Solomon Yambassu

Solomon Yambassu

Personal information
Full name	Solomon Yambassu
Date of birth	(1983-08-16) August 16, 1983
Place of birth	Koidu Town, Sierra Leone
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	East End Lions
Number	01
Youth career
2000–2002	Congress Boys Secondary School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2005	Wellington People F.C.
2005–2006	Stade d'Abidjan
2006–present	East End Lions
International career
2001–2002	Sierra Leone
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Solomon Yambassu (born August 16, 1983 in Koidu Town, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean footballer, who plays for East End Lions in Sierra Leone National Premier League.

Early life

Yambassu was born Koidu Town, Kono District in Eastern Sierra Leone to parents from the Kono ethnic group. He was raised in Wellington, a poor Neighbourhood in the east of Freetown. He attended the Wesleyan primary school in Wellington and the Congress Boys secondary school in Thunder Hill in Freetown.

Career

Yambassu played for several youth clubs throughout the east end of Freetown before he was finally signed by his hometown club the Wellington People F.C. of the Sierra Leone National Premier League.

International career

He was a member of the Sierra Leone national team and is commonly known in Sierra Leone by his nickname Politics.