Ibrahim Sulemana (footballer, born 2003)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ibrahim Sulemana Kakari | ||
Date of birth | 22 May 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Sunyani, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cagliari | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
2018–2019 | Sunyani | ||
2019–2021 | Atalanta | ||
2021–2022 | Hellas Verona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2023 | Hellas Verona | 17 | (0) |
2023– | Cagliari | 21 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2024– | Ghana | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024 |
Ibrahim Sulemana Kakari (born 22 May 2003) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Italian Serie A club Cagliari and the Ghana national team.
Early life
Hailing from Brong Ahafo in southwestern Ghana, Ibrahim Sulemana started football in his home town of Sunyani. It is also in this city that he was spotted by the Ghanaian player agent, Oliver Artur, who came to organize a day of detection in the region. Selected among several other players, he was invited to a test stay in Italy in the summer of 2019. Enough to catch the eye of Atalanta recruiters, who included him in their U17 group. Sulemana stayed there for two years, the time to participate in several national tournaments, before injuring his face following a bad blow received in a match. Not retained by Atalanta, he finally signed with Hellas Verona in the summer of 2021. The club covered his medical expenses, including his facial surgery, and also allowed him to start with the Primavera. He signed his first professional contract at Hellas on 1 July 2022.
Club career
Sulemana started his career with Italian Serie A side Verona.[1][2][3] On 9 October 2022, he debuted for Verona during a 2–1 loss to Salernitana.[4]
On 1 July 2023, Sulemana signed a four-year contract with Cagliari.[5]
International career
Sulemana made his debut for the Ghana national team on 6 June 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against Mali at the Stade du 26 Mars. He substituted Salis Abdul Samed in the 88th minute, as Ghana scored in added time for a 2–1 victory.[6]
Career statistics
- As of match played 1 April 2024[7]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hellas Verona | 2022–23 | Serie A | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
Cagliari | 2023–24 | Serie A | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 2 | ||
Career total | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 2 |
References
- ^ "Ibrahim Sulemana: The New Rising Star". kickgh.com.
- ^ "Sulemana è pronto: l'Hellas Verona ci crede".
- ^ "che bravo Sulemana. Bragantini e Terracciano ci sono".
- ^ "Ghanaian teen Ibrahim Suleman reacts to Serie A debut". ghanasoccernet.com.
- ^ "Sulemana è del Cagliari" [Sulemana is at Cagliari] (in Italian). Cagliari. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Mali v Ghana game report". ESPN. 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Ibrahim Sulemana Kakari".
External links
- Ibrahim Sulemana at Soccerway
- CS1 Italian-language sources (it)
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Use dmy dates from November 2022
- Living people
- Men's association football midfielders
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Ghana men's international footballers
- Serie A players
- Hellas Verona FC players
- Cagliari Calcio players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
- 2003 births
- People from Sunyani District
- All stub articles
- Ghanaian football biography stubs