Karim Abdul Razak
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Karim Abdul Razak Tanko | ||
| Date of birth | 18 April 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Kumasi, Ghana | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1975 | Cornerstones | ||
| 1975–1979 | Asante Kotoko | ||
| 1979–1981 | New York Cosmos | 3 | (0) |
| 1981–1982 | Asante Kotoko | ||
| 1982–1983 | Al Ain FC | ||
| 1983–1985 | Arab Contractors | ||
| 1985–1988 | Asante Kotoko | ||
| 1988–1990 | Africa Sports | ||
| National team | |||
| 1975–1988 | Ghana | 70 | (25) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1999 | Asante Kotoko | ||
| 1999–2000 | Dragons de l'Ouémé | ||
| 2000 | Ghana | ||
| 2000–2002 | Stade Malien | ||
| 2004–2006 | Stade Malien | ||
| 2011–2012 | Stade Malien | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Karim Abdul Razak Tanko (born 18 April 1956) is a Ghanaian football coach and former midfielder. He played for several clubs in the 1970s and 1980s, notably the local club Asante Kotoko and the New York Cosmos in the defunct North American Soccer League (NASL).
Popularly called the "Golden Boy", Razak also played for the Ghana national team, helping it win the 1978 African Cup of Nations. He was named African Footballer of the Year later that year.
Razak, who also played for clubs in the UAE, Egypt and Ivory Coast, was ranked by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in 2007 as one of the confederation's 30 best footballers of the previous 50 years.
Razak was born in Kumasi to Alhaji Abdul Karimu and Hajija Ishatu. He studied at Asem Boy's Elementary School. He started his playing career at local youth team football, before moving to Kumasi Cornerstones in 1972.
In 1975, he moved to Ghana's most successful club, Asante Kotoko. After a four-year spell with Kotoko, during which he became a member of the national team and earned the 1978 African Footballer of the Year award, Razak left Ghana in 1979 for the New York Cosmos of the NASL, where he played alongside former World Cup winners Franz Beckenbauer and Carlos Alberto.
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