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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Ghanaian professional footballer (born 1979)}}<br />
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{{Infobox football biography<br />
| name = Awudu Issaka<br />
| image =<br />
| fullname = Awudu Issaka<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|6|26}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sunyani]], Ghana<br />
| height = 1.72 m<ref>{{Worldfootball.net|awudu-issaka}}</ref><br />
| position = [[Midfielder]]<br />
| currentclub = <br />
| clubnumber =<br />
| youthyears1 = 1993 | youthclubs1 = [[Asante Kotoko S.C.|Asante Kotoko]]<br />
| years1 = 1994–1995 | clubs1 = [[Prampram Mighty Royals FC|Prampram Mighty Royals]] | caps1 = | goals1 =<br />
| years2 = 1995–1996 | clubs2 = [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]] | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0<br />
| years3 = 1996–1998 | clubs3 = [[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/issakaawudu/ | title = Awudu Issaka | language = German | publisher = fussballdaten.de | accessdate = 27 May 2011}}</ref> | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0<br />
| years4 = 1998–2003 | clubs4 = [[TSV 1860 Munich II|1860 Munich II]] | caps4 = | goals4 =<br />
| years5 = 1999 | clubs5 = [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]] | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0<br />
| years6 = 2003–2005 | clubs6 = [[Prampram Mighty Royals FC|Prampram Mighty Royals]] | caps6 = | goals6 =<br />
| years7 = 2005–2006 | clubs7 = [[Liberty Professionals F.C.|Liberty Professionals]] | caps7 = | goals7 =<br />
| years8 = 2006–2011 | clubs8 = [[Tema Youth]] | caps8 = | goals8 =<br />
| nationalyears1 = 1995 | nationalteam1 = [[Ghana national under-17 football team|Ghana U-17]]<br />
| nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 =<br />
| nationalyears2 = 1997 | nationalteam2 = [[Ghana national under-20 football team|Ghana U-20]]<br />
| nationalcaps2 = | nationalgoals2 =<br />
}}<br />
'''Awudu Issaka''' (born 26 June 1979) is a Ghanaian former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]].<ref>[https://citisportsonline.com/2019/03/27/nketsia-writes-awudu-issaka-a-tale-of-tribulation-and-rebirth/ Awudu Issaka; a tale of tribulation and rebirth] citisportsonline.com</ref><br />
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==Club career==<br />
Issaka was born in [[Sunyani]]. He started playing football at the youth teams of [[Asante Kotoko S.C.|Asante Kotoko]], 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 [[R.S.C. Anderlecht]], where he mainly played for their youth team. Issaka caught the eye of the French club [[AJ Auxerre]], 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]] club [[TSV 1860 Munich]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,36745,00.html | title="Löwen" verlängern mit Issaka | language = German | publisher = Spiegel Online | accessdate = 28 May 2011 | date = 24 August 1999}}</ref> 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 F.C.|Liberty Professionals]], and played the 2005–06 season in the [[Ghana Telecom Premier League]] in Ghana. In July 2006 Issaka, joined the newly promoted Ghana Telecom Premier League club [[Tema Youth]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-127540736.html | publisher = highbeam.com | title = AWUDU ISSAKA JOINS TEMA YOUTH - AllAfrica - HighBeam Research<!-- Bot generated title -->}}{{Dead link|date=May 2011}}</ref><br />
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==International career==<br />
He played for the Ghana under-17 team in the [[FIFA World Youth Championship]] in 1995 in [[Ecuador]]. Issaka also took part in the [[1997 FIFA World Youth Championship|FIFA World Youth Championship 1997]] in [[Malaysia]], where Ghana finished on fourth position.<br />
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==Honours==<br />
* [[1997 FIFA World Youth Championship]] – 4th place<br />
* [[1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship]] World Champion<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1979 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Ghanaian Muslims]]<br />
[[Category:Ghanaian men's footballers]]<br />
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium]]<br />
[[Category:Ghana men's international footballers]]<br />
[[Category:AJ Auxerre players]]<br />
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France]]<br />
[[Category:TSV 1860 Munich II players]]<br />
[[Category:TSV 1860 Munich players]]<br />
[[Category:R.S.C. Anderlecht players]]<br />
[[Category:Bundesliga players]]<br />
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany]]<br />
[[Category:Liberty Professionals F.C. players]]<br />
[[Category:Tema Youth F.C. players]]<br />
[[Category:Ghana men's under-20 international footballers]]<br />
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]<br />
[[Category:People from Sunyani District]]<br />
[[Category:Footballers from Bono Region]]<br />
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