Winful Cobbinah

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Winful Cobbinah
Personal information
Full name Winful Essau Cobbinah
Date of birth (1991-09-06) 6 September 1991 (age 31)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Petrojet
Number 18
Youth career
Starke Professionals
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
BT Professionals
Tudu Mighty Jets
2012–2014 Hearts of Oak 25 (1)
2014–2015 Najran SC 18 (3)
2017–2018 Hearts of Oak 25 (5)
2018–2020 Tirana 68 (10)
2020–2022 Cleopatra 31 (0)
2022– Petrojet 0 (0)
International career‡
Ghana U17 12 (8)
Ghana U20 26 (17)
2017– Ghana 3 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:18, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:18, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Winful Essau Cobbinah (born 6 September 1991) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Egyptian club Petrojet, as an attacking midfielder.

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Club career

Cobbinah began his career in his native Ghana, playing for Starke Professionals, BT Professionals and Tudu Mighty Jets, before signing for Ghana Premier League club Hearts of Oak in 2012. [1]

In 2014, Cobbinah signed for Saudi Arabian club Najran. [2] Cobbinah later terminated his contract at the club due to unpaid wages. [3]

In 2017, Cobbinah returned to Hearts of Oak. Cobbinah made 25 league appearances, scoring five times in his second spell at the club. [4]

On 13 July 2018, Cobbinah signed for Tirana. [5]

In October 2020, it was revealed that Cobbinah was awarded Albanian citizenship by President Ilir Meta. [6]

On Tuesday November 17, 2020, Newly promoted Egypt Premier League side Ceramica Cleopatra FC signed Ghanaian midfielder Winful Cobbinah on a free transfer after his contract with Albanian giants KF Tirana ended last month.

International career

After representing Ghana U17 and Ghana U20, [7] Cobbinah made his senior debut for Ghana on 25 May 2017 against Benin. [8] On 16 September 2017, Cobbinah scored his first goal for Ghana, in a 1–0 win against Mali in the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations. [9]

International goals

Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 September 2017 Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast, Ghana Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 1–01–0 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations
224 September 2017 Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast, Ghana Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 3–14–1 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations

Honours

Tirana

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References

  1. ↑ "Meet Winful Cobbinah: The Golden Boy of Accra Hearts of Oak". Ghana Fans. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Winful Cobbinah at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Winful Cobbinah terminates contract with Al Najran, eyes move to GPL". Pulse Ghana. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Winful Cobbinah". World Football. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Press release: Hearts transfers Winful Cobbinah to KF Tirana". Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "EKSKLUZIVE/ Asist padashje i Ilir Metës për Tiranën, si Young Boys e bëri Cobbinah shqiptar". 3 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Winful's profile". TBD Management. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Ghana 1–1 Benin". ESPN. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Ghana 1–0 Mali". ESPN. Retrieved 19 July 2018.


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