Abdul Manaf Nurudeen
Ghanaian footballer (born 1999)
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Abdul Manaf Nurudeen (born 8 February 1999) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Challenger Pro League club Eupen and the Ghana national team.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Abdul Manaf Nurudeen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Eupen | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Aspire Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Eupen | 40 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Ghana U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022– | Ghana | 6 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2024 | |||
Club career
As a youth player, Manaf Nurudeen joined the Senegalese Aspire Academy.
In 2017, he signed for Eupen in Belgium. On 7 November 2020, he debuted for Eupen during a 1–1 draw with Waasland-Beveren.[2]
Manaf Nurudeen wears a goalkeeper helmet.[3]
International career
Manaf Nurudeen represented Ghana at the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.
He was first called up to the Ghana national team in September 2021 for the World Cup qualifiers against Ethiopia and South Africa, and remained on the bench in these games.[4]
Nurudeen was part of the Ghanaian team in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations that was eliminated at the group stage of the competition.[5][6] He debuted with Ghana in a 3–0 friendly loss to Algeria on 5 January 2022.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 7 April 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Eupen | 2020–21 | Belgian First Division A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | |
