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Former SLFA President, Isha Johansen met with former Brazilian midfielder Ronaldinho in the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Isha Tejan-Cole Johansen is a Sierra Leonean entrepreneur and the former president of the Sierra Leone Football Association. Johansen is one of only a few women in the world to have headed a national football association, along with Lydia Nsekera, the former president of the Burundi football association, Izetta Sombo Wesley, the former leader of the Liberia Football Association and Sonia Bien-Aime of the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association.
Isha Johansen was born as Isha Tejan-Cole in Freetown, Sierra Leone, into the Tejan-Cole family, who are of Aku Muhammedan descent. She was immersed in football from the very beginning, as her father co-founded East End Lions F.C. in Freetown. Her father took her to see football matches, and she played football with her brothers and their friends. She was educated at a convent school in Freetown and a boarding school in Yeovil, England.
Meanwhile, Ronaldinho also met with his 2002 World Cup-winning teammates in Qatar for the semi-final clash between Argentina and Croatia at the iconic Lusail stadium.
The former Barcelona star arrived in Qatar for the rest of the tournament. He watched his former teammate Lionel Messi lead Argentina in the last four games. Ronaldinho was in the company of Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Cafu and former goalkeeper Dida.
