Manu Dagher


Manu Dagher is a Liberian-Dutch footballer who plays as a striker. He is signed to Waltham Forest in England and was also a member of the Liberia national football team.

Club career

Dagher played for the Baronie and Heerenveen youth teams. He was released by Eerste Divisie side FC Dordrecht after the 2007/08 season and in September 2009 he signed a contract with Dutch non-league side Kozakken Boys from Werkendam. Dagher stated he still wanted to succeed in football. He scored on his debut in a 3-5 away win at Zwaluwen '30.
In August 2011 he signed for Waltham Forest.

Personal life

He left his native and war-torn Liberia by himself in 2002 to end up in a Dutch camp for pro club seekers near Breda. In Holland he later met his future wife Maima and they later had two children called Cheyenne and Nadim Dagher.