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Mubarak Wakaso 
Personal information Full name Mubarak Wakaso Date of birth 25 July 1990 Place of birth Tamale, Ghana Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Villarreal Number 18 Youth career SC Adelaide Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2007–2008 Ashanti Gold 0 (0) 2008–2011 Elche 58 (1) 2011 Villarreal B 5 (1) 2011– Villarreal 13 (0) National team 2005 Ghana U17 2 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 October 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).Mubarak Wakaso (born 25 July 1990 in Tamale) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Villarreal CF in Spain, as a defensive midfielder.
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Club career
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. The player only joined the club nearly two months later however, due to international duty.[1]
In late January 2011, after several bouts of indiscipline and club internal codes violations,[2] Wakaso was released by the Valencian Community club.[3] Shortly after, he joined another club in the region and Segunda División, Villarreal CF's B-team.
On 27 February 2011, Wakaso made his La Liga debut, replacing José Catalá in the last minutes of a 2–2 away draw against Racing de Santander.
International career
Mubarak represented Ghana at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Peru, playing two games in an eventual group stage exit (three draws).[4]
Personal
Wakaso's younger brother, Abdulai Alhassan Wakaso, is also a footballer. A defender, he played several years in Portugal with Portimonense SC.[5]
References
- ^ El ghanés Wakaso Mubarak empieza a dejar constancia de sus 'poderes' (Ghanaian Wakaso Mubarak starts showing his 'powers'); La Verdad, July 2008 (Spanish)
- ^ Wakaso Mubarak, cielo e infierno en un mismo lugar (Wakaso Mubarak, heaven and hell in the same place); Rayo Herald, 16 December 2010 (Spanish)
- ^ El Elche despide al ghanés Wakaso Mubarak (Elche fires Ghanaian Wakaso Mubarak); Diario Vasco, 31 January 2011 (Spanish)
- ^ Wakaso Mubarak – FIFA competition record
- ^ National assignment and trials; Cheetah FC
External links
Villarreal CF – current squad Categories:- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Northern Region (Ghana)
- Ghanaian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- La Liga footballers
- Elche CF players
- Villarreal CF B footballers
- Villarreal CF footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
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