Mohammed Muntari Tagoe

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Mohammed Muntari Tagoe
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Personal information
Full name Mohammed Muntari Tagoe
Date of birth (1992-01-08) 8 January 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Hawassa City
Number 1
Youth career
2008–2010 Madina Youth FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2017 Medeama 86 (0)
2017–2018 Lusaka Dynamos 34 (0)
2018–2019 Asante Kotoko 0 (0)
2019– Jimma Aba Jifar
International career
2012–2013 Ghana U20 14 (0)
2016 Ghana A' 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:58, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Mohammed Muntari Tagoe (born 8 January 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ethiopian Premier League club Hawassa City.

Contents

Club career

Madina Youth FC

Muntari spent a number of seasons with Madina Youth FC (third-tier side in Accra) before he joined Medeama S.C. of Tarkwa. He played there from 2008 to 2010. [1]

Medeama SC (2010-2017)

Tagoe joined Medeama S.C. in the 2010–2011 Ghana Premier League season where he signed a long-term contract. He spent a total of six seasons at the Tarkwa and Aboaso Park. He won three trophies at the club including two FA Cup titles. He was the captain of the team as of 2014–2016. [2] [3] [4] [1]

Tagoe featured in Medeama 3–1 defeat to TP Mazembe in the CAF Confederation Cup in 2016, he made lots of saves which prevented TP Mazembe from getting more in before half time. Medeama SC knocked out Al Ittihad and Al Shendy of Libya [5] and Sudan respectively in the previous rounds to book a ticket with Mamelodi Sundowns. [6] [7] [8]

Lusaka Dynamos F.C.(2017)

Muntari signed a two-year deal with Lusaka Dynamos F.C. In February 2017. [9] [10]

Jimma Aba Jifar

In October 2019, he joined Ethiopian side Jimma Aba Jifar, after terminating his contract with Kumasi Asante Kotoko. [11] He returned to Ghana in July 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. [12]

International career

In 2012, Ghana U20 coach Maxwell Konadu invited 27 players to start preparing for the 2013 African Youth Championship final qualifier against Morocco. Muntari was included in the squad. [13] He was also enlisted in the 18-man squad to face Uganda in July 2012 in a penultimate 2013 African Youth Championship qualifier. [14] Muntari was also featured in the local Black Stars team that was invited by coach Maxwell Konadu to start preparations ahead of their international friendly match against Japan U23 national team on May 11, 2016. [15] [16] [17]

Honours

Medeama

Individual

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References

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