C. players Expatriate footballers in Malta