Ibrahim Abdul Rahim Ayew (born 16 April 1988), also known as Ibrahim Ayew or Rahim Ayew, is a Ghanaian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Bruno's Magpies. He formerly played for the

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Club career

Ayew began to play football at Adisadel College, and later started his professional career with his father's team

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and was in January 2009 transferred to

Eleven Wise Sekondi Eleven Wise Football Club is a Ghanaian professional association football club, based in Sekondi, currently competing in the Poly Tank Division One League. History Affectionately called the Western Show Boys, they are arguably the mos ...

. He agreed to sign for German club

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, signing on a three and a half year contract, but the deal never materialized. On 17 June 2009, after much speculation, then 21-year-old Ghanaian national player joined from Sekondi Wise Fighters to Egyptian giants

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FC, where he signed a five-year contract. In January 2011, he signed a contract with

Lierse S.K. Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring (), often simply known as Lierse, was a Belgian professional football club from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse have won four championship titles and two Belgian Cups. Lierse was one of the six ...

in the Jupiler League in Belgium. He became a free agent in July 2013 after a two-season stint with Lierse and then for 5 months, he tried to look for a team to play. In December 2013, he returned to Ghana, signing with

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. In 2016, Ayew moved to Gibraltar to sign with

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side

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. Used as a left-back in the side, he scored his first goal on 19 March 2017 against

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. After 5 years at the club, Ayew left Europa in summer 2021. However, he returned to football a year later to sign for league rivals Bruno's Magpies, first appearing in their inaugural

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squad to face

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on 7 July 2022.

International career

Ayew has played for Ghana at the U-17, U-20,U-23 and the Senior Team levels. He was also called up for the Friendly game from the

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against

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and plays the game alongside his younger brother

André Ayew André Morgan Rami Ayew (; born 17 December 1989), also known as Dede Ayew in Ghana, is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd and captain of the Ghana national team. He is the second-born son of th ...

. He also played in the just ended African cup of nations in Angola and placed 2nd in the 2010 tournament. He also featured in the CAF African Nations Cup Tournament (CHAN) and placed 2nd again in that tournament with Rahim voted twice as Man of the match in 2009. He was selected, together with his brother

as part of Ghana's 23-man team for the 2010 World Cup staged in South Africa.

Personal life

Abdul Rahim comes from a family of footballers. He is the half brother of

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and Imani, having the same father, Ghana's renowned ex captain

Abédi Pelé Abedi Ayew ( ; born 5 November 1964), known professionally as Abedi Pele, is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and who served as captain of the Ghana national team. He is regarded as one of the gre ...

. Abedi and his first wife had Rahim, before Abedi married Maha, mother of Abedi's other children. Rahim is the nephew of Sola Ayew and Ghana's retired ex striker

Kwame Ayew Kwame Ayew (born 28 December 1973) is a Ghanaian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. During nearly 20 years he played professionally in six countries, mainly in P ...

Honours

Nania * E. K. Nayanar Memorial Football Gold Cup: 2007 Asante Kotoko *

Ghana Premier League The is the top professional association football division of the football league system in Ghana. Officially formed in 1956 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition (which began in 1933 and ended in 1953–54), ...

: 2013–14 *

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: 2013–14 * Ghana Super Cup: 2014 Europa *

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: 2016–17 *

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, 2017–18,

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References

External links

Profile
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Abdul Rahim Ayew – goalzz.com
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