Ibrahim Tanko
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Tanko in 2011
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ibrahim Tanko | ||
Date of birth | July 25, 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Kumasi, Ghana | ||
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Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Cameroon (Assistant coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1994 | King Faisal Babes | 103 | (12) |
1994–2000 | Borussia Dortmund | 52 | (3) |
2001–2007 | SC Freiburg | 106 | (5) |
International career | |||
1996–2004 | Ghana | 10 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2007–2008 | SC Freiburg (Assistant coach) | ||
2009–2010 | Urawa Red Diamonds (Assistant coach) | ||
2011 | 1. FC Köln (Head scout) | ||
2011–2012 | 1. FC Köln (Assistant coach) | ||
2012–2013 | Ghana (Head scout) | ||
2013– | Cameroon (Assistant coach) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ibrahim Tanko (born 25 July 1977) is a scout and football manager, and a retired Ghana international footballer who played mostly as a forward.
He played most of his 15-year professional career - blighted by injuries - in Germany, with Borussia Dortmund and Freiburg.
Club career
Born in Kumasi, Tanko joined German side BV Borussia Dortmund from King Faisal Babes at age 17, making him the third youngest player to appear professionally for the team, behind Nuri Şahin and Lars Ricken. He made his Bundesliga debut on 24 September 1994, in a 5–0 home win against VfB Stuttgart, and finished his debut season with 14 games and one goal.
Injuries and loss of form led to an eventual release from the club (he did participate in three contests, all as a late substitute, in Borussia's 1996–97 UEFA Champions League victorious run) as he amassed no more than three league appearances in three different seasons, also being suspended and eventually released after testing positive for cannabis.[1]
In January 2001, Tanko joined fellow league side SC Freiburg, scoring in his fourth game, a 3–1 win at VfL Bochum, but also missing a great part of the following campaign due to a severe knee injury,[2] as the Black Forest team dropped down to the second division.
At Freiburg, Tanko's output improved slightly, and he played a career-high 27 matches (with two goals) in 2005–06's second level. However, he only appeared once the following season, and retired at 30.
In January 2012, Tanko was appointed as the head scout of the Ghana national football team and prior to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.[3]
On 1 July 2007, Tanko was named assistant coach for Freiburg's reserves, leaving after 18 months, together with Karsten Neitzel, to J. League's Urawa Red Diamonds, in the same capacity, as he rejoined former Freiburg boss Volker Finke. On 4 June 2013, they continued their partnership as Tanko joined the coaching staff of Cameroon national team, headed by Finke.[4]
International career
Tanko gained ten caps for Ghana, the last coming on 10 October 2004 - after an absence of eight years - in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier against the Democratic Republic of Congo.
See also
References
External links
- Bundesliga stats (German)
- Kicker profile (German)
- Ibrahim Tanko at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Pages with broken file links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- Articles with German-language external links
- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Kumasi
- German footballers
- Ghanaian footballers
- Association football forwards
- Bundesliga players
- Borussia Dortmund players
- Borussia Dortmund II players
- SC Freiburg players
- Ghana international footballers
- 1996 African Cup of Nations players
- Ghanaian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Doping cases in association football