| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohammed Rabiu Alhassan | ||
| Date of birth | 31 December 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | FC Kuban Krasnodar | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2010 | Liberty | ||
| 2009–2010 | → Sampdoria (loan) | ||
| 2010 | → Udinese (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008 | → Gimnàstic (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Xerez (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Evian (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Evian | 53 | (2) |
| 2013– | Kuban Krasnodar | 4 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009 | Ghana U20 | ||
| 2011– | Ghana | 8 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 November 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 February 2013[1] | |||
Mohammed Rabiu Alhassan (born 31 December 1989) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays for Russian Premier League club FC Kuban Krasnodar,[2] and the Ghana national team.
Club career
He was signed by Gimnàstic on 31 January 2008 from Liberty, at age 18, a minimum age for international transfer.[3] He has his first game played on 18 May 2008 against Sevilla Atlético[4] after 6 months leave the club and move to Xerez CD.[5] He played than his first game on 11 November 2008 against CD Tenerife.[6]On 7 August 2009. U.C. Sampdoria have signed the Ghanaian midfielder on loan from Liberty Professionals FC, the powerful half-back will be part of Sampdoria's youth team.[7] After a season, he joined Serie A outfit Udinese Calcio, as the club borrowed the registration quota from Sampdoria.
On 4 August 2010, he trained at Évian Thonon Gaillard for a possible loan,[8] the loan was confirmed by the chairman of the club on 7 and 20 August by Udinese.
On 28 June 2011, Évian achieving promotion to Ligue 1 in the 2010–11 season completed a five-year permanent deal for Rabiu.[9]
International career
Rabiu represented the Black Satellites on international level,[10] he played with the team in the qualifications for the 2009 African Youth Championship in Rwanda.[11] In 2008, he was called up to the Black Stars squad for the 2008 African Cup of Nations in Ghana
