| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 December 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. | ||
| Number | 37 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2010 | Ebusua Dwarfs | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2010–2012 | Ebusua Dwarfs | – | (–) |
| 2012–2013 | Asante Kotoko | – | (–) |
| 2013– | Mamelodi Sundowns | 6 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011– | Ghana U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2011– | Ghana U23 | 4 | (0) |
| 2011– | Ghana | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 October 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:11, 16 October 2013 (UTC) | |||
Rashid Sumaila (born 18 December 1992 in Cape Coast) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. as a centre-back and he is also a member of the Ghana national team.[1]
Sumaila won the 2011 Ghana Best Defender Award at the end of the 2010–11 Glo Premier Leagueseason.[1]
Club career
Ebusua Dwarfs
Born in Cape Coast, Sumaila began his playing career in the junior ranks of Glo Premier League clubEbusua Dwarfs in 2003.[citation needed] He progressed through the ranks at Ebusua Dwarfs and made his senior debut in the 2010–11 Glo Premier League season.[citation needed]
RC Lens (trial) and Asante Kotoko
French club RC Lens took an interest in young powerful centre-back after his first Ghana national football team call-up on 15 November 2011.[2]
In late November 2011, Sumaila joined the French club RC Lens on trial in the 2011–12 Ligue 2 season.[2]
In July 2012, Sumaila signed contract with Asante Kotoko.
International career
Ghana national under-20 team
- 2011 African Youth Championship
Sumaila was part of the Ghana national under-20 football team at the 2011 African Youth Championship.[2]
Ghana national under-23 team
- 2011 All-Africa Games
Sumaila was a member of the Ghana national under-23 football team that won Ghana's first All-Africa Games football Gold medal in the Football at the 2011 All-Africa Games when they defeated South Africa national under-23 football team 4–2 on penalty shoot-out at the Estádio do Zimpeto in Maputo,Mozambique on 17 September 2011.[2]
Ghana national team
- 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
On 7 November 2011 Sumaila was called up to the Ghana squad to face Sierra Leone national football team and Gabon national football team.[3]
In December 2011, Sumaila was named to the Ghana national football team's provisional 25-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, but was not included by the Ghana national football team technical staff for the tournament's final 23-man squad
