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Omar Koroma Personal information Full name Omar Alieu Koroma[1] Date of birth 22 October 1989 [2] Place of birth Banjul, Gambia Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] Playing position Striker Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2007–2008 Banjul Hawks ? (?) 2008–2010 Portsmouth 0 (0) 2008–2009 → Norwich City (loan) 5 (0) National team‡ 2008 Gambia 2 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:48, 27 January 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:48, 27 January 2010 (UTC)Omar Alieu Koroma (born on 22 October 1989) is a Gambian footballer. He plays as a striker, but is currently unattached to a club.
Career
Koroma trained with English side Watford in October 2007. He impressed, but was unable to secure a contract due to work permit issues. He also trained with Southampton[3] but again, could not sign a professional contract with the club.
In July 2008 he was then offered a two week trial with Premier League side Portsmouth, featuring in some of their pre-season friendlies and impressing enough to be offered a contract. He was eligible for a work permit after recently marrying a British partner.
On 30 July 2008 Championship side Norwich City expressed their interest in signing the striker on loan for the 2008–09 season. On 1 August 2008 Norwich announced that they had signed the striker on a season long loan deal.
On 4 August 2008 Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp confirmed that a two-year contract for Koroma had been completed from Banjul Hawks, and confirmed that the striker would be spending the 2008–09 season at Championship side Norwich City.[4][5] He made his debut for Norwich on 9 August 2008 as a substitute in a 2–0 defeat at Coventry City.[6]
In September 2008, Koroma was called up to the Gambia senior squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Liberia and Senegal, making his international debut as a late substitute for Njogu Demba as the Gambian's ran out 3–0 victors.[7]
In late December 2008, Koroma suffered a serious ankle injury, which necessitated surgery. This took place in January 2009, leaving him a likely recovery period of 10 to 12 weeks.[8] He returned to Portsmouth at the end of January[9] but was released the following summer.[10]
He has most recently been in Denmark trailing for Brondby IF.[11]
References
- ^ "Omar Alieu Koroma – correction". Norwich City F.C.. 2008-08-01. http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/NewsDetails/0,,10355~1356300,00.html. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ^ a b "First Team Profiles". Norwich City F.C.. http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10355~44090,00.html. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ^ OJ Krumah off to Southampton Academy
- ^ "Pompey seal Koroma deal". Sky Sports. 2008-08-04. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11674_3910468,00.html. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ^ "Norwich complete Koroma loan deal". BBC Sport. 2008-08-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/7537809.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
- ^ "Coventry 2–0 Norwich". BBC Sport. 2008-08-09. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7540948.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
- ^ "Gambia – Liberia". FIFA. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/matches/round=250418/match=300036637/report.html. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ^ http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/Sport/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=Sport&itemid=NOED02%20Jan%202009%2011%3A26%3A41%3A643
- ^ "Team news ahead of Doncaster". Norwich City F.C.. 2009-01-29. http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/NewsDetails/0,,10355~1537301,00.html. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
- ^ "Pompey offer contracts to quartet". BBC News. 2010-05-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/8693088.stm.
- ^ http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/omar-koroma-silent-over-brondby-trial
External links
Categories:- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Banjul
- Gambian footballers
- The Gambia international footballers
- Association football forwards
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Norwich City F.C. players
- The Football League players
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