Osman Ibrahim extends Asante Kotoko stay until 2023

Asante Kotoko have tied down young striker Osman Ibrahim to a new contract, the club officially announced Wednesday.

The 21-year-old has been on the books of the club since 2018 when he arrived from Division One side Asokwa Deportivo on a three-year deal.

Ibrahim was subsequently sent out on loan to city rivals King Faisal for the 2019/20 season where he excelled with 8 goals before the season got cancelled due to the outbreak of COVID-19.

His impressive showings while at Faisal earned him a recall for first-team football at Kotoko prior to the start of the ongoing 2020/21 campaign.

Osman Ibrahim has now signed a two-year extension, keeping him at the club till 2023.

“I’m happy to be continuing my stay here at the club.

“I feel I am yet to hit my full potential at the club and I am taking this new deal as an opportunity to achieve the targets I set for myself and the club when I first came here in 2018,” he told the club’s media channel.

The season so far

Ibrahim started well by scoring on his Caf Champions League debut when Kotoko drew 1-1 away to FC Nouadhibou in Mauritania.

He went on to net his second of the season but first in the Ghana Premier League when Kotoko beat Legon Cities in a home fixture in December last year.

Osman Ibrahim’s season has, however, been hampered by injuries – from one which forced his substitution after celebrating the goal against Cities to a training ground thigh injury in January which kept him out until his return last weekend when the Porcupines thrashed Dreams FC 3-1 at Obuasi.

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