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Newly promoted Ghana Premier league outfit Real Tamale United (RTU) have secured the services of Issahaku Abdul Fatawu.
The Ghana U17 star has joined the Tamale-based club ahead of the upcoming league season.
Issahaku has joined RTU from division one league outfit Steadfast FC after explosive with the Ghana U20 in the 2021 AFCON tournament in Mauritania.[ads2]
In 2019, at the age of fifteen, Issahaku started his career with Tamale-based club Steadfast FC, in the Zone One of the Division One League, the Ghanaian second tier.
During his debut season, he immediately established himself as one of the most talented players in the league, scoring eight goals and assisting five in 13 matches before the league was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[ads3]
In his second season, he scored 12 goals and made 12 assists in 14 league matches and picked up 8 man of the match awards.
Issahaku represented Ghana and served as captain of the national under-17 team in 2020, playing during the 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualifiers.
The following year, due to his impressive form, he was promoted into the under-20 squad, despite being much younger than most part of his teammates. He was later selected to take part in the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.
During the competition, he played all of the Black Satellites’ matches, scoring two goals in the group stages to help his side win the title for the fourth time in its history. In that occasion, he was also adjudged as the Best Player of the Tournament.
In March 2021, after his exploits with the U-20 side, he was given his first call-up to the senior team, as the Black Stars challenged South Africa and São Tomé and Príncipe in two qualifying matches for the Africa Cup of Nations.[ads4]
He scored a wonderful free-kick against Uzbekistan when the Black stars team B played Uzbekistan at the Markaziy Stadium. Even though the game ended 2–1 against Ghana.
Fatawu won admiration from the football world and was heavily linked to top European giants like Bayern Leverkusen and Liverpool FC.
He is currently part of the Black Stars squad preparing for 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Zimbabwe.[ads5]