Mutawakilu Seidu

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Mutawakilu Seidu
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-08-08) August 8, 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Enugu Rangers
Number 1
Youth career
2012-2014 Asante Kotoko
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 Accra Hearts of Oak 27 (0)
2015-2016 → Dreams F.C. (loan) 12 (0)
2016-2017 Accra Hearts of Oak 9 (0)
2017- Enugu Rangers 36 (0)
International career
2015 Ghana U-20 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mutawakilu Seidu (born 8 August 1995 in Accra) is a Ghanaian professional footballer. He currently plays for Nigeria Professional Football League side Enugu Rangers, as a goalkeeper. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Contents

Career

Youth

Seidu began his career at Asante Kotoko junior team before being promoted to the senior team.

Hearts of Oak

In 2014 Seidu signed for Ghana Premier League club Accra Hearts of Oak in his hometown Accra. [9] [10] [11]

Dreams FC (loan)

In 2015, it was announced that Mutawakilu would be joining Dreams F.C. on a season-long loan, with an option to make the transfer permanent. [12] [13]

Enugu Rangers

In April 2017, Seidu joined seven-time Nigeria Premier League Champions Enugu Rangers on a two-year deal. [14] [15] [16] [17]

International

On 6 January 2015, Seidu was called up to the Ghana U-20, [18] [19] and was part of the Ghana U-20 team at the 2015 African U-20 Championship in Senegal. [20] [21] [22] [23]

He represented the Ghana U-20 at the FIFA U20 World Cup in New Zealand in 2015. [24]

Honour

Club

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