Nuru Sulley
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Nuru Sulley with the Ghana national football team | |||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 June 1992 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre-Back / Defensive Midfielder | ||||||||||||||
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Current team | Alanyaspor | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| Great Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Tudu Mighty Jets | |||||||||||||||
| Fadama FC | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | ||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Great Olympics | 45 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Tudu Mighty Jets | 32 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Hearts of Oak | 20 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2015- | Alanyaspor | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Ghana | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||||||||||||||
Nuru Sulley (born 11 June 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who currently plays for Hearts of Oak in the Ghana Premier League, and the Ghana national football team, as a centre-back or defensive midfielder.[1]
Career
Nuru Suley has played for Great Olympics where Sulley scored 3 goals, then Tudu Mighty Jets where Sulley had scored 2 goals and is currently playing with Accra Hearts of Oak SC as a Centre-Back and defensive midfielder where Sulley has scored 2 goals in his first season with Accra Hearts of Oak SC. Sulley has a contract with Accra Hearts of Oak SC running until 2014–2015 season in Ghana. Sulley has played for Ghana national football team in 2 matches in the 2013 WAFU Nations Cup in Ghana 2013. Currently, Sulley has played 6 matches for Ghana national football team in the 2014 African Nations Championship in South Africa leading the lines for the Ghana national football team and well disciplined to the semi-finals against Nigeria national football team on Wednesday 29 January 2014, and in the finals against Libya national football team on Saturday 1 February 2014. Sulley is contracted to Accra Hearts of Oak SC until 2015.
International career
In November 2013, coach Maxwell Konadu, invited Sulley to be a part of the Ghana national football team squad for the 2013 WAFU Nations Cup.[2] Sulley helped the Ghana national football team to a first-place finish after Ghana beat Senegal by three goals to one.[3]
During the 2013 WAFU Nations Cup, Sulley was invited and has played 8 matches under Maxwell Konadu, the coach of Ghana's national football team. Ghana vs Burkina Faso national football team Semi-Finals WAFU Nations Cup and Ghana vs Senegal national football team Finals WAFU Nations Cup; African Nations Championship tournament in South Africa, Ghana vs Congo national football team, Ghana vs Libya national football team, Ghana vs Ethiopia national football team, Ghana vs DR Congo national football team Quarter-Finals, Ghana vs Nigeria national football team Semi-Finals, and Ghana vs Libya national football team Finals.
Honours
National Team
WAFU Nations Cup Winner: 2013
African Nations Championship Runner-up: 2014
References
- ↑ "Ghana Start Camping Today For Wafu Tournament". modernghana.com. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ↑ "Saka, Mohamed & Mpong in 30-man Ghana squad for Wafu Cup". goal.com. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ↑ "Ghana win 2013 Wafu Cup after edging past Senegal 3-1". goal.com. Retrieved 8 November 2014.