| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frederick Habib Yampabu Issaka [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 July 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Truro, England | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| Number | 35 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2021 | Truro City | ||
| 2021–2022 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | England U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Wales U17 | 10 | (1) |
| 2023– | Wales U19 | 14 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:42, 30 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:13, 22 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
Frederick Habib Yampabu Issaka (born 28 July 2006) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Plymouth Argyle. He is a Wales under-19 international.
Issaka became Plymouth Argyle's youngest ever player when he made his professional debut on 31 August 2021, aged 15 years and 34 days, when he featured off the bench in a 2–0 EFL Cup defeat to Newport County. [3] [4]
In July 2023 Issaka signed his first professional contract with Plymouth. [4] In July 2024 he signed a new four-year contract with the club. [5]
He scored his first goal for The Greens in a 3–3 home game on 26 October 2024 versus Preston in which Plymouth came back from 3–0 down. [6]
Issaka was born in England to a Ghanaian father and Welsh mother. [7] In September 2021, he was called-up by a Wales U16 training camp. The next month he was selected in the squad for their Victory Shield campaign. [8]
In December 2021, Issaka featured twice for England U16s, in a pair of friendlies at St George's Park vs Turkey U16s. [9] [10]
In 2022 Issaka was again selected to represent Wales. In April he featured in an under-16 UEFA Development Tournament, [11] and in October playing for the under-17s in three UEFA Euro U17 Championship qualifiers, scoring in a 3–3 draw with Sweden. [12] In October 2023 Issaka was selected for the Wales Under 19 squad. [13]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Plymouth Argyle | ||||||||||||
| 2021–22 [14] | EFL League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 [15] | EFL League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 [a] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 [16] | EFL Championship | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 [17] | EFL Championship | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| Career total | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||