Yussif Raman Chibsah (born 10 March 1993) is a Ghanaian professional

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who plays as a

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. He represented the Ghana national team.

Club career

On 17 August 2012, Chibsah moved from Juventus to

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in a co-ownership deal (swap with Francesco Anacoura) before being immediately loaned to

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, where he was under contract prior to his move to Juventus in 2011 (having joined from Bechem United in March 2009). Both 50% registration rights of Anacoura and Chibsah were tagged for €750,000. Chibsah also received a call-up to Parma's pre-season camp on 14 July 2012. On 1 September 2012, he made his professional debut for Sassuolo against

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as a substitute in a 2–1 victory in

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. On 19 June 2013, Parma acquired the playing rights for Chibsah outright for €1 million and renewed the co-ownership of Anacoura.

later acquired half of the registration rights of Chibsah from Parma for €2.5 million.Parma FC SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2014 (in Italian)
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/ref> In June 2014 Sassuolo acquired playing rights for Chibsah and Nicola Sansone outright for an additional €5.75 million, and Pedro Filipe Mendes was bought back for €2.5 million. On 6 July 2015, Chibsah joined newly promoted Serie A side

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in a season-long loan move. On 15 July 2016, he was signed by

side

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on loan, winning the promotion playoffs to

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. Benevento also acquired Chibsah outright at the end of season. However, on 15 January 2018, Chibsah returned to Frosinone on loan. On 19 June, Chibsah joined Frosinone outright. On 8 August 2019, Chibsah joined Turkish

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club Gazişehir Gaziantep. On 9 September 2020, Gazisehir Gaziantep announced they had parted ways with Chibsah following a mutual contract termination. On 18 September 2020, he became a new

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player. On 2 February 2022, Chibsah signed with Apollon Smyrnis in Greece.

International career

Chibsah was born and raised in Ghana. He debuted for the Ghana U20s in 2013, for the senior team in a friendly 2–2 tie against

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in 2013, and for the Ghana U23 in a 1–0 loss to the Mozambique U23s.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Sassuolo *

: 2012–13 VfL Bochum * 2. Bundesliga: 2020–21

References

External links

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Lega Serie B profile
* http://aic.football.it/scheda/26138/chibsah-yussif-raman.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Chibsah, Raman Living people 1993 births Footballers from Accra Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Ghana men's international footballers Ghana men's under-20 international footballers Parma Calcio 1913 players US Sassuolo Calcio players Frosinone Calcio players Benevento Calcio players Gaziantep F.K. footballers VfL Bochum players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Ionikos F.C. players US Folgore Caratese ASD players CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț players Serie A players Serie B players Serie D players Süper Lig players Super League Greece players Liga II players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Romania 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen