Mohammed Rabiu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohammed Rabiu Alhassan | ||
| Date of birth | 31 December 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | FC Kuban Krasnodar | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2010 | Liberty | ||
| 2009–2010 | → Sampdoria (loan) | ||
| 2010 | → Udinese (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008 | → Gimnàstic (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Xerez (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Evian (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Evian | 53 | (2) |
| 2013– | Kuban Krasnodar | 4 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009 | Ghana U20 | ||
| 2011– | Ghana | 8 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 November 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Mohammed Rabiu Alhassan (born 31 December 1989) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays for Russian Premier League club FC Kuban Krasnodar,[2] and the Ghana national team.
Club career
He was signed by Gimnàstic on 31 January 2008 from Liberty, at age 18, a minimum age for international transfer.[3] He has his first game played on 18 May 2008 against Sevilla Atlético[4] after 6 months leave the club and move to Xerez CD.[5] He played than his first game on 11 November 2008 against CD Tenerife.[6] On 7 August 2009. U.C. Sampdoria have signed the Ghanaian midfielder on loan from Liberty Professionals FC, the powerful half-back will be part of Sampdoria's youth team.[7] After a season, he joined Serie A outfit Udinese Calcio, as the club borrowed the registration quota from Sampdoria.
On 4 August 2010, he trained at Évian Thonon Gaillard for a possible loan,[8] the loan was confirmed by the chairman of the club on 7 and 20 August by Udinese.
On 28 June 2011, Évian achieving promotion to Ligue 1 in the 2010–11 season completed a five-year permanent deal for Rabiu.[9]
International career
Rabiu represented the Black Satellites on international level,[10] he played with the team in the qualifications for the 2009 African Youth Championship in Rwanda.[11] In 2008, he was called up to the Black Stars squad for the 2008 African Cup of Nations in Ghana.[12]
International appearances
| Rabiu – appearances for Ghana | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
 Ghana |
2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
| Correct as of 2 February 2013[1] | |||
Titles and honours
Club
- Évian
- Ligue 2
- Champions: 2010–11
International
- FIFA U-20 World Cup
- Gold Medal: 2009
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rabiu, Mohammed". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ↑ "TRANSFERT DE MOHAMMED RABIU" (in French). Evian Thonon Gaillard F.C. 20 August 2013.
- ↑ LFP Transfer List (web archive)
- ↑ Gimnastic de Tarragona – FC Sevilla
- ↑ "Comunicado oficial" (in Spanish). xerezcd.com. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
- ↑ Deportivo Xerez – CD Teneriffa spielverlauf
- ↑ Sampdoria Snap Up Ghanaian Starlet Mohammed Rabiu On Loan – Report
- ↑ "Mohammed Rabiu à l’essai". Évian Thonon Gaillard FC (in French). 4 August 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ↑ "Rabiu Mohammed seals permanent Evian deal". MTN Football. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ↑ Rabiu in Black Satellites squad
- ↑ Ghana – African Youth Championship squads
- ↑ Ghana – The Black Stars
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