It looks like fanzine favourite Mustapha Dumbuya will finally achieve his aim of representing his country having been called up to the Sierra Leone squad for the country’s current bout of African Nations’ Cup qualifying games.
Dumbuya was named in the Sierra Leone squad for all three of the nation’s June fixtures – against the Cape Verde Islands, Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe – but having fallen ill on return from a recent holiday Dumbuya has unfortunately had to miss the first two fixtures. It was beginning to feel as though things were conspiring to prevent the full-back making an international appearance; back in February Dumbuya received his first call-up to the Leone Stars’ squad, again for a game with Sao Tome and Principe, but unfortunately the Sierra Leone FA mistakenly sent his papers to Crystal Palace where he had recently been on loan and so he was unable to make his flight out to join the squad.
Thankfully though it seems Dumbuya finally will run out for his country in Freetown, as he gets set to join the squad ahead of this Saturday’s return fixture with the brilliantly nicknamed ‘Falcons and True Parrots’. Speaking to the Rovers Offical website Dumbuya said “It feels amazing. To be representing your country makes you feel really proud, I just can’t wait to get out there and play.”
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