Latif Blessing
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Latif Atta Blessing | ||
| Date of birth | 30 December 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger, Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Sporting Kansas City | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2014 | Liberty Professionals | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2016 | Liberty Professionals | ||
| 2017– | Sporting Kansas City | 4 | (2) |
| 2017– | → Swope Park Rangers (loan) | 1 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 March 2017. |
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Latif Atta Blessing (born 30 December 1996) is an Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer.
Born in Accra, Blessing joined the Liberty Professionals youth team in 2013. He soon was promoted to the senior side for the Ghana Premier League but mainly appeared on the bench for the side. Blessing received good reviews for his performance during a Premier League match against Asante Kotoko on 21 June 2015. During the match, he scored in the 21st minute to equalize for Liberty Professionals before he provided two assists that lead his side to a 3–1 victory.
During the 2016 season, Blessing scored six goals in his first eight games. He would go on to finish the season as the top scorer in the league with 17 goals, after his hat-trick on the final day of the season against Bechem United. His performance during the season was recognized in December 2016 when Blessing won the best player of the league award by the Ghana Football Association.
On 9 January 2017 it was announced that Blessing had signed for Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer in the United States.
Blessing's first MLS goals came in a brace on 13 May 2017 in a 2-2 draw in Orlando versus Orlando City.
Blessing was included in the provisional squad for Ghana before the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations but failed to make the final cut.
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