Mahama Awal (; born 10 June 1991) is a

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ian professional

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who currently plays for

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club

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Club career

Awal joined

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club

Guangdong Sunray Cave Shaanxi Wuzhou Football Club () was a Chinese professional football club based in Xi'an, Shaanxi which last played in the China League One division. The club was originally formed on February 5, 2007 as Guangdong Sunray Cave F.C. and was once ow ...

in 2009. On 10 May 2009, he scored his first senior goal in the league match against

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. He played with Guangdong Sunray Cave for six seasons, scoring 31 goals in 128 league appearances. Awal transferred to

side South China in January 2015. He made his debut for South China on 11 January against arch rival

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. He scored the game-tying goal in the injury time which gave South China a 2-2 draw with

. On 11 June 2017,

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chairperson Canny Leung revealed that Awal along with three other South China players would be jumping ship to Pegasus. On 8 July 2019, it was confirmed that Awal had left Pegasus after two seasons. On 13 January 2020, Awal returned to Pegasus. His second stay, however, was cut short due to the

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which caused the 2019–20 season to be suspended. On 8 April 2020, Awal agreed to a mutual termination with Pegasus. On 29 July 2022, Awal joined

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Mahama Awal
at HKFA {{DEFAULTSORT:Awal, Mahama 1991 births Living people Cameroonian footballers Sportspeople from Douala Association football forwards China League One players Hong Kong Premier League players Hong Kong First Division League players Guangdong Sunray Cave players South China AA players TSW Pegasus FC players Southern District FC players Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong Expatriate footballers in China Hong Kong League XI representative players