Nasiru Zakaria Banahene (born 8 July 2000) is a Ghanaian
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who plays as a
right-back for Finnish club
Honka
Career
Early life
Born in Accra, Banahene started his career at the age of 9 with local club Kumasi Barcelona Football Club based in
Kumasi, Ghana. He was there with childhood friend
Mohammed Salisu
Mohammed Salisu Abdul Karim (born 17 April 1999) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Southampton and the Ghana national team.
Salisu started his senior career with Valladolid, featuring for t ...
. Banahene then moved to Ocheman Planners before progressing on to the youth academy of Accra-based club
Liberty Professionals.
MTK Budapest
In February 2019, he joined Hungarian club
MTK Budapest
Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888. It has sections for football, handball, basketball, volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, water polo, cycling, gymnastics, athletics, fencing, canoeing, boxing, wrestlin ...
. However, MTK decided to loan Banahene out during the summer due to a lack of playing time.
FC Honka
On 9 August 2019, Banahene joined Finnish club
Honka on an initial loan deal for the rest of 2019 with an option to buy. In July 2020, Honka exercised their buy option with Banahene signing a three-year deal.
Club statistics
References
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2000 births
Living people
Ghanaian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Veikkausliiga players
Kakkonen players
MTK Budapest FC players
FC Honka players
Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
Footballers from Accra