Sallieu Bundu

Football player infobox
playername = Sallieu Bundu


fullname = Sallieu Bundu
nickname = Teacher
height = height|ft=6|in=0
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|1|1
cityofbirth = Freetown
countryofbirth = Sierra Leone
currentclub = Cleveland City Stars
clubnumber = 11
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2008
clubs = Cleveland City Stars
caps(goals) = 19 (8)
nationalyears = 2008
nationalteam = Sierra Leone
nationalcaps(goals) = (1)
pcupdate = 23 August 2008
ntupdate = October 01, 2007

Sallieu Bundu (born January 1, 1984 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean soccer player, currently playing for the Cleveland City Stars of the USL Second Division.

At the age of 15, Bundu fled on foot with his mother and siblings to Guinea to escape the civil war in his home country; his father was murdered by rebels. After five years of living in Guinea, Bundu's brother won a US immigrant visa in the Green Card Lottery, allowing the family to settle in the United States [http://www.chroniclet.com/2008/06/22/dan-coughlin-city-stars-sallieu-bundu-has-walked-the-walk-and-survived_122/] .

Bundu settled in Twinsburg, Ohio, and on April 10, 2008, signed with the Cleveland City Stars after impressing head coach Martin Rennie in a trial [http://usl2.uslsoccer.com/transactions/240164.html] . He was a revelation in his first season with the team, netting 8 goals in 19 appearances, and on August 23, 2008 scored the winning goal for Cleveland in the USL Second Division championship game.

He has recently been called up to the Sierra Leone national team.

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