Shafiu Mumuni
Ghanaian footballer (born 1995)
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Shafiu Mumuni (born 11 May 1995) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who last played as forward for Al-Kahrabaa SC. He has also represented the Ghana national team.[1][2][3]
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Mumuni in Erbil training in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Shafiu Mumuni | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 May 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al-Kahrabaa SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Wassaman United | 12 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2020 | Ashanti Gold | 80 | (24) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | US Monastir | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Erbil SC | 7 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Al-Kahrabaa SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-23 | Duhok SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Al-Kahrabaa SC | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Ghana | 8 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 May 2024 @ 05:09(AEST) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 June 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club career
Early career
He started his career with Agona Swedru-based Division Two side, ABS FC, as an attacking midfielder but soon caught the attention of newly promoted Premier League side, Wassaman United, whose coach, Herbert Addo, converted Mumuni into a striker after discovering his potential during the 2012–2013 season.
Ashanti Gold
After a successful Premiership debut, Ashanti Gold offered the young promising striker a 5-year contract at the start of the 2014-2015 league season with the view to develop him into a future asset for the club. That investment indeed paid off as Mumuni adjusted quickly into the Miners' set-up, leading to an excellent stint which saw him emerging as the club's top scorer season after season until he-2 parted ways with the club in July 2020. Before then, Mumuni won the league title,[4][5] Edusei Cup[6][7] and also led them to the CAF Confederation Cup and CAF Champions League on two occasions.[8] On 27 October 2020, Mumuni left Ashanti Gold to sign a contract with US Monastir.
US Monastir
In October 2020, Shafiu signed a two-year deal with Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 side US Monastir[9][10][11] and featured regularly as the lead striker in the Tunisian League and the CAF Confederation Cup. However, a contractual breach by US Monastir led to an abrupt termination of the Mumuni's contract after just three months.[12][2]
Erbil SC
Under the circumstance, terminating his contract with US Monsatir, in March 2021, Mumuni signed a four-month contract with Iraqi Super League side, Erbil SC, from March 1, 2021, to June 30, 2021, to maintain his form.[13][14][15][1]
International career
At the peak of Mumuni's career on the domestic scene in 2018, Mumuni was invited to the Black Stars B for a special Independence Anniversary match against Namibia in Windhoek which ended 1-1, with Mumuni fetching Ghana's equalizer.[16] His crowning moment actually came when he captained Black Stars B to win silver at the 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations in Senegal.[17][18][19] As an icing on the cake, Mumuni was awarded the Golden Boot[20] after scoring four goals at the tournament, including a historic hat-trick against Ivory Coast in the semi-finals.[21] That classic display compelled the then Black Stars coach, James Kwesi Appiah, to give Mumuni his maiden senior national team call-up against South Africa and São Tomé and Príncipe in the AFCON 2021 qualifiers in November 2019. After the COVID-19 pandemic.[22]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 28 June 2021
| Club | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Wassaman United | ||||||||
| Ashanti Gold | ||||||||
| US Monastir | ||||||||
| Erbil SC | ||||||||
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International
- As of 28 June 2021
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Ghana | |||
| 2018 | |||
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| 2020 | |||
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Honours
Ashanti Gold
Ghana
- WAFU Cup of Nations runner-up: 2019[23]
Individual
- WAFU Cup of Nations Golden Boot: 2019[21]
- WAFU Cup of Nations Best XI: 2019[18]