Ibrahim Abdul Razak
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | April 18, 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | offensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–1999 | Mighty Jets F.C. | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999 | Liberty Professionals | – | (–) |
1999–2000 | AaB | – | (–) |
2000–2001 | SSD Castelfiorentino | 9 | (1) |
2001–2004 | Empoli | 23 | (3) |
2002–2003 | → Saint-Étienne (loan) | 25 | (2) |
2004–2007 | Maccabi Netanya | 55 | (12) |
2007 | → Hapoel Ra'anana (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2007–2009 | Liberty Professionals | – | (–) |
2009 | El-Ittihad | 5 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Hapoel Acre | 30 | (3) |
2011 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 11 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Vissai Ninh Bình[1] | 23 | (0) |
2014 | FC Imereti Khoni | – | (–) |
2015–2016 | Al-Najma | – | (–) |
National team | |||
1999 | Ghana U-17 | 6 | (0) |
1999–2001 | Ghana U-20 | 7 | (1) |
2001–2006 | Ghana | 24 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Ibrahim Abdul Razak or Anglicised: Abdul Razak Ibrahim (born April 18, 1983 in Accra, Ghana[2]) is a Ghanaian footballer.
Career
Razak began playing at the Mighty Jets F.C. youth system in Ghana in 1998. In 2000, he moved to Danish football club Aalborg Chang, and in 2001 moved to Italian club Empoli, where he played for one year. The year after he moved to French club Saint-Étienne, where he played for two years on loan before moving back to Empoli.
He moved to Maccabi Netanya at the end of 2004 there he spent two successful seasons with 12 goals and 16 assists but after a serious injury in the knee he went 6 months without playing and got loaned to Hapoel Ra'anana before he got release from the club. After his stint in Israel he got back to Ghana in 2007 to Liberty Professionals and in 2009 he moved to El-Ittihad on a one and a half year deal for $150,000. [3] In 2010, he went back to Israel when he signed with Hapoel Acre until the end of the season. In January 2011 he sigend for 4.5 years in Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
In the winter of 2011, Razak signed with Vietnamese V-League side Vissai Ninh Bình.[4]
In 2014, he played for FC Imereti Khoni from the Meore Liga. Iמ July 2015 he signed a one-year contract with Al-Najma from the Bahraini 2nd Division.
International career
He also played for the Ghanaian national football team, sent to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[5]
Honours
- U17 World Cup:
- Bronze Medal: 1999
- Danish Cup:
- Runner-up: 2000
- Youth World Cup:
- Silver Medal: 2001
- Toto Cup (Leumit):
- Winner: 2004–05
- Liga Leumit:
- Runner-up: 2004–05
References
- ↑ https://int.soccerway.com/players/ibrahim-abdul-razak/75810/
- ↑ Ibrahim Abdul Razak's timeline and stats, FootballDatabase.com
- ↑ http://www.filgoal.com/english/News.asp?NewsID=51905 Ittihad sign Ghana international Abdul-Razak, Filgoal.com
- ↑ http://vietfootball.blogspot.com/2011/11/ninh-binh-sign-ghana-international.html
- ↑ Interview from the youth world cup in 2001
External links
- Ibrahim Abdul Razak at National-Football-Teams.com