Wakaso playing for Ghana in 2015
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mubarak Wakaso | ||
Date of birth | 25 July 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Tamale, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Granada (loan from Panathinaikos) |
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Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
Adelaide | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2008 | Ashanti Gold | ||
2008–2011 | Elche | 58 | (1) |
2011 | Villarreal B | 5 | (1) |
2011–2012 | Villarreal | 17 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Espanyol | 26 | (3) |
2013–2016 | Rubin Kazan | 16 | (2) |
2014–2015 | → Celtic (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Las Palmas (loan) | 20 | (1) |
2016– | Panathinaikos | 8 | (1) |
2017– | → Granada (loan) | 11 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2005 | Ghana U17 | ||
2012– | Ghana | 49 | (12) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2017 |
Mubarak Wakaso (Arabic: مبارك واكاسو; born 25 July 1990) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Granada CF on loan from Greek club Panathinaikos F.C. as a winger.
Born in Tamale, Northern Region, Wakaso began his senior career in Ashanti Gold SC. In 2008, he moved abroad and signed with Elche CF in Spain on a five-year contract, but only joined the club nearly two months later however due to international duty.
In late January 2011, after several bouts of indiscipline and internal codes violations, Wakaso was released by the Valencian. Shortly after he joined another side in the region and Segunda División, Villarreal CF's B-team.
On 27 February 2011, Wakaso made his La Liga debut, coming on as a substitute for José Catalá in the last minutes of a 2–2 away draw against Racing de Santander. He only played six games in his first full season, and the Yellow Submarine was also relegated after twelve years in the top flight.
Wakaso signed for RCD Espanyol on 11 July 2012, penning a four-year contract. He started in 23 of his league appearances for the Catalans in his first and only season.
In the last days of the 2013 summer transfer window, Wakaso moved to the Russian Premier League with FC Rubin Kazan. On 28 August 2014 he joined Celtic, on a season-long loan.