Sierra Leonean entrepreneur and the former president of the Sierra Leone Football Association, , Fifa Council Member, CAF Executive Member, Isha Johansen has reunited with some of her players that played for the Johansen football club.
Isha Johansen in a post on Facebook noted that this get-together with her former players is a good way to start the year. Isha Johansen in the post explained that 19 years ago, she embarked on a journey to tour the world with the young but equally very determined footballs from her team.
Read her full post below
19 years ago, I embarked on a journey touring the world with some very young but equally very determined footballers from a team called Johansen football club. Their story, our story was and still is a remarkable one of DreamChasers living their dreams. 19 years on, and today I was reunited with some of my boys for the first time. What a beautiful start of the year.
Isha Johansen was born as Isha Tejan-Cole in Freetown, Sierra Leone, into the Tejan-Cole family, who are of Aku Mohammedan descent. She was immersed in football from the very beginning, as her father co-founded East End Lions F.C. in Freetown.[5] Her father took her to see football matches, and she played football with her brothers and their friends. She was educated at a convent school in Freeport and a boarding school in Yeovil, England
