13 Facts About Sheriff Suma

Sheriff Awilo Suma was born on 12 October 1986 and is a Sierra Leonean former professional footballer who played as a left winger.

Sheriff Suma fled his country's civil war and moved to The Gambia in 1997.

Sheriff Suma was widely considered the best Sierra Leonean youth footballer while in The Gambia.

In 2001, the young Sheriff Suma was discovered by Sierra Leonean football agent Chernor Musa Jalloh while playing in a local football league in Banjul, Gambia.

Sheriff Suma returned to Sierra Leone for the first time in five years in 2002 and sign for top Sierra Leone National Premier League club FC Kallon, which is owned by Mohamed Kallon himself.

Fortunately for Sheriff Suma, he was called back to the squad for the U-17 world championship in Finland.

Shortly after the U-17 world championship, talent scout Chernor Musa Jalloh helped Sheriff Suma move to the Swedish team Atvidaberg on a two-year contract from FC Kallon.

Sheriff Suma made his debut for the senior national team on 3 September 2006 in a 2008 African Nations Cup qualifying match against Mali in Freetown.

In December 2006, Sheriff Suma was traded to GAIS, one of Sweden's oldest teams.

Sheriff Suma was loaned to FK Haugesund in the summer of 2008 for the rest of the season.

In December 2012 Sheriff Suma was released from his contract with Ravan Baku.

In June 2014 Sheriff Suma joined Syrianska Kerburan with fellow Sierra Leone International Samuel Barlay, signing a new one-year contract with Syrianska Kerburan in December 2014.

In July 2015, Sheriff Suma's proposed move to Kvik Halden FK fell through, before later in the same month he re-signed for Azerbaijan Premier League side Ravan Baku FK.