Moro Sumaila (born 20 June 1995) is a
Ghana
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ian
footballer
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who currently plays as a winger for
Ghana Premier League
The is the top professional association football division of the football league system in Ghana. Officially formed in 1956 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition (which began in 1933 and ended in 1953–54), t ...
side
Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs
Cape Coast Mysterious Ebusua Dwarfs is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Cape Coast. The club competes in the Ghana Premier League, the Premier division on the Ghanaian football pyramid, and hold home games at Cape Coast Sports Sta ...
.
Career
Sumaila started his career with
Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs
Cape Coast Mysterious Ebusua Dwarfs is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Cape Coast. The club competes in the Ghana Premier League, the Premier division on the Ghanaian football pyramid, and hold home games at Cape Coast Sports Sta ...
in June 2019. He made his debut during the truncated
2019–20 season. He played his first match on 29 December 2019 in 3–1 home loss to
Medeama. He started the match and played 79 minutes of the match before being taken off for Jacob Ampratwum. On 11 March 2020, he provided a brace of assists to
Seidu Abubakari
Seidu Abubakari (born 17 December 2000) is a Ghanaian Association football, footballer who currently plays as a Winger (association football), winger for Ghana Premier League side Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs.
Career
Abubakari started his senior ca ...
to score a second half brace and help Dwarfs to a 2–1 victory over
King Faisal Babes
King Faisal Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ashanti, Ghana. The club competes in the Ghana Premier League, Glo Premier League. They were represented at the 2006 FIFA World Cup by left-ba ...
. On 15 March 2020, he scored his debut goal after scoring the equalizer in a 1–1 draw against
Techiman Eleven Wonders after
Salifu Ibrahim had put XI Wonders ahead. At the time the league was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana
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, he had played 7 matches and scored a goal. He was named on the club's squad list for the
2020–21 season with the league set to restart in November 2020.
On 16 January 2021, he scored his first goal of the season, by scoring an 83rd minute winning goal in a 2–1 victory over
Liberty Professionals
Liberty Professionals Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Dansoman, Accra.
History
Liberty Professionals, was founded in 1996 by Accra-based businessmen Felix Ansong and Alhaji Sly Tetteh. The club was one of the earl ...
, to help them get their first away win of the season. On 31 January, in a match against Aduana Stars, Sumaila scored an 82nd-minute equalizer to help Dwarfs to a 2–2 draw. However, he did not finish the came as he was sent off 89th minute of the game after picking up two yellow cards, one early on in the 50th minute. After scoring another one goal each against
Inter Allies and
Hearts of Oak
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, to bring his tally between January and February to 4 goals in 7 matches. In May 2021, he scored another equalizer to help Dwarfs to 1–1 draw against Dreams.
Sumaila scored his first GPL
hat-trick
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Origin
The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three wic ...
on 28 June 2021, scoring in the 12th, 49th minute and 81st minutes, in a 4–1 away win against
Karela United
Karela United FC is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Aiyinase, Ellembele District, Western Region. The club competed in the 2019 Ghanaian Normalisation Cup Competition.
Karela plays their home matches at the CAM Park.
History
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. This made him the third player to score a hat-trick that season, after
Joseph Esso and
Kwame Peprah. He was adjudged the man of the match at the end of the match. Even though the club got relegated at the end of the season based on head-to-head disadvantage against
Elmina Sharks, he ended the season as one of the club's top performers, as the club's top scorer with 8 goals in 30 matches.
References
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Living people
1995 births
Men's association football midfielders
Ghanaian men's footballers
Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs players
Ghana Premier League players