Samuel Sarfo
 Sarfo with Saipa in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 August 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Nsuta, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1][2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Najran | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cantonments | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2018 | Liberty Professionals | ||
| 2018–2019 | Saipa | 31 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Al-Khaleej | 105 | (11) |
| 2022–2023 | Al-Tadamon | ||
| 2023–2024 | Al-Taraji | 23 | (2) |
| 2024– | Najran | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017– | Ghana | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:11, 19 June 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:14, 10 January 2019 (UTC) | |||
Samuel Sarfo (born 12 August 1990) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Saudi club Najran and the Ghana national team as a defender.[2]
Club career
[edit]Born in Nsuta, Sarfo played at Cantonments as a youth.[3][1] He later played for Liberty Professionals, combining his playing career with his job as a policeman.[4] On 6 February 2018, Sarfo signed an 18-month contract with Iranian club Saipa.[5][6]
On 5 July 2022, Sarfo joined Kuwaiti club Al-Tadamon.[7]
On 21 June 2023, Sarfo joined Saudi club Al-Taraji.[8]
On 10 September 2024, Sarfo joined Saudi Second Division side Najran.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 7 April 2019[2]
| Club | Division | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Saipa | Pro League | 2017–18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 1 | ||
International career
[edit]Sarfo made his international debut for Ghana in 2017.[1]
Honours
[edit]Al-Khaleej
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Samuel Sarfo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ a b c Samuel Sarfo at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ Yakubu, Mutala (26 September 2017). "Building the local football talent - the story of Cantonments Football Club". Premier News Ghana. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Ghanaian policeman Samuel Sarfo on Black Stars debut". BBC. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Ghana defender Samuel Sarfo completes move to Iranian side Saipa FC". Ghana Soccernet. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Liberty Captain Samuel Sarfo Land Lucrative Deal With Iranian Club Saipa FC". Ghana Sports Online. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "التضامن يتعاقد مع الغاني سارفو". 5 July 2022.
- ^ "أنهت إدارة النادي إجراءات التوقيع مع المدافع الغاني صامويل سرافو".
- ^ "أنهت إدارة نادي #نجران برئاسة الأستاذ هادي بن حمد آل كليب، إجراءات التعاقد مع المدافع الغاني الدولي "صامويل سارفو"".
- ^ "الخليج بطل دوري "يلو"".
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- Ghana men's international footballers
- Liberty Professionals F.C. players
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- Al-Tadamon SC (Kuwait) players
- Al-Taraji Club players
- Najran SC players
- Ghana Premier League players
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