Moro Sumaila (born 20 June 1995) is a

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who currently plays as a winger for

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side

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Career

Sumaila started his career with

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

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to score a second half brace and help Dwarfs to a 2–1 victory over

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. 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

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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

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, 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

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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

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on 28 June 2021, scoring in the 12th, 49th minute and 81st minutes, in a 4–1 away win against

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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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sumaila, Moro Living people 1995 births Men's association football midfielders Ghanaian men's footballers Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs players Ghana Premier League players