Arafat Djako

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Arafat Djako
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-11-10) 10 November 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Lomé, Togo
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
0000–2006 Merlan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2008 Merlan 26 (4)
2008–2009 Ashanti Gold 8 (3)
2009–2010 Bnei Sakhnin 27 (3)
2010 Hapoel Acre 16 (10)
2011–2012 Anzhi Makhachkala 1 (0)
2011Gaziantepspor (loan) 4 (0)
2012Al-Arabi (loan) 7 (0)
2012 Inter Baku 4 (1)
2013 Bnei Sakhnin 9 (0)
2014 Dacia Chișinău 4 (1)
2015–2016 CF Mounana
2016–2017 Awassa City
2018 Wolaitta Dicha
2018–2019 Bahir Dar Kenema
2019–2020 Wolkite City
2020 Sebeta City
International career
2008–2012 Togo [1] 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arafat Djako (born 10 November 1988) is a Togolese former professional footballer. [2]

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Club career

Djako began his career in the youth from AC Merlan, was in Winter 2007 promoted to the first team, here played between 1 July 2008 than joined to Ghanaian top club Ashanti Gold S.C., In 2009, he joined the Israeli club of Bnei Sakhnin at the end of that season he sold to another Israeli club Hapoel Acre. [3]

On 8 September 2012, it was announced that Djako had joined Inter Baku on a free transfer. [4]

On 19 March 2014, Djako signed for Dacia Chișinău on a two-year contract after a short trial period. [5] [6]

International career

Djako played his debut for the Togo national team on 10 September 2008 against Zambia [7] and his second call up was on 28 March 2009 for the game against Cameroon in the Qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. [8]

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