Awudu Issaka
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Awudu Issaka is a professional Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

ian footballer player.

Career

Issaka started playing football at the youth teams of Asante Kotoko
Asante Kotoko
Asante Kotoko Football Club, also known as Asante Kotoko, is one of the biggest and most successful football clubs in Ghana as well as being one of the more successful teams in Africa, having won twenty national league titles. They have also twice been champions of Africa. The club's home ground is...

, before he moved to Prampram Mighty Royals FC in Ghana's second division, where he already played for the first team at the age of fifteen. In 1995, soon after the FIFA World Youth Championship, Issaka signed a contract at the Belgian club RSC Anderlecht, where he mainly played for their youth team. Issaka caught the eye of the French club AJ Auxerre
AJ Auxerre
Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise is a French association football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Auxerre plays its home matches at the Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the...

, in 1996 at a youth tournament. Soon after that he agreed to play for Auxerre, where he played until 1998. In the 1998–99 season Issaka moved to German Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...

 club TSV 1860 Munich
TSV 1860 München
Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860, commonly known as TSV 1860 München or 1860 Munich, is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. The club's football team plays in the Second Bundesliga, after relegation from the Bundesliga following the 2003–04 season...

, where he played until the 2003–04 season. Then he played for his former club Prampram Mighty Royals FC for the rest of the 2004–05 season. Issaka later moved to Liberty Professionals FC
Liberty Professionals FC
Liberty Professionals Football Club is a Ghanaian football club based in Dansoman, Accra.-History:Liberty Professionals, founded in 1996, have tried to use a scientific approach to the management of a football throughout their history...

, and played the 2005–06 season in the Ghana Telecom Premier League
Ghana Telecom Premier League
The Glo Premier League is the official name of the top professional football division of the football league system in Ghana. Formed in 1956, it has been dominated by Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak.- 2011/12 teams :...

 in Ghana. In July 2006 Issaka, joined the newly promoted Ghana Telecom Premier League club Tema Youth
Tema Youth
Tema Youth is a football club based in Tema, Ghana, who plays in the Poly Tank Division One League.- History :Founded in 2005, they formerly played in the Ghana Premier League. Their home stadium is Tema Sports Stadium...

.

International carer

He played for the Ghana under-17 team in the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1995 in Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

. Issaka also took part in the FIFA World Youth Championship 1997
1997 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 11th staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held from June 16 to July 5, 1997 in Malaysia.-Venues:-Qualification:The following 24 teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship...

 in Malaysia, where Ghana finished on fourth position.

Honours

  • 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship
    1997 FIFA World Youth Championship
    The 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 11th staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held from June 16 to July 5, 1997 in Malaysia.-Venues:-Qualification:The following 24 teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship...

     - 4rd place
  • 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship
    1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship
    The FIFA U-17 World Championship 1995 was held in the cities of Guayaquil, Portoviejo, Quito, Ibarra, Cuenca, and Riobamba in Ecuador between 3 August and 20 August 1995. Players born after 1 August 1978 could participate in this tournament...

    World Champion
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