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In a recent FIFA Publication on August 25th,2024, Sierra Leone’s Augustus Kargbo discusses his nation’s World Cup dreams, creating change at home and meeting his idols.
As FIFA sat down with the forward to discuss their start to qualifying, the nation’s World Cup ambitions and a burning desire to give back, the Forward described the Former Leone Stars Captain Mohamed Kallon as The Greatest Sierra Leonean Footballer.
Responding to the Interview about his role model in Sierra Leone, Kargbo states “Mohamed Kallon is the greatest player we have ever had. He played for big clubs like Inter and Monaco and is certainly a role model for our youngsters. I hope I can follow his example. I want to put all my effort into trying to reach his level,”
The forward who has netted twice in qualifying so far believes ‘all hell will break loose’ if the nation make it to a first-ever finals At FIFA World Cup 26th, more teams than ever will be invited to football’s biggest party. While that extended 48-nation guest list is yet to be finalised, more than 150 teams are still in with a chance of making the cut, including Sierra Leone.
The Leone Stars have never competed at the tournament, but are currently sat in fourth in Group A of CAF qualifying, and are only outside of a potential second-round spot by a point.
They’ve been fired into contention in part thanks to Augustus Kargbo, who leads the team’s scoring ranks with two from the opening four games.
Mohamed Kallon is a Sierra Leonean football manager and former player who played as a striker.He played for Inter Milan from 2001 to 2004, competing for spots with players such as Christian Vieri, Ronaldo, Álvaro Recoba, Adriano, Hakan Şükür and Nicola Ventola. He is widely considered the most famous footballer from Sierra Leone.
