Emmanuel Samadia, 19 started his career as a 13 year old Boy, with Sierra Leone Premier League club Fc Kallon.
Samadia has represented Sierra Leone at the U-20 West African football Union[WAFU] Zone A championship in Senegal. The exciting talent was part of the Sierra Leone African Cup of Nations squad as one of the home-based stars in the just concluded double -header against Nigeria.
Samadia is the first player to get an oversea contract among eight home based that were called for the super eagles encounter. The prolific forward signed two-year- contract with Isreali side, Hapoel Umm Al fahim Fc.
Samadia has been scoring goals and providing assists since his arrival in his new club. The exciting talent is currently one the most impressive players in the club. His impressive performance has created an opportunity recently for some Sierra Leoenan players to do trials at the club.
Arguably, Samadia is the best direct free kick taker in the Leone stars squad. Before his departure to Israel, the forward scored many direct freekicks for his boyhood club FC kallon in the SIerra Leone Premier League.
As a build up to the AFCON Competition, Leone Stars has played five friendly matches with teams like Comoros, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Gambia but Samadia was not part of any of these encounters.
In recent times, John Kiester has invited many young players in various friendly matches to showcase their skills and talents but Samadia is notably nowhere to be found in these encounters. John Kiester has always maintained that the friendly matches are opportunities to see and asses players for the AFCON competition. So the question somes fans are begging the question as to why the absence of the exciting talent in all these friendly matches?