{{short description|Ghanaian professional footballer (born 1979)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2011}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Awudu Issaka | image = | fullname = Awudu Issaka | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|6|26}} | birth_place = Sunyani, Ghana | height = 1.72 m<ref>{{Worldfootball.net|awudu-issaka|new_id=pe47127}}</ref> | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1993 | youthclubs1 = Asante Kotoko | years1 = 1994–1995 | clubs1 = Prampram Mighty Royals | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1995–1996 | clubs2 = Anderlecht | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1996–1998 | clubs3 = Auxerre<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/issakaawudu/ | title = Awudu Issaka | language = German | publisher = fussballdaten.de | accessdate = 27 May 2011}}</ref> | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1998–2003 | clubs4 = 1860 Munich II | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 1999 | clubs5 = 1860 Munich | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2003–2005 | clubs6 = Prampram Mighty Royals | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 2005–2006 | clubs7 = Liberty Professionals | caps7 = | goals7 = | years8 = 2006–2011 | clubs8 = Tema Youth | caps8 = | goals8 = | nationalyears1 = 1995 | nationalteam1 = Ghana U-17 | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalyears2 = 1997 | nationalteam2 = Ghana U-20 | nationalcaps2 = | nationalgoals2 = }} '''Awudu Issaka''' (born 26 June 1979) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.<ref>[https://citisportsonline.com/2019/03/27/nketsia-writes-awudu-issaka-a-tale-of-tribulation-and-rebirth/ Awudu Issaka; a tale of tribulation and rebirth] citisportsonline.com</ref>
==Club career== Issaka was born in Sunyani. He started playing football at the youth teams of Asante Kotoko, before he moved to Prampram Mighty Royals FC in Ghana's second division, where he already played for the first team at the age of fifteen. In 1995, soon after the FIFA World Youth Championship, Issaka signed a contract at the Belgian club R.S.C. Anderlecht, where he mainly played for their youth team. Issaka caught the eye of the French club AJ Auxerre, in 1996 at a youth tournament. Soon after that he agreed to play for Auxerre, where he played until 1998. In the 1998–99 season Issaka moved to German Bundesliga club TSV 1860 Munich,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,36745,00.html | title="Löwen" verlängern mit Issaka | language = German | publisher = Spiegel Online | accessdate = 28 May 2011 | date = 24 August 1999}}</ref> where he played until the 2003–04 season. Then he played for his former club Prampram Mighty Royals FC for the rest of the 2004–05 season. Issaka later moved to Liberty Professionals, and played the 2005–06 season in the Ghana Telecom Premier League in Ghana. In July 2006 Issaka, joined the newly promoted Ghana Telecom Premier League club Tema Youth.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-127540736.html | publisher = highbeam.com | title = AWUDU ISSAKA JOINS TEMA YOUTH - AllAfrica - HighBeam Research<!-- Bot generated title -->}}{{Dead link|date=May 2011}}</ref>
==International career== He played for the Ghana under-17 team in the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1995 in Ecuador. Issaka also took part in the FIFA World Youth Championship 1997 in Malaysia, where Ghana finished on fourth position.
==Honours== * 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship – 4th place * 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship World Champion
==References== {{reflist}}
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