Nasiru Banahene

Nasiru Zakaria Banahene (born 8 July 2000) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a right-back for Finnish club Honka.

Nasiru Banahene
Personal information
Full name Nasiru Zakaria Banahene
Date of birth (2000-07-08) 8 July 2000
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
Honka
Number 24
Youth career
2009-2016 Kumasi Barcelona Football Club
2016-2018 Ocheman Planners
2018–2019 Liberty Professionals
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 MTK Budapest 5 (0)
2019FC Honka B (loan) 2 (0)
2019–2020Honka (loan) 5 (0)
2020– Honka 7 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:58, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

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. 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. However, MTK decided to loan Banahene out during the summer due to a lack of playing time.[1]

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.[2] In July 2020, Honka exercised their buy option with Banahene signing a three-year deal.[1]

Club statistics

As of match played 6 August 2020[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
MTK Budapest 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 500050
Honka B 2019 Kakkonen 200020
Honka 2019 Veikkausliiga 5050
2020 Veikkausliiga 727000142
Total 1227000192
Career total 1927000260

References

  1. Osman, Abdul Wadudu (19 July 2020). "Honka FC exercise option to tie Nasiru Banahene permanently from MTK Budapest". Football Made In Ghana. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. Muutoksia Hongan pelaajistossa, esporthonka.com, 9 August 2019
  3. Nasiru Banahene at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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