Ibrahim Abdul Razak
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | April 18, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | offensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–1999 | Mighty Jets F.C. | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999 | Liberty Professionals | – | (–) |
| 1999–2000 | Aalborg Chang | – | (–) |
| 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 | – | (–) |
| International career | |||
| Ghana U-17 | |||
| Ghana U-20 | |||
| 2001–2006 | Ghana | 24 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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.
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
- ^ http://www.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
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Ghanaian footballers
- Ghana under-20 international footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate footballers
- Ghanaian expatriates in Italy
- Serie B players
- Ligue 2 players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Aalborg Chang players
- Empoli F.C. players
- AS Saint-Étienne players
- Maccabi Netanya F.C. players
- Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C. players
- Ittihad Alexandria players
- Ghana international footballers
- Hapoel Acre F.C. players
- Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players
- Liberty Professionals F.C. players
- 2002 African Cup of Nations players
- Expatriate footballers in Denmark
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Israel
- Expatriate footballers in Egypt
- Association football midfielders