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Ibrahim "Teteh" Bangura (born December 27, 1989 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean footballer. He currently plays for Bursaspor in Süper Lig.

Bangura began his career in his native Sierra Leone, playing with F.C. Kallon. He was the leading goal scorer in the Sierra Leone National Premier League and Sierra Leone FA Cup for the 2006-07 season, and participated in European trials A.C. Milan and Swedish club BK Häcken, but was not offered a contract by either team.

Bangura joined the Cleveland City Stars of the USL First Division in 2009, and was then sent on loan to Cascade Surge of the USL Premier Development League. He scored a hat-trick on his debut for Cascade on May 22, 2009, in a game against Spokane Spiders.

On July 18, 2010, the Swedish club Köping FF - a fourth tier club struggling against relegation - announced that Bangura was on trial with them. The trial was successful and he made his debut away against Eskilstuna City FK. He scored one goal in that game. His home debut was against the league leaders IK Frej, a 3-3 tie in which Bangura scoring all three goals for the home team.

Shaka Bangura (born February 9, 1986 in Kissy) is a Sierra Leonean footballer currently playing for Richmond Kickers in the USL Professional Division.

Bangura moved to the United States from Sierra Leone when he was a small child, settling in College Park, Georgia. He attended North Clayton High School, where he scored a total of 58 goals and was named to the All Region Team every year. He then earned a sports scholarship to attend Montreat College in North Carolina. At Montreat he consistently made All Conference first team in the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC). His first year at Montreat he was name freshman of the year and was also named the conference player of the year in his sophomore and junior year and during his senior year he won the golden boot award He finished his college career having scored a total of 58 goals in four years.

During his college years Bangura also played with Atlanta FC in the National Premier Soccer League in 2008, and with Fredericksburg Gunners in the USL Premier Development League in 2009.

Haja Zainab Hawa Bangura (born December 18, 1959 in Yonibana, Tonkolili District) is a Sierra Leonean politician and social activist. She is currently Sierra Leone minister of Health and sanitation. In 2007 Bangura became Sierra Leone's foreign minister in the government of President Ernest Bai Koroma of the All People's Congress (APC) Party. She is the second woman to serve as Sierra Leone's foreign minister, following Shirley Gbujama who held that position from 1996 to 1997. Bangura has been tiped by many political insiders to be Sierra Leone's first female president. As a devoted muslim, Zainab Hawa Bangura took time off politics in 2009 and headed to the Holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia and participated in the 2009 Hajj pilgrimage ceremony. [1]

Mrs. Bangura was born Zainab Hawa Sesay in the small rural town of Yonibana, Tonkolili District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. She hails from the Temne ethnic group. She was born into a rural Temne family of limited means. She obtained a scholarship to study at Mathora Girls Secondary School in the town of Mathora, Tonkolili District and later at the Annie Walsh Girls Secondary School in the capital city of Freetown. After graduating from Sierra Leone's Fourah Bay College, she studied in the United Kingdom for advanced diplomas in insurance. While in her early 30s, she became vice-president of one of her country's largest insurance companies. She speaks three languages: Temne, Krio, and English.

Umaru Bangura (born October 7, 1987 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) nickname Zingalay, is a Sierra Leonean international footballer. He is a right midfielder and currently plays for Haugesund in the Tippeligaen division and for the Leone Stars, Sierra Leone national football team. He made his senior international debut for Sierra Leone on September 3, 2006 in 2008 African Nations Cup qualifier in Freetown.

Bangura is an automatic starter for Sierra Leone. He played full 90 minutes in all six games for Sierra Leone during the 2010 FIFA World Cup and African Nations Cup qualifier against Guinea Bissau, Nigeria and South Africa. Bangura started in all three games for Sierra Leone at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland.

Umaru Bangura or as he is commonly known as Zingalay was born and grew up in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Zingalay grew up playing football in the street of Freetown where he was widely known as a talented young footballer. In 2003, the young Bangura who was still a secondary schoolstudent, was brought to the Sierra Leone under-17 soccer team. He played a key role as Sierra Leone qualified for the 2003 African under - 17 Championship in Swaziland. Bangura helped Sierra Leone to the final at the 2003 African Under-17 Championship, but his team lost to Cameroon, although Sierra Leone still qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland. Bangura started in all three games as Sierra Leone came in last place in their group.