Augustus Kargbo

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Augustus Kargbo
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-08-24) 24 August 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Crotone
Number 24
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Campobasso 20 (6)
2018– Crotone 6 (0)
2018–2019 → Roccella (loan) 13 (4)
2019–2020 → Reggiana (loan) 21 (8)
2020–2021 → Reggiana (loan) 20 (2)
National team‡
2021– Sierra Leone 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2021

Augustus Kargbo (born 24 August 1999) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays for Italian side Crotone.

Early career[]

As a boy Augustus Kargbo was scouted by his agent Numukeh Tunkara in Freetown, Sierra Leone at age of 13 years.[1] Believing in his quality he then persuaded the family to allow him to take the boy to Guinea where he could have a better training and development opportunity.

Club career[]

He started his professional career in Italian fourth-tier Serie D club Campobasso.[2]

In the summer of 2018, he joined Serie B club Crotone and was loaned back to Serie D, to Rocella. He returned from loan in January 2019.[3]

He made his Serie B debut for Crotone on 19 January 2019 in a game against Cittadella, as a 68th-minute substitute for Marco Firenze.[4]

On 2 September 2019, he joined Reggiana on loan.[5] On 22 July he scored an important goal for the promotion of the club in Serie B in the final against Bari.[6]

He made his Serie A debut for Crotone on 20 September 2020 in a 1–4 away loss against Genoa.[7] On 29 September 2020 he returned to Reggiana on a new loan.[8]

International career[]

On 29 September 2020, he was called up by Sierra Leone for the first team.[9]

He made his debut for the Sierra Leone national football team on 6 October 2021 in a friendly against South Sudan.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Sierra Leone's Augustus Kargbo left mum at 13 and now plays in Italy bbc.com
  2. ^ "Profile by TuttoCalciatori" (in Italian). TuttoCalciatori. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Crotone, Kargbo rientrato alla base dopo il prestito al Roccella" (in Italian). Crotone Sport. 11 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Crotone v Cittadella game report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 19 January 2019.
  5. ^ "KARGBO IN PRESTITO ALLA REGGIO AUDACE" (Press release) (in Italian). Crotone. 2 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Finale playoff Serie C: Reggiana-Bari 1-0. Emiliani in Serie B" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 22 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-07-23. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Genoa v Crotone game report". Soccerway. 20 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Kargbo alla Reggiana" (in Italian). Crotone. 29 September 2020.
  9. ^ Russo, Andrea (29 September 2020). "Kargbo, felicità doppia: Nazionale e Reggiana" (in Italian). Il Resto del Carlino. Retrieved 29 September 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Sierra Leone v South Sudan game report". ESPN. 6 October 2021.

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