Ernest Papa Arko (born 12 May 1984) is a former Ghanaian football striker.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 12 May 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Adawso, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Ocean Stars | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2003 | Liberty Professionals | ||
2004 | → El-Geish (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2005–2012 | El-Geish | 118 | (44) |
2012 | → Al-Arabi (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2012–2014 | Smouha | 27 | (5) |
2014–2015 | Al Mokawloon | 35 | (11) |
2015–2016 | El-Entag El-Harby | 22 | (1) |
2017–2020 | Liberty Professionals | 33 | (3) |
International career | |||
Ghana U-17 | |||
Ghana U-20 | |||
2009 | Ghana | 1 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Career edit
Arko used to play for Ocean Stars in Medina and was spotted by Sly Tetteh. He moved to play for Liberty Professionals and was offloaded to El Geish (aka |Army Stars).[1] He was the leading striker of El Geish. From there, the loan was transferred into a permanent sale. He went on to become the leading scorer for Egyptian League.
International career edit
He scored in his debut on 1 June 2009 against Uganda national football team and scores in his debut his first goal,[2] formerly played for the U-17 & U-20 team.[3]
International goals edit
- Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first.[1]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 31 May 2009 | Tamale Stadium, Tamale, Ghana | Uganda | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
References edit
- ^ a b Ernest Papa Arko at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Ghana down Uganda in friendly". Archived from the original on 2009-06-07. Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ^ Player profile