Karim Alhassan

Karimu Alhassan
Personal information
Full name Karimu Alhassan
Date of birth (1991-04-30) 30 April 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2006–2007 Nikwab Professionals[1]
2008 Soccer Learners
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Hearts of Oak
2011–2012 Zamalek 0 (0)
2012–2013 Adana Demirspor 8 (0)
2013 Black Leopards
2014 Radnički Kragujevac 0 (0)
2015–2016 Liberty Professionals
2016– → Al-Merrikh SC (loan)
2016–2017 Dire Dawa City
International career‡
Ghana U20
2009 Ghana 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 January 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 January 2014

Karimu Alhassan (born 30 April 1991) is a Ghanaian footballer playing as a defender who last played for Dire Dawa City.

Career

In 2008, he signed for Hearts of Oak,[2] and later was named as the team captain.[3]

On 6 August 2011, he joined Egyptian side Zamalek on a free transfer.[4] However FIFA (CAS after appeal) ordered Hearts of Oak eligible to receive training compensation from Zamalek for US$30,000.[1]

On 25 August 2012, Alhassan joined Turkish TFF First League side Adana Demirspor[5] on a two-year contract after being released by Egyptian club Zamalek.[6] In summer 2013 he joined South African side Black Leopards F.C.

On January 29, 2014, Alhassan signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Serbian SuperLiga side FK Radnički 1923.[7] He left Radnički and joined Ghana Premier League side Liberty Professionals F.C. in February 2015.[8]

On November 30, 2015, Liberty Professionals F.C. agreed to loan Karimu Alhassan in a one-year deal to Sudan Premier League side Al-Merrikh SC.[9]

International career

Alhassan was called up for the Ghana national team for a friendly game against Argentina[10] and made his debut in the game on 1 October 2009.[11]

He was part of Ghana U-20 squad at the 2011 African Youth Championship.

Honours

Hearts of Oak

References

  1. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Registered Players for Hearts of Oak - Ghana Premier League 2008/2009 Archived December 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Glo Premier League 09/10 Preview: Round 2". Football Made In Ghana. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  4. ^ "كريم الحسن ينضم رسميا للقلعة البيضاء". elzamalek.org. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  5. ^ a b Karimu Alhassan at Soccerway
  6. ^ "Ghana youngster Alhassan signs for Adana Demirspor". MTNFootball.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  7. ^ Alhasan prošao probu, Kragujevčani dobili novo pojačanje! at Sportske.net, 29-1-2014 (in Serbian)
  8. ^ Karim Alhassan: Liberty will revive my career Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine at sportscrusader.com, 4-2-2015, retrieved 2-12-2015
  9. ^ EXCLUSIVE: Liberty Professionals defender Karim Alhassan joins Al Merriekh on loan at ghanasoccernet.com, 30-11-2015, retrieved 2-12-2015
  10. ^ Black Stars away in Argentina
  11. ^ Ghana suffer Argentina defeat