Hamza Mohammed

Hamza Mohammed (born 5 November 1980) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Real Tamale United for 8 years before joining Kumasi Asante Kotoko in 2002.[1][2] Mohammed also featured for the Ghana Black Starlets, Black Satellites, Black Meteors, and the Black Stars. He captained the Black Satellites in 1999 and was in the Black Stars squad that took part in the 2006 and 2002 African Cup of Nations.[2][1] Mohammed was Deputy Captain of the Black Starlets squad for the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship. Mohammed is currently the Head Coach of Ghana Division One League club Tamale City Football Club.[3][4]

For other people named Hamza Mohammed, see Hamza Mohammed (disambiguation).
Hamza Mohammed
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-11-05) 5 November 1980
Place of birth Kumasi, Ghana
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2002 Real Tamale United
2002 Asante Kotoko
2003 Real Tamale United
2004 King Faisal Babes
2005–2006 Real Tamale United
2007 New Zealand Knights 2 (0)
2007–2008 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 19 (0)
2008–2009 Hearts of Oak
2009–2011 King Faisal Babes
National team
1999 Ghana U20 4 (0)
1999–2006 Ghana 27 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Mohammed started his football career in 1994 with Real Republicans, a juvenile soccer academy in Tamale and later joined the Real Tamale United in 1996[1]. In 2002 he joined Kumasi Asante Kotoko but left in 2003 to join their city rivals Kumasi King Faisal.[5][2] In 2009 he joined Accra Hearts of Oak.[6]

After leaving New Zealand Knights FC, Mohammed had trials with Rennes,[7] Hapoel Be'er Sheva,[8] Leeds United, Dundee United and St Johnstone but was deemed to be too short of match fitness to secue himself a contract. On 10 August 2007, Hamza signed a three-year-contract with Romanian Divizia A side club CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț[9] and joined in summer 2009 back to Ghana to sign for King Faisal Babes who scores one goal in the first two matches[10]

International career

While with Real Tamale United, Mohammed was selected to join the Ghana Under-15 team at the Wineba Sports Academy in 1996[1].

Mohammed was member of the Ghana national under-20 football team at 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria.[11][12] Then was part of the Ghanaian 2002 and 2006 African Nations Cup teams.[12] Mohammed played all the 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers but was dropped from the squad after Ghana qualified which brought about some public criticisms.[1]

References
  1. Gyebi, Joseph Ziem And Edmond (18 January 2011). "SAVANNAH NEWS: SUCCESS OF HAMZA MOHAMMED …And His Contributions to Development of Ghana Football". SAVANNAH NEWS. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. "RTU's Hamza joins Kotoko". www.ghanaweb.com. 18 June 2002. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. "Tamale City have a minimum wage of ₵800 - Hamza Mohammed". MyJoyOnline.com. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  4. "RTU has to adjust to the modern game- Hamza Mohammed". Footballghana. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  5. "Hamza Mohammed names Stephen Oduro as the best Kotoko player for the past 15 years". GhanaSoccernet. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  6. "Hamza joins Hearts to win League". MyJoyOnline.com. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  7. "Hamza Mohammed For French Trial". Modernghana.com. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  8. "Modern Ghana - Breaking News, Ghana, Africa, Entertainment". Modernghana.com. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "Bissah maintains scoring form". Modernghana.com. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  11. "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Hamza MOHAMED". FIFA.com. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  12. Hamza Mohammed at WorldFootball.net


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