Ibrahim Abdul Razak or Anglicised: Abdul Razak Ibrahim (born 18 April 1983) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 April 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–1999 | Mighty Jets | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999 | Liberty Professionals | ||
| 1999–2000 | AaB | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | SSD Castelfiorentino | 9 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | Empoli | 3 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Saint-Étienne (loan) | 25 | (2) |
| 2004–2007 | Maccabi Netanya | 50 | (10) |
| 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 | 23 | (0) |
| 2014 | FC Imereti Khoni | ||
| 2015–2016 | Al-Najma | ||
| International career | |||
| 1999 | Ghana U-17 | 6 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Ghana U-20 | 7 | (1) |
| 2001–2006 | Ghana | 24 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editRazak was born in Accra, Ghana. He began playing at the Mighty Jets youth system in 1998. In 2000, he moved to Danish 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.
Razak 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 knee injury he went six months without playing and was loaned to Hapoel Ra'anana before he was released by Maccabi Netanya.
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.[2] In 2010, he went back to Israel signing with Hapoel Acre until the end of the season. In January 2011 he moved to Hapoel Be'er Sheva on a 4.5-year contract.
In the winter of 2011, Razak signed with Vietnamese V-League side Vissai Ninh Bình.[3]
In 2014, he played for FC Imereti Khoni from the Georgian third tier. In July 2015 he signed a one-year contract with Al-Najma from the Bahraini 2nd Division.
International career
editRazak also played for the Ghana national team, sent to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[4]
Honours
editGhana U17
- U17 World Cup: third place 1999
AaB
- Danish Cup: runner-up 1999–2000
Ghana U20
- Youth World Cup: runner-up 2001
Maccabi Netanya
- Toto Cup (Leumit): 2004–05
- Liga Leumit: runner-up 2004–05
References
edit- ^ a b Ibrahim Abdul Razak at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ http://www.filgoal.com/english/News.asp?NewsID=51905 Ittihad sign Ghana international Abdul-Razak, Filgoal.com
- ^ "Vietfootball: Ninh Binh sign Ghana international". 26 November 2011.
- ^ Interview from the youth world cup in 2001
External links
edit- Ibrahim Abdul Razak at Soccerway