Lansana Baryoh (born June 15, 1987, in Kabala,

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 , Sierr ...

) is a

an international footballer who is a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

and currently plays for

Mighty Blackpool 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 ...

, one of the top clubs in the

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 ...

. He is a member 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 ...

. He started his football career with his hometown club the Bintumani Scorpions of Koinadugu in the

Sierra Leone National First Division Sierra Leone National First Division is the second highest football league in Sierra Leone, after the Sierra Leone National Premier League. Along with the Sierra Leone National Premier League, they are the two major football leagues in Sierra Leon ...

, the second highest football league in the country. He was a member of the Sierra Leone under-17 team that came in second place at the 2003 African Under-17 Championship held in Swaziland. He also a regular for Sierra Leone under-17 team during the 2003 Fifa under-17 World Cup in

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. He previously played for the

Kamboi Eagles The Kamboi Eagles Football Club commonly known as Kamboi Eagles, is a Sierra Leonean football club based in Kenema City, Sierra Leone, currently a member of the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the highest division of football league in Sie ...

References

Living people Sierra Leonean men's footballers Sierra Leone men's international footballers People from Koinadugu District Men's association football midfielders 1987 births {{SierraLeone-footy-bio-stub