Rashin Wurie

Rashin Wurie
Personal information
Full name	Rashin Wurie
Date of birth	27 December 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth	Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Freetown United
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1993	Boom
1993–1997	Beerschot
1997–1999	Mons
1999	Pâturages
2000	Lok Altmark Stendal
2000–2001	Eintracht Braunschweig
International career
1994–2002	Sierra Leone
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rashin Wurie (born 27 December 1972 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a former Sierra Leonean international footballer.

Career[edit]

Wurie spent most of his professional career in Belgium, where he played for K. Boom F.C. in the Belgian First Division and Belgian Second Division from 1990 until 1993, as well as K. Beerschot V.A.C. in the Second Division for the 1993–94 through 1996–97 seasons.^[1] He also had brief spells with Lok Altmark Stendal and Eintracht Braunschweig in the German Regionalliga.^[2]

He was included in the Sierra Leone national team for the 1996 African Nations Cup in South Africa^[3] and also took part in Sierra Leone's 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.^[4] During his playing days for the Leone Stars (as Sierra Leone national football team is known), he was one of the most entertaining footballers in the national as well as one of the most popular players among the Sierra Leonean fans.^{[citation needed]}

^ "Beerschot History: Rashin Wurie" (in Dutch). Wimmel. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
^ "Rashin Wurie" (in German). Weltfussball. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
^ Courtney, Barrie. "African Nations Cup 1996 - Final Tournament Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
^ "Rashin Wurie". FIFA. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.