- Illiasu Shilla
Football player infobox| playername= Illiasu Shilla
fullname = Illiasu Shilla Alhassan
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|10|26
cityofbirth =Tema
countryofbirth =Ghana
height = height|m=1.88
currentclub =FC Saturn Moscow Oblast
position = defender
youthyears = 2001-2002
youthclubs =Real Republican
years = 2003-2005 2005-2006 2006-
clubs =King Faisal Babes Asante Kotoko FC Saturn Moscow Oblast
caps(goals) =
nationalyears = 2006-
nationalteam = Ghana
nationalcaps(goals) = 10 (0)
pcupdate = 08 February 2007
ntupdate = 08 February 2007Illiasu Shilla Alhassan ( born
26 October 1982 inTema ,Ghana ) is aGhana ian football defender who currently plays for FC Saturn.Illiasu began his career in Kumasi with Real Republicans - a youth club - and then King Faisal Babes, where he played in two successive campaigns in the African Confederations Cup in 2004 and 2005.
The tough tackling defender then moved to glamour club
Asante Kotoko and won a place in Ghana’s squad for the 2006 World Cup, despite having never played for the national team and was only one of just four domestic-based players.He replaced
Issah Ahmed at Kotoko in January 2006, and his performances in recent months were enough to convince coachRatomir Dujkovic to take him to Germany.His impressive performances at the World Cup grabbed the attentions of a number of big European clubs. After trials at Arsenal and Blackburn Rovers he eventually joined Russian club
FC Saturn Moscow Oblast .Centre back who sprung into world focus after his outstanding performances for Ghana at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Illiasu was brought in after Ghana’s opening defeat to Italy and was a revelation as Ghana beat the Czech Republic and the USA, before losing to Brazil in the last 16.
External links
* [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/player/209161_SHILLA_Illiasu.html Fifa 2006 World Cup Profile]
* [http://www.ghanafa.org/ Ghana Football Association] - official website
* [http://discussions.ghanaweb.com/viewforum.php?f=2/ Ghanaweb Football Forum] - Official Fan Forum
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