Personal information | |||
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Full name | Razak Abalora | ||
Date of birth | 4 September 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sheriff Tiraspol | ||
Number | 40 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2013 | West African Football Academy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2017 | WAFA | 24 | (0) |
2017–2020 | Azam | 100 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Asante Kotoko | 33 | (0) |
2022– | Sheriff Tiraspol | 14 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Ghana | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 December 2019 |
Razak Abalora (born 4 September 1996) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for the Moldovan National Division team Sheriff Tiraspol as a goalkeeper. He joined the club from Tanzanian side Azam F.C. on a free transfer.[1][2]
Abalora joined the Feyenoord Academy and went on to spend three years before joining the senior team now called West African Football Academy (WAFA). Abalora spent the next five years at the Ghanaian Premier League team before he moved to Azam. He joined Azam on a three-year deal in July 2017.[3][4]
In October 2020, he joined Asante Kotoko on as a free agent on 3-year contract.[5] He made his debut on 20 December 2020, in a 1–0 victory over Dreams.[6] He was appointed the deputy captain of the club to Ismail Abdul-Ganiyu.[7] He left the club in 2022 and joined Sheriff Tiraspol. He played 33 league matches and kept 17 clean sheets.[8]
In January 2022, Abalora joined Moldovan football club Sheriff Tiraspol on a three-year contract.[8][9] This made him the fourth Ghanaian player to join the club in the space of two years.[10]
Razak earned his first cap for Ghana on 19 October 2019.[11] The call up was for the 2021 African Cup of Nations qualifying matches against South Africa, São Tomé and Príncipe.[12][13]
Azam
Asante Kotoko
Sheriff Tiraspol
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