Brimah Razak
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Personal information
Date of birth
22 June 1987 (age 30)
Place of birth
Accra, Ghana
Height
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position
Goalkeeper
Ghana
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Youth career
Wolfsburg
2004–2005
Poli Ejido
2005–2006
Las Norias
2006
Senior career
Chaves
2007
7x apps / 0x goal
União Madeira
2007-2008
30x apps / 0x goal
Poli Ejido
2008-2009
6x apps / 0x goal
Betis B
2009-2011
44x apps / 0x goal
Betis
2010-2011
0x apps / 0x goal
Tenerife
2011-2012
2x apps / 0x goal
Guadalajara
2012-2013
25x apps / 0x goal
Córdoba B
2013-2014
20x apps / 0x goal
Mirandés
2014-2015
29x apps / 0x goal
Córdoba
2015-2017
40x apps / 0x goal
Mamelodi Sundowns
2017-
0x apps / 0x goal
National team
Ghana
2013-
27x apps / 0x goal
( Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 June 2017 - National team caps and goals correct as of 3 February 2017)
Brimah Razak is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Club career
After rarely settling as a youth player, Razak started his professional career in January 2007 with Portugal's G.D. Chaves, playing in the country's second division.
The following year he moved down to the third level and joined Madeira's C.F. União, being first-choice as the club finished in third position in its group – albeit without a final promotion.
In the 2008 summer, Razak returned to a club he had already represented as a youth, Polideportivo Ejido in Spain's division three, backing up veteran Joaquín Valerio in his first and only season.
Subsequently, he signed with Real Betis, but spent his first year in the same category as in the previous campaign, as he appeared solely for the reserve side.
Razak was promoted to Betis' first team for 2010-11, with the Andalusians in the second division.
On 1 September, after having appeared in a friendly with Atlético Madrid on 24 July, he made his official debut, playing the full 90 minutes in a Copa del Rey game against UD Salamanca, a 2:1 home win.
Razak alternated between the second and third tiers of Spanish football in the following years, representing CD Tenerife, CD Guadalajara, Córdoba CF B and CD Mirandés.
On 29 July 2015 he returned to Córdoba, now being assigned to the main squad also in the second division.
International career
Razak earned his first cap for Ghana on 14 August 2013, appearing in a 2:2 friendly draw in Turkey.
He was part of the squad that appeared in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, being first-choice as the nation reached the final.
In the decisive match, against the Ivory Coast, he missed his penalty shootout attempt in an eventual 8:9 loss.
The former Dutch football-star, Ruud Gullit, hopes a team from Africa will perform well and prove to be the surprise package at the World Cup in Brazil.
Leicester City's Jeffery Schlupp has been axed from Ghana's 2014 World Cup squad. The defender is one of three players dropped from the preliminary 26-man World Cup squad announced on 12 May.
Appiah, a former Black Stars captain, was appointed in April 2012 with objectives to win the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations and qualify the side for the 2014 World Cup.
The former AC Milan midfielder also spoke about his plans to build a school in Kumasi - Ghana's second-largest city and his father's home town - in order to strengthen the bond with the local support.
African teams participating in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil
Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah dropped a number of big names.
Fixtures and results for the 2014 Confed Cup.
2013 champions: CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)
Winners advance to group stage
Jordan Ayew is the son of Ghana great Abedi Pele and has so far won 11 caps and scored two goals for the Black Stars. Ayew has scored three goals for Sochaux since he joined from Marseille on loan in January and knows playing well for his club can only help his chances of getting into the Black Stars' squad for Brazil.
He was the captain of Ghana's national football team for six years (1992-1998) and was one of the first African football players to earn a top placing in FIFA World Player of the Year voting in 1991 and 1992.
Abedi Pele played for Ghana 73 times and is considered the greatest football player in his country's history, and among the best in Africa. Until 7 June 2013 when he was surpassed by Asamoah Gyan, he was the top goal scorer for Ghana with 33 goals.
