Solomon Yambassu


Solomon Yambassu 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.