![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-played-with-ronaldo-bought-club-named-after-me-for-19k-then-signed-myself/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23495783-1692097226158.jpg&description=NAME GAME Published : 12:18, 15 Aug 2023 Updated : 12:18, 15 Aug 2023 MOHAMED KALLON spent the 2001-02 season outscoring team-mate Ronaldo for Inter Milan. That summer, one of them scored both goals in the World Cup final. 6 Mohamed Kallon starred for Inter Milan from 2001 to 2004 Credit: Reuters 6 He teamed up with legendary forward Ronaldo at the San Siro Credit: twitter @bashoverrated 6 Still only 43, the footballer made his international debut way back in 1995 Credit: Instagram The other bought a football club named after him in his homeland. A 22-year-old Kallon paid a cut-price £19,500 to purchase FC Kallon - a team in Sierra Leone rebranded from Sierra Fisheries to its new name in 2000. The striker had made a name for himself and was a national icon, scoring the winner on his senior Sierra Leone international debut in a crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifier aged just 15. And he had already represented ten club sides by 2001 spanning across five countries. But a change in non-EU player quota laws during the 2000-01 season enabled Kallon to return to the San Siro with Inter . The star-studded squad also had the luxury of picking from Christian Vieri, Ronaldo, Alvaro Recoba, Adriano, Hakan Sukur and Nicola Ventola up front - with Javier Zanetti, Clarence Seedorf and Laurent Blanc further back. However, injuries to Ronaldo and Recoba saw Kallon make 39 appearances across all competitions. And the star, who bizarrely wore the No3 shirt traditionally reserved for the left-back, notched up 15 goals - second only behind Vieri and more than double Ronaldo's tally of seven. Inter finished the Serie A season in third, just two points behind champions Juventus, and reached the Uefa Cup semis. But it was his decision to buy FC Kallon that raised eyebrows - especially when he announced he had sacked three officials "because they are incompetent" a month BEFORE taking over. On the pitch, Kallon the player struggled for form and fitness in 2002-03 despite Ronaldo's exit to){kind=link}
MOHAMED KALLON spent the 2001-02 season outscoring team-mate Ronaldo for Inter Milan.
That summer, one of them scored both goals in the World Cup final.
The other bought a football club named after him in his homeland.
A 22-year-old Kallon paid a cut-price £19,500 to purchase FC Kallon – a team in Sierra Leone rebranded from Sierra Fisheries to its new name in 2000.
The striker had made a name for himself and was a national icon, scoring the winner on his senior Sierra Leone international debut in a crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifier aged just 15.