Barikisu Issahaku

Issahaku Barikisu is a Ghanaian professional soccer player, born on November 12, 2001 in Accra, Ghana, and evolves as Goalkeeper. She plays in the Ghanaian Professionnel Women's football club Northern Ladies Football Club.[1]

Barikisu Issahaku in the locker room of his club in March 2020

Career

Passionate about football since childhood, she never stops wanting to practice this sport at the highest level. Unfortunately, there is no professional club with a women section.[2]

She[3] entered at the age of 10 years old to Ghanean club of the Hearts of Oaks club which is the most prestigious men's club in Ghana and the most successful.

She evolves with the boys as a goalkeeper in the youth teams. But, she manages to establish herself as a goalkeeper for the under-13 team

At the age of 14, she was spotted by the professional women's football club of Northern Ladies Football Club.[4]

She started her first professional match at the age of 15 in November 2016.[5]

Football career

Junior Career:

  • 2011-2015: Hearts of Oaks, Ghana
  • 2015-2016: Northern Ladies Football Club, Ghana

Professional career:

  • 2016- : Northern Ladies Football Club, Ghana[6]

National teams
  • She was part of the team that represented Ghana in the FIFA U17 women world cup(2016)[7]
  • She was also part of the team that represented Ghana in the FIFA U17 women world cup (2018)[8][9]
  • She was the best goal keeper in the Ghana National Women league 2017.[10]
  • She was also three times best goal keeper of the Regional unity games in northern Ghana.[11][12]
  • She is currently part of the women national team of Ghana A

References
  1. Jr, Daraja Kapoor (2020-02-02). "Black Princesses begin camping today". Football Made In Ghana. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  2. Bardina, Naa. "GFA - Thirty (30) Players Named For Black Princesses Camp set to begin camp on Sunday Ahead Of FIFA U20 Qualifiers". NB Sports Live. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  3. "Grenada Football Association". www.grenadafa.com. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  4. Association, Ghana Football. "30 players invited to Black Princesses camp on Monday". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  5. "2020 U-20 WWCQ: Black Princesses to start camping with 30 players Feb. 2". Footy-GHANA.com. 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  6. Sports24online (2020-01-30). "Northern Ladies star Jafaru Rahama grabs first Black Princesses call up". Sports24online. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  7. "30 players invited to begin Black Princesses camping". Pulse Gh. 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  8. Drizzle, Kwaku (2020-01-31). "[Ghana] GFA – THIRTY (30) PLAYERS NAMED FOR BLACK PRINCESSES CAMP SET TO BEGIN CAMP ON SUNDAY AHEAD OF FIFA U20 QUALIFIERS". ZoneFoot. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  9. "Ghana beaten 5:0 by Japan @ U-17 Women's World Cup". kasapafmonline.com. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  10. "Black Queens Trainer Mercy Tagoe Quarcoo Names 30-Man Squad For Next month's WAFU Zone B Championship". 442 GH. 2019-04-15. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  11. "Thirty (30) players named for Black Princesses camping". GhanaSoccernet. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  12. "Ghana squad for Women U-17 WC unveiled | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
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