Augustus Kargbo

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

Augustus Kargbo

Kargbo in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-08-24) 24 August 1999 (age 23)
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	38	(3)
2018–2019	→ Roccella (loan)	13	(4)
2019–2020	→ Reggiana (loan)	21	(8)
2020–2021	→ Reggiana (loan)	20	(2)
International career^‡
2021–	Sierra Leone	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 October 2021

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] In December 2021, he was named in the Sierra Leone squad for the upcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations as the nation prepared for their first appearance at the competition since 1996.^[11]

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. 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.
11. "Afcon 2021: Ex-England defender Steven Caulker named in Sierra Leone squad". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

External links

• Augustus Kargbo at Soccerway