Zakaria Isa Suraka (born 17 January 1996) is a Ghanaian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Suraka arrived to

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from Vision F.C. in the spring of 2014. He joined Sloga Petrovac na Mlavi, and he made just 3 appearances for that club, but he scored 1 goal at the only match he started on the pitch. That was the last fixture of 2013–14 season, against

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. People from

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recognized Suraka's football potential and take him in their club in summer 2014. There were some speculations about his transfer to

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in the winter break off-season, but he stayed with club until the end of season. For the 2014–15 season he made 19

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appearances and scored 3 goals, against Moravac Mrštane in 2nd,

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in 5th,

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in the 25th fixture. He also played 2 cup matches, against

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, when he scored 2 goals, and Radnički Niš. Zakaria signed one-year contract with

in summer 2015. He made his

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in the 6th fixture of 2015–16, against

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, when he was substituted in for

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in second half of the match. In summer 2016, Suraka moved to Dinamo Vranje. He stayed at Dinamo for three years, becoming the club's best player. After Dinamo Vranje, he joined Mladost Lučani in summer 2019.

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at utakmica.rs {{DEFAULTSORT:Suraka, Zakaria 1996 births Living people Footballers from Accra Ghanaian men's footballers Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers FK Sloga Petrovac na Mlavi players FK Inđija players FK Radnik Surdulica players FK Dinamo Vranje players FK Mladost Lučani players FK Železničar Pančevo players FK Rudar Pljevlja players Serbian First League players Serbian SuperLiga players Vision F.C. players V.League 1 players Hong Linh Ha Tinh FC players Men's association football forwards Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Montenegro Expatriate men's footballers in Vietnam 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen