Baba Sampana

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Baba Sampana
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-12-14) 14 December 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Ghana
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Ilocos United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007 Shelter Force
2008 Real Sportive
2009 Eleven Wise
2009–2010 Hearts of Oak
2011–2013 Medeama
2013–2014 Loyola 14 (0)
2014–2015 Team Socceroo 25 (0)
2017– Ilocos United 2 (0)
International career
2007 Ghana U17
2008 Ghana U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Baba Sampana (born 14 December 1991) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Philippines Football League side Ilocos United F.C. in the Philippines. [1]

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Club career

Sampana moved in January 2008 from Shelter Force [2] to Real Sportive, [3] with whom he played one year. He then left Real Sportive for Eleven Wise in 2009 and in August 2009 signed for Accra Hearts of Oak SC. [4]

International career

Sampana was member of the Ghana U17 national team in 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Korea Republi]. [5] On 19 August 2008, he was first called for the Ghana U20.

Honours

Loyola

Individual

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  5. Baba Sampana FIFA competition record (archived)