Razak Abalora (born 4 September 1996) is a Ghanaian professional

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who plays for the Albanian football club found in Elbasan

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as a

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Club career

Abalora joined the Feyenoord Academy and went on to spend three years before joining the senior team now called

West African Football Academy West African Football Academy Sporting Club or WAFA for short, is a Ghanaian professional football club based near Sogakope in the Volta Region. They are competing in the Ghana Premier League. The 2016–17 season was a successful one for WAFA as ...

(WAFA). Abalora spent the next five years at the Ghanaian Premier League team before he moved to Azam. He joined Azam on a three-year deal in July 2017. In October 2020, he joined

Asante Kotoko Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, simply known as Asante Kotoko, is a professional sports, professional association football, football club founded on 31 August 1935 and based in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nicknamed the ''African crested ...

on as a free agent on 3-year contract. He made his debut on 20 December 2020, in a 1–0 victory over

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. He was appointed the deputy

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of the club to

Ismail Abdul-Ganiyu Ismail Abdul-Ganiyu (born 12 June 1996) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as defender and captains Ghana Premier League side Asante Kotoko S.C. He began his career with Wa All Stars and before signing for Karela United in Septe ...

. He left the club in 2022 and joined

Sheriff Tiraspol Fotbal Club Sheriff Tiraspol (), commonly known as Sheriff Tiraspol or simply Sheriff, is a professional football club based in Tiraspol, a city located in the unrecognised breakaway state of Transnistria, that plays in the Liga, the top tier o ...

. He played 33 league matches and kept 17 clean sheets. In January 2022, Abalora joined Moldovan football club

on a three-year contract. This made him the fourth Ghanaian player to join the club in the space of two years. In August 2024, Abalora joined Albanian football club

on a three-year contract. He replaced the existing goalkeeper Klevi Totoshi, after bad performances by this goalkeeper.

International career

Razak earned his first

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for

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on 19 October 2019. The call up was for the 2021

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qualifying matches against

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and

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Honours

Azam *

Tanzania FA Cup The Tanzania FA Cup (also called the CRDB BANK Federation Cup) is the top knockout tournament of the Tanzanian football. Previously, the Nyerere Cup was the top knockout tournament. It was created in 1974 and was contested by teams from both Ta ...

: 2018–19 *

Kagame Interclub Cup The CECAFA Club Cup is a Association football, football club tournament organised by CECAFA. It has been known as the Kagame Interclub Cup since 2002, when Rwandan President Paul Kagame began sponsoring the competition. It is contested by clubs fro ...

: 2018 *

Mapinduzi Cup The Mapinduzi Cup is a top knockout football tournament in Zanzibar. Mapinduzi means Revolution in swahili, in recognition of the Zanzibar Revolution. The Mapinduzi Cup is a tournament created by the Zanzibar Football Federation to commemorate Za ...

: 2018, 2019 Asante Kotoko *

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: 2021–22 Sheriff Tiraspol *

Moldovan Super Liga The Moldovan Liga, officially known as Liga 7777.md for sponsorship reasons, is an association football league that is the top division of Moldovan football league system. The competition was established in 1992, when Moldova became independent ...

: 2021–22,

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Moldovan Cup Cupa Moldovei (), officially known as Cupa Orange Group, Orange for sponsorship reasons, is a association football, football competition, held annually in Moldova. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. Finals Th ...

: 2021–22 Petrocub Hîncești *

: 2023–24 * Moldovan Cup 2023–24 Individual * Azam Best Player Award: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abalora, Razak 1996 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Ghana men's under-20 international footballers Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Accra Ghana Premier League players Moldovan Super Liga players Azam F.C. players Asante Kotoko S.C. players Ghana men's international footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Tanzania Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Expatriate men's footballers in Tanzania Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen