Samuel Sarfo

Samuel Sarfo (born 12 August 1990) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Saudi club Al-Taraji and the Ghana national team as a defender.[2]

Samuel Sarfo
Sarfo with Saipa in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-08-12) 12 August 1990
Place of birth Nsuta, Ghana
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1][2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Al-Taraji
Number 3
Youth career
Cantonments
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2018 Liberty Professionals
2018–2019 Saipa 31 (0)
2019–2022 Al-Khaleej 105 (11)
2022–2023 Al-Tadamon
2023– Al-Taraji
International career
2017– Ghana 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:11, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:14, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Nsuta, Sarfo played at Cantonments as a youth.[3][1] He later played for Liberty Professionals, combining his playing career with his job as a policeman.[4] On 6 February 2018, Sarfo signed an 18-month contract with Iranian club Saipa.[5][6]

On 5 July 2022, Sarfo joined Kuwaiti club Al-Tadamon.[7]

On 21 June 2023, Sarfo joined Saudi club Al-Taraji.[8]

Career statistics

As of 7 April 2019[2]
Club Division Season League National Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Saipa Pro League 2017–18 60000060
2018–19 1900021211
Career total 2500021271

International career

Sarfo made his international debut for Ghana in 2017.[1]

Honours

Club

Al-Khaleej

References

  1. "Samuel Sarfo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  2. Samuel Sarfo at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. Yakubu, Mutala. "Building the local football talent - the story of Cantonments Football Club". Premier News Ghana. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  4. "Ghanaian policeman Samuel Sarfo on Black Stars debut". BBC. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  5. "EXCLUSIVE: Ghana defender Samuel Sarfo completes move to Iranian side Saipa FC". Ghana Soccernet. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  6. "Liberty Captain Samuel Sarfo Land Lucrative Deal With Iranian Club Saipa FC". Ghana Sports Online. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  7. "التضامن يتعاقد مع الغاني سارفو".
  8. "أنهت إدارة النادي إجراءات التوقيع مع المدافع الغاني صامويل سرافو".
  9. "الخليج بطل دوري «يلو»".


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