Mohammed Tanko

Mohammed Tanko Ismaila (born 15 November 1988) is a Ghanaian footballer,[2] who played club soccer in Spain and at home in Ghana.

Mohammed Tanko
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Tanko Ismaila
Date of birth (1988-11-15) November 15, 1988
Place of birth Ghana
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Heart of Lions
Youth career
Koftown FC
2005–2006 Liberty Professionals
2006–2007 Great Olympics
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Heart of Lions
2010–2011 CD Leganés 1 (0[1])
2011 → CD Teruel (loan)
2011–2012 Medeama SC
2013–2016 Heart of Lions
2017 Aduana Stars (4)
2018 Elmina Sharks
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Tanko won the 2009 H.P. Nyametei Cup final with Heart of Lions, scoring a goal in the second leg to help his team to victory.[3]

He played professionally for CD Leganés[4] and from January to June 2011 on loan for CD Teruel.[5] On 9 June 2011 signed a contract for Medeama SC and returned to his native Ghana.[6][7][8] He left Medeama in 2013 returning to Heart of Lions through 2016.[9]

Tanko played for several clubs in the Ghana Premier League including Aduana Stars, where he signed in 2017.[10] He was released from Elmina Sharks in January 2019 when the club lowered their wage bills.[11]

International career

Tanko was a member of the Ghana national under-17 football team and Ghana national under-20 football team. Since 2009 he is member of the Ghana national football team.[12]

Honours

References
  1. Tanko, Leganés - Leganés - Temporada 2010/2011
  2. Tanko Mohammed - Soccer Player - Leganes
  3. Yeboah, Thomas Freeman (7 August 2016). "Heart of Lions edge Kotoko to win SWAG Cup". Pulse.com.gh.
  4. Ghanaian duo join Spanish side Leganes
  5. Mohammed Tanko - Teruel
  6. Medeama sign striker Tanko Mohammed
  7. "Club secure Transfer Certificates for quartet". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
  8. "Striker Tanko Mohammed planning to drag Medeama to GFA over unpaid contract fee". 12 March 2014.
  9. "Former Medeama striker Tanko Mohammed training with Aduana Stars". GHANAsoccernet. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  10. "Know the Players Each Club Signed". 10 February 2017.
  11. "Elmina Sharks cancel 12 players contracts ahead of new season". 2 January 2019.
  12. Player Profile - Players Globe


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