BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRO-SIERRA LEONEAN " MUSTAPHA BANGURA " NICKNAMED HADJI IS A SIERRA LEONEAN INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALLER WHO LAST PLAYED AS A STRIKER/ATTACKING MIDFIELDER FOR AEK LAMACA IN THE CYPRIOT FIRST DIVISION : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

                             BLACK               SOCIAL          HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                                       Mustapha Bangura (born 24 October 1989 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) nickname Hadji, is a Sierra Leonean International footballer who last played as a striker/attacking midfielder for AEK Larnaca in the Cypriot First Division. He made his senior international debut for Sierra Leone on 6 September 2006 in a 2008 African Nations Cup qualifier against Mali in Freetown.

Car Crash

On 24 May 2011 Mustapha Bangura was involved in a serious car crash . The accident occurred when Bangura was on his way to watch a Sierra Leone National Premier League game between the Nepean Stars of Bo and FC Kallon when Bangura tried to avoid a dog on the road and subsequently had his BMW vehicle slip-off the road and hit a tree.^[1][2]Bangura was immediately rushed to the Bo Government Hospital for treatment and was later transferred to Freetown for proper medical attention. To date, he is fully recovered from the injuries.

Club career

Bangura or Hadji, as he is commonly known was born and raised in Freetown, Sierra Leone to Temne parents. He attended secondary school at the Sierra Leone Grammar School at Murray Town in Freetown. Hadji was the best footballer at his secondary school and one of the best young footballers in Sierra Leone. Also he has the fastest goal scoring record in the history of junior Sierra Leonean football and secondary school competition. In 2004 he joined Old Edwardians, one of the top clubs in the Sierra Leone National Premier League. He spent two seasons with Edwards before he moved to Europe and joined the Cyprus First Division club Nea Salamina FC in 2006. In 2008 he joined AC Omonoia.^[3] The next year he moved to Apollon Limassol and he helped the team to win the 2009–10 Cypriot Cup, scoring also the opening goal of the final. On 6 June 2012, he terminated the contract of Mustapha Bangura with Apollonas.^[4]

For some weeks he was under intensive scouting from AS Monaco, Olympiacos FC and SV Werder Bremen.

International career

He made his senior international debut for Sierra Leone on 6 September 2006 in a 2008 African Nations Cup qualifier against Mali in Freetown. Received a call up again for the upcoming 2 games in June 2013. Hadji is back in the squad after 2 years.