Awudu Issaka

Awudu Issaka (born 26 June 1979) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[3]

Awudu Issaka
Personal information
Full name Awudu Issaka
Date of birth (1979-06-26) 26 June 1979
Place of birth Sunyani, Ghana
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1993 Asante Kotoko
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Prampram Mighty Royals
1995–1996 Anderlecht 0 (0)
1996–1998 Auxerre[2] 0 (0)
1998–2003 1860 Munich II
1999 1860 Munich 1 (0)
2003–2005 Prampram Mighty Royals
2005–2006 Liberty Professionals
2006–2011 Tema Youth
National team
1995 Ghana U-17
1997 Ghana U-20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Issaka was born in Sunyani. He started playing football at the youth teams of Asante Kotoko, before he moved to Prampram Mighty Royals FC in Ghana's second division, where he already played for the first team at the age of fifteen. In 1995, soon after the FIFA World Youth Championship, Issaka signed a contract at the Belgian club R.S.C. Anderlecht, where he mainly played for their youth team. Issaka caught the eye of the French club AJ Auxerre, in 1996 at a youth tournament. Soon after that he agreed to play for Auxerre, where he played until 1998. In the 1998–99 season Issaka moved to German Bundesliga club TSV 1860 Munich,[4] where he played until the 2003–04 season. Then he played for his former club Prampram Mighty Royals FC for the rest of the 2004–05 season. Issaka later moved to Liberty Professionals, and played the 2005–06 season in the Ghana Telecom Premier League in Ghana. In July 2006 Issaka, joined the newly promoted Ghana Telecom Premier League club Tema Youth.[5]

International career

He played for the Ghana under-17 team in the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1995 in Ecuador. Issaka also took part in the FIFA World Youth Championship 1997 in Malaysia, where Ghana finished on fourth position.

Honours

References
  1. Awudu Issaka at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Awudu Issaka" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  3. Awudu Issaka; a tale of tribulation and rebirth citisportsonline.com
  4. ""Löwen" verlängern mit Issaka" (in German). Spiegel Online. 24 August 1999. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  5. "AWUDU ISSAKA JOINS TEMA YOUTH - AllAfrica - HighBeam Research". highbeam.com.
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