Hamza Mohammed (born 5 November 1980) is a Ghanaian former professional

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who played as a

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. He played for

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for eight years before joining Kumasi Asante Kotoko in 2002. Mohammed also featured for the Ghana Black Starlets, Black Satellites, Black Meteors, and the Black Stars. He captained the ''Black Satellites'' in 1999 and was in the ''Black Stars'' squad that took part in the

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and

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. Mohammed was deputy captain of the ''Black Starlets'' squad for the

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. Mohammed is currently the

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of Ghana Division One League club Tamale City Football Club.

Club career

Mohammed started his football career in 1994 with Real Republicans, a juvenile soccer academy in

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and later joined the

in 1996. In 2002 he joined Kumasi Asante Kotoko but left in 2003 to join their city rivals Kumasi King Faisal. In 2009 he joined

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. After leaving

New Zealand Knights FC New Zealand Knights Football Club (formed from the Football Kingz Football Club in 2004) were the only professional association football club in New Zealand before they became defunct. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, they played in the A-League ...

, Mohammed had trials with

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and

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but was deemed to be too short of match fitness to secure himself a contract. On 10 August 2007, Hamza signed a three-year contract with Romanian

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side club

CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Club Sportiv Municipal Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, commonly known as Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț () or simply as Ceahlăul, is a Romanian Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Piatra Neamț, Neamț County, currently playing i ...

and joined in summer 2009 back to Ghana to sign for

King Faisal Babes King Faisal Football Club, nicknamed the Babes, is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. Owned by Kumasi's Muslim community and named after King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, the Babes compete in Division One League, ...

who scores one goal in the first two matches

International career

While with

, Mohammed was selected to join the Ghana Under-15 team at the Wineba Sports Academy in 1996. Mohammed was member of the

Ghana national under-20 football team Ghana national U-20 football team known as the ''Black Satellites'', is considered to be the feeder team for the Ghana national football team. They are the former 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-20 World Cup Champions and U-20 Africa Cup ...

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. Then was part of the

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and

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teams. Mohammed played all the

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but was dropped from the squad after Ghana qualified which brought about some public criticisms.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mohammed, Hamza 1980 births Living people Footballers from Kumasi Men's association football midfielders Ghanaian men's footballers Ghana men's under-20 international footballers Ghana men's international footballers A-League Men players Liga I players Asante Kotoko S.C. players CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț players New Zealand Knights FC players King Faisal F.C. players Real Tamale United players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Romania 2002 African Cup of Nations players 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players Dagomba people Real Republicans F.C. (Ghana) players 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen