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For the former African Footballer of the Year, see Karim Abdul Razak. For the Ghanaian midfielder, see Ibrahim Abdul Razak. For the Burkinese footballer from Ivory Coast, see Abdou Razack Traoré.
Abdul Razak
Personal information
Full name Abdul Razak[1]
Date of birth (1992-11-11) 11 November 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Bouaké, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Manchester City
Number 62
Youth career
2007–2008 Crystal Palace
2010–2011 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– Manchester City 4 (0)
2011 → Portsmouth (loan) 3 (0)
2012 → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 6 (0)
2012 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 2 (0)
International career‡
2012– Côte d'Ivoire 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 April 2013

Abdul Razak (born 11 November 1992) is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays for Manchester City and the Côte d'Ivoire national team. He was born in Abidjan.

Club career

Manchester City

Having left Crystal Palace's youth set-up in 2008, Razak joined the Manchester City Elite Development Squad in July 2010.[2] However, he was not chosen to play his first game for the EDS until early February 2011 when he was one of the starting eleven in the EDS team that beat the Bury reserve team 2–0 at Ewen Fields in the Manchester Senior Cup.[3] Only two days after finally making his debut for the Manchester City reserve team Razak was then given a surprise debut for the first team, coming on as a substitute for David Silva in the final minutes of the Premier League game against West Bromwich Albion on 5 February 2011.[4] His unexpected first team debut makes Razak the ninth youth player to graduate from Manchester City's academy under manager Roberto Mancini in just over a year of the latter's management at the club. The day after his debut for the Manchester City first team Razak was added to the first team squad. In his second game for the EDS team three days later the young Ivorian was shown a straight red card for a rash challenge in the 51st minute of the Premier Reserve League North game against Bolton Wanderers.[5]

In his second game for the Manchester City first team against Wigan Athletic on 10 September 2011 Razak was substituted on for Yaya Touré in the 80th minute of the match.[6] He made his first full appearance for the first team on 21 September 2011 in the third round of the Football League Cup against Birmingham City, playing for 86 minutes before being substituted by Luca Scapuzzi.[7] His second full appearance for the first team was on 26 October 2011 in the fourth round of this competition against Wolverhampton Wanderers which Manchester City won 5–2 at Molineux. Razak played in this game for 85 minutes before being substituted by James Milner.[8]

Portsmouth (loan)

On 28 October 2011, Razak was loaned to Portsmouth on a one-month deal.[9] He made his debut for Portsmouth against Derby County the next day, coming on as a 62nd minute substitute in a game Portsmouth lost 3–1.[10] After one month with Pompey and three appearances, Razak returned to Manchester City[11] and played as a late substitute in their 0–1 League Cup quarter-final victory against Arsenal at the Emirates on 29 November 2011, replacing Owen Hargreaves in the 79th minute.[12]

Brighton (loan)

On 17 February 2012, Razak, along with fellow Man City youngster Gai Assulin joined Football League Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion on a three-month loan deal.[13] Razak made his debut on 22 February 2012 against Hull City, he was substituted for Assulin on the 77th minute. In the next match, Razak impressed again in a 3–0 win over Ipswich Town – securing man of the match on his Amex debut. Seagulls midfielder Gary Dicker recovered from injury quicker than expected and it was felt that opportunities for Abdul would be extremely limited so Razak rejoined Manchester City.

Razak playing for Côte d'Ivoire in 2012

Charlton Athletic (loan)

On 29 September 2012, Razak joined Charlton Athletic on a three month loan deal.[14] On 29 October 2012, he returned to Manchester City.[15]

International career

Razak made his début for the Côte d'Ivoire national football team against Russia in a friendly match in August 2012.[16] He was included in the Côte d'Ivoire squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations and was in Les Éléphants' starting line up for their third group match against Algeria.

Honours

Career Statistics

As of 7 May 2013[17]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester City 2010–11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2011–12 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Portsmouth (loan) 2011–12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 2011–12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Charlton Athletic (loan) 2012–13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Manchester City 2012–13 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Career Total 17 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 21 0

References

  1. ^ "List of Players" (PDF). Confederation of African Football (CAF). Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Manchester City impressed by Abdul Razak 'ability'". menmedia.co.uk. Manchester Evening News. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  3. ^ "City 2 – 0 Bury". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 3 February 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Man City 3 – 0 West Brom". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 February 2011. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Bolton Wanderers 1 – 1 City". mcfc.co.uk. (Manchester City Football Club). 8 February 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  6. ^ "Man City 3 – 0 Wigan". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  7. ^ "Man City 2 – 0 Birmingham". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Wolverhampton 2 – 5 Man City". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  9. ^ "Manchester City Starlet Joins Pompey". portsmouthfc.co.uk. (Portsmouth Football Club). 28 October 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  10. ^ "Derby 3 – 1 Portsmouth". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  11. ^ "Razak Returns". portsmouthfc.co.uk. (Portsmouth Football Club). 24 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  12. ^ "Arsenal 0 – 1 Man City". BBC Sport. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  13. ^ "Albion Sign Man City Duo". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  14. ^ "Addicks sign Razak". Charlton Athletic F.C. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  15. ^ "Razak returns to Manchester City". Charlton Athletic F.C. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  16. ^ "Razak recalled from Charlton loan". Manchester City F.C. 29 October 2012.
  17. ^ Abdul Razak at Soccerbase

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