Razak Issah (born 23 July 1993) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
for Ghanaian Premier league 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 ...
.
He rose to prominence after scoring a direct
free-kick during the first match of the
2020–21
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season against Ebusua Dwarfs' rivals
Elmina Sharks.
Career
Issah started his professional career with
Liberty Professionals in 2010.
He played for the
Dansoman
Dansoman is a suburban town in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, located near Accra and Takoradi district of the Accra Metropolitan Area. The town is known for being one of the largest estates in West Africa.
History
The town was founded by th ...
-based club till 2013 when he joined
Aduana Stars
Aduana Football Club is a professional football club, based in Dormaa Ahenkro, Bono Region, Ghana. The club is competing in the Ghanaian Premier League. It made history by winning the Ghana Premier League at their first attempt with 53 points. I ...
in July 2013, where he played till December 2014.
In January 2016, Issah moved to
Bechem United
Bechem United Football Club (officially: ''Bechem United Football Club'' or the "Hunters") is a Ghanaian professional football club, based in Bechem in the Ahafo Region They are competing in the Ghanaian Premier League and currently participating ...
, where played for a season mostly serving as the second choice goalkeeper to Ernest Adu.
He played his only match for the club, his debut match on 13 March 2016, after coming on in the 56th minute after Ernest Adu received an injury. He left Bechem in 2017 and joined
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 Stadi ...
, where he rose to prominence and eventually established himself as the first choice goalkeeper.
He made his debut for Ebusua Dwarfs on 9 June 2017, starting in a match against his former club Bechem United. He kept a clean sheet as the match ended in a 1–0 victory to Dwarfs. He played seven league matches that season. On 3 April 2019, during a
2019 GFA Normalization competition match against his former club Liberty Professionals he scored a direct
free-kick to bring the match to a 1–1 level, the however lost through a
Simon Zibo goal. During the 2019–20 season, he maintained his role as the first choice goalkeeper, keeping 12 out of the 15 matches played before the league was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana.
On the opening day of the 2020–21 season, Issah scored a direct free-kick, an 85th-minute equalizer after the club had been trailing since the 53rd minute, to help Dwarfs to a 2–2 draw against rivals
Elmina Sharks.
See also
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List of goalscoring goalkeepers
References
External links
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Living people
1993 births
Men's association football goalkeepers
Ghanaian men's footballers
Liberty Professionals F.C. players
Aduana Stars F.C. players
Bechem United F.C. players
Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs players
Ghana Premier League players
21st-century Ghanaian people
Place of birth missing (living people)
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