Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yakubu Nassam Ibrahim | ||
Date of birth | 18 February 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Bimbilla, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Rangers | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
Red Bull Ghana | |||
2012–2016 | Growlamp Soccer Academy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2017–2018 | Pofmade FC | ||
2019–2023 | Ococias Kyoto | 54 | (15) |
2023– | Rangers | 25 | (16) |
International career | |||
2018 | Ghana U23 | 1 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024 |
Yakubu Nassam Ibrahim (born 18 February 1997) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who currently plays as a winger for Hong Kong Premier League club Rangers.
Ibrahim was first spotted by scouts from Red Bull Ghana in an inter-school competition, where he started his football. [1]
Ibrahim joined Growlamp Soccer Academy, a football academy in his native Ghana, when he was in junior high school. [2] [3] He then started playing professionally with Pofmade FC after he graduated from high school. [2] [3]
Ibrahim was one of the three Ghanaians Ococias Kyoto signed on 22 January 2019. [3] [4] On 14 April, Ibrahim scored in the season opener against St Andrew's FC, helping Kyoto to a 5–1 win. [5]
On 10 February 2020, Ibrahim signed a one-year contract extension with Ococias Kyoto. [6]
On 25 February 2021, Ococias Kyoto announced that they had extended Ibrahim's contract for one year. [7]
On 9 February 2022, Ibrahim renewed his contract with Ococias Kyoto for another season. [8] On 1 December, Ococias Kyoto announced that Ibrahim would leave at the end of the 2022 season when his contract expires. [9]
On 21 February 2023, Ibrahim signed for Hong Kong Premier League club Rangers. [10]
On 18 December 2018, Ibrahim played his only match for Ghana U23, where they beat Togo 5–1 in the 2019 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, with Ibrahim scoring a goal in the process. [11] [12]