Rashid Sumaila
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| Full name | Rashid Sumaila[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 December 1992 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cape Coast, Central region, Ghana | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||
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Current team | Al-Gharafa ( on from loan Qadsia SC ) | |||||||||||||
| Number | 37 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2010 | Ebusua Dwarfs | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Ebusua Dwarfs | – | (–) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Asante Kotoko | – | (–) | |||||||||||
| 2013– | Mamelodi Sundowns | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | → Asante Kotoko (loan) | – | (–) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2015 | → Qadsia SC (loan) | 13 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2015– | Qadsia SC | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2016- | → Al-Gharafa (loan) | |||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Ghana U20 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Ghana U23 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2011– | Ghana | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2014 | ||||||||||||||
Rashid Sumaila (Template:Lang-ar; born 18 December 1992 in Cape Coast) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Al-Gharafa on loan from Qadsia SC as a centre-back and he is also a member of the Ghanaian national team.[2]
Sumaila won the 2011 Ghana Best Defender Award at the end of the 2010–11 Glo Premier League season.[2]
Club career
Astronomers and Ebusua Dwarfs
Born in Cape Coast, Rashid Sumaila, affectionately known as Rash, began his playing career in the junior ranks of Cape Coast Adisadel-based Astronomers before going on to join Glo Premier League club Ebusua Dwarfs in 2007.[citation needed] He progressed through the ranks at Ebusua Dwarfs and made his senior debut in the 2010–11 Glo Premier League season.[citation needed]
RC Lens (trial) and Asante Kotoko
French club RC Lens took an interest in young powerful centre-back after his first Ghana national football team call-up on 15 November 2011.[3]
In late November 2011, Sumaila joined the French club RC Lens on trial in the 2011–12 Ligue 2 season.[3]
In July 2012, Sumaila signed contract with Asante Kotoko.
International career
Ghana national under-20 team
- 2011 African Youth Championship
Sumaila was part of the Ghana national under-20 football team at the 2011 African Youth Championship.[3]
Ghana national under-23 team
- 2011 All-Africa Games
Sumaila was a member of the Ghana national under-23 football team that won Ghana's first All-Africa Games football Gold medal in the Football at the 2011 All-Africa Games when they defeated South Africa national under-23 football team 4–2 on penalty shoot-out at the Estádio do Zimpeto in Maputo, Mozambique on 17 September 2011.[3]
Ghana national team
- 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
On 7 November 2011 Sumaila was called up to the Ghana squad to face Sierra Leone national football team and Gabon national football team.[4]
In December 2011, Sumaila was named to the Ghana national football team's provisional 25-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, but was not included by the Ghana national football team technical staff for the tournament's final 23-man squad.[5]
Honours
Country
All-Africa Games Gold medal: 2011
Individual
References
- ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 17. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Ebusua Dwarfs 1–0 Berekum Arsenal FC". westafricanfootball.com. 30 October 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Ghana defender Sumaila on trials in France". Ghanasoccernet.com. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2012. Cite error: The named reference "Ghana defender Sumaila on trials in France" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Black Stars squad announced". Ghana Football Association. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ Mensah, Kent (15 December 2011). "Ghana announce 25-man squad for 2012 Africa Cup of Nations". goal.com. Goal.com. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
External links
- Sumaila keen on impressing with Black Stars – MTNFootball.com
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Association football central defenders
- Ebusua Dwarfs players
- Ghanaian footballers
- Asante Kotoko SC players
- Ghana Premier League players
- Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players
- Qadsia SC players
- Al-Gharafa Sports Club players
- 2014 FIFA World Cup players
- Ghana international footballers