{{short description|Ghanaian footballer (born 1988)}} {{for|the Nigerian professor|Muhammad Tanko}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Mohammed Tanko | fullname = Mohammed Tanko Ismaila | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|11|15}} | birth_place =Ghana | height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}} | currentclub = Heart of Lions | clubnumber = | position = Striker | youthclubs1 = Koftown FC | youthclubs2 = Liberty Professionals | youthclubs3 = Great Olympics | youthyears1 = | youthyears2 = 2005–2006 | youthyears3 = 2006–2007 | years1 = 2008–2010 | years2 = 2010–2011 | years3 = 2011 | years4 = 2011–2012 | years5 = 2013–2016 | years6 = 2017 | years7 = 2018 | clubs1 = Heart of Lions | clubs2 = CD Leganés | clubs3 = → CD Teruel (loan) | clubs4 = Medeama SC | clubs5 = Heart of Lions | clubs6 = Aduana Stars | clubs7 = Elmina Sharks | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0<ref>[http://www.resultados-futbol.com/jugador/Mohammed-Tanko-Ismaila Tanko, Leganés - Leganés - Temporada 2010/2011]</ref> | goals6 = 4 | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }}
'''Mohammed Tanko Ismaila''' (born 15 November 1988) is a Ghanaian footballer,<ref>[http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/soccer/player.php?ID=650 Tanko Mohammed - Soccer Player - Leganes]</ref> who played club soccer in Spain and at home in Ghana.
==Club career== Tanko won the 2009 H.P. Nyametei Cup final with Heart of Lions, scoring a goal in the second leg to help his team to victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pulse.com.gh/ece-frontpage/today-in-history-heart-of-lions-edge-kotoko-to-win-swag-cup/t03xqpr|title= Heart of Lions edge Kotoko to win SWAG Cup|first=Thomas Freeman|last=Yeboah|date=7 August 2016|publisher=Pulse.com.gh}}</ref>
He played professionally for CD Leganés<ref>[http://www.ghanasoccernet.com/ghanaian-duo-join-spanish-side-leganes/ Ghanaian duo join Spanish side Leganes]</ref> and from January to June 2011 on loan for CD Teruel.<ref>[http://www.fussballtransfers.com/spieler/mohammed-tanko Mohammed Tanko - Teruel]</ref> On 9 June 2011 signed a contract for Medeama SC and returned to his native Ghana.<ref>[http://www.ghanasoccernet.com/medeama-sign-striker-tanko-mohammed/ Medeama sign striker Tanko Mohammed]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.medeamasc.com/2011/08/club-secures-transfer-certificates-for-quartet/ |title=Club secure Transfer Certificates for quartet |access-date=2011-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321061246/http://www.medeamasc.com/2011/08/club-secures-transfer-certificates-for-quartet/ |archive-date=2012-03-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ghanasoccernet.com/striker-tanko-mohammed-planning-drag-medeama-gfa-unpaid-contract-fee|title = Striker Tanko Mohammed planning to drag Medeama to GFA over unpaid contract fee|date = 12 March 2014}}</ref> He left Medeama in 2013 returning to Heart of Lions through 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Medeama striker Tanko Mohammed training with Aduana Stars |url=https://ghanasoccernet.com/former-medeama-striker-tanko-mohammed-training-with-aduana-stars |publisher=GHANAsoccernet |accessdate=15 August 2019 |date=28 November 2016}}</ref>
Tanko played for several clubs in the Ghana Premier League including Aduana Stars, where he signed in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ghanastar.com/sports/know-the-players-each-club-signed/|title=Know the Players Each Club Signed|date=10 February 2017}}</ref> He was released from Elmina Sharks in January 2019 when the club lowered their wage bills.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Elmina-Sharks-cancel-12-players-contracts-ahead-of-new-season-712340|title=Elmina Sharks cancel 12 players contracts ahead of new season|date=2 January 2019}}</ref>
==International career== Tanko was a member of the Ghana national under-17 football team and Ghana national under-20 football team. Since 2009 he is member of the Ghana national football team.<ref>[http://playersglobe.net/player_bio.php?id=209 Player Profile - Players Globe]</ref>
==Honours== * '''H.P. Nyametei/SWAG Cup''' 2009 * '''Ghana Premier League''' 2017
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