U-20 Afcon Best Player Fatawu Issahaku handed Black Stars call-up

2021 Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) best player, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku is the latest bright talent to be handed a call-up to the Ghana senior national team.

The central midfielder, who turned 17 on March 8, is to join the Black Stars team currently in camp preparing for games against South Africa and Sao Tome in the final rounds of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Fatawu has enjoyed a meteoric rise in his international career over the past three months.

He captained the Black Starlets at the U-17 Wafu Cup of Nations tournament in January and was quickly drafted into the Satellites squad after the team’s group-stage elimination.

Fatawu was named the player of the tournament after his dazzling displays for the Black Satellites led to their victory at Mauritania 2021.

The left-footed player scored twice for the Black Satellites enroute to winning Ghana’s fourth title, but it was his artistry of the ball and efficiency in Ghana’s attacking flow, coupled with his dead-ball mastery that caught the eye of the Technical Study Group (TSG) which crowned him best.

Fatawu – who is on the books of Division One side Steadfast FC – introduced himself at the U-20 Afcon with a stunning goal against Tanzania on his tournament debut and added another spectacular goal in the group stage defeat to Gambia.

Last Saturday, he featured for Steadfast FC who drew 1-1 in a local derby away to Tamale City in the 2020/21 Division One League.

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