Ibrahim "Teteh" Bangura (born 27 December 1989 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 po ...

) is an unattached

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 ...

an Association football, football striker.

Career

Kallon F.C.

Bangura began his career in his native Sierra Leone, playing with F.C. Kallon. He was the leading goal scorer 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 ...

and Sierra Leone FA Cup for the 2006–07 season, and participated in European trials

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and

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club

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, but was not offered a contract by either team.

Cleveland City Stars

Bangura joined the

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of the

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in 2009, and was then sent on loan to

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of the

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. He scored a hat-trick on his debut for Cascade on 22 May 2009, in a game against

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Köping FF

On 18 July 2010, the Swedish club

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– a fourth tier club struggling against relegation – announced that Bangura was on trial with them. The trial was successful and he made his debut away against

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. He scored one goal in that game. His home debut was against the league leaders

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, a 3–3 tie in which Bangura scoring all three goals for the home team.

AIK

On 27 September

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

signed Bangura for three years starting, 1 January 2011.AIK Fotboll – AIK värvar Teteh Bangura
. Aikfotboll.se (29 September 2010). In the 2011 season, he scored 15 goals in 17 games and made 3 assists. In summer 2011, he signed for

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Beitar Jerusalem

On 31 August 2013 Bangura entered for the 1st time into a game vs.

Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. ( he, מכבי פתח תקווה) (Full name: "Maccabi Avshalom Ironi Petah Tikva F.C., ) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Petah Tikva. It is part of the Maccabi World Union for international Jewish spo ...

, as a substitute, and helped the club to win its first win in 2013–14 season. on 29 September 2013 he scored his 1st goal, and alter was shown a red card by the referee in a game vs.

Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Ra'anana Association Football Club ( he, עמותת הפועל רעננה מחלקת כדורגל, ''Amutat Hapoel Ra'anana Mahleket Kaduregel'') is an Israeli football club based in the city of Ra'anana. They currently play in Liga Alef ...

that ended in 2-2 draw. On 2 November 2013, Bangura scored 2 goals in a game vs.

Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל בני יהודה תל אביב, ''Moadon Kaduregel Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv''), commonly referred to as Bnei Yehuda (), is an Israeli football club from the Hatikva Quarter of the city of Tel ...

when Beitar Jerusalem won 2-1. Later Bangura suffered and Injury. He left Beitar Jerusalem in January 2014.

Career statistics

International

Bangura was called up to the Sierra Leone national team for a World Cup qualifier with Equatorial Guinea on 6 September 2008, but did not see any minutes.

References

External links

CCS bio
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bangura, Teteh 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Freetown Sierra Leonean footballers Sierra Leonean expatriate footballers Sierra Leone international footballers Association football forwards Cleveland City Stars players Cascade Surge players MD FF Köping players AIK Fotboll players USL First Division players USL League Two players Israeli Premier League players Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate footballers in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Israel Expatriate soccer players in the United States Bursaspor footballers Süper Lig players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Division 2 (Swedish football) players Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players