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Full name | Haruna Yusif | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ghana | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
Kumasi Cornerstones | |||||||||||||||||
Asante Kotoko | |||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1978–1982 | Ghana | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Haruna Yusif is a Ghanaian former professional footballer. During his playing career he played as a defender specially as a left-back [1] for Kumasi Cornerstones and Kumasi Asante Kotoko. At the international level, he is known for his involvement in the squad that won the 1978 African Cup of Nations and 1982 African Cup of Nations. [2] [3]
Yusif played for Kumasi Cornerstones in 1978 before joining Kumasi Asante Kotoko, where he played from 1978 until he retired in 1990. [4]
Yusif played for the Ghana national team. He was a key member of the squad that played at the 1978, 1980 and 1982 [5] African Cup of Nations helping Ghana to make history as the first country to win the competition three times and for keeps during the 1978 edition, after scoring Uganda 2–0 in the finals. [2] [3] [6]
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