Rashid Alhassan
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-06-20) 20 June 2000
Place of birth Nima, Ghana
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Aduana Stars
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Aduana Stars 1 (0)
2019–2021 Mladá Boleslav B 24 (2)
2021–2022 Příbram B 4 (0)
International career
2007 Ghana U17 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:58, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Rashid Alhassan (born 20 June 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as left-back. He played for the national under-17 team at the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations and 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, placing second in the former.

Club career

Aduana Stars

Alhassan started his career with Aduana Stars. He made his Ghana Premier League debut during the 2017 Ghana Premier League season.[1] On 25 June 2017, he made his debut, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 against Tema Youth.[2] On 15 October 2017, he scored an equalizer in 57th minute to help Aduana to a 2–1 victory over Elmina Sharks, to help them to win the league with one a game to spare.[3][4][5] He featured in 12 league matches and scored 2 goals to eventually help Aduana Stars clinch the league title that season and win the title in his debut season.[1][3]

He was limited to 12 matches due to being engaged with the Ghana U-17 team within that same period.[6] Based on his performance for both Aduana and the Ghana U-17 team, he was reportedly linked with moves to top flight teams in Germany, Italy, England and USA.[7][8]

FK Mladá Boleslav

Alhassan moved to Czech Republic and signed with Czech First League FK Mladá Boleslav in 2019. He was drafted into the teams U-19 side and later to their U-21 side. He was later promoted to the FK Mlada Boleslav B team.[9][10][11]

International career

Youth team

Alhassan featured for the Ghana national under-17 football team in 2017. He was named in the 21 man squad for the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations. During the first match against Cameroon, he played the full 90 minutes and helped Ghana keep a clean sheet and win by 4–0.[12] At the end he featured in 3 matches, helping Ghana place second and qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup to be hosted by India.[1]

On 21 September 2017, Paa Kwesi Fabin, named him in his 21-man squad ahead of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup along with promising youngsters like Mohammed Kudus, Ibrahim Danlad, Eric Ayiah and Emmanuel Toku.[13][14] He was one of the highly rated Ghanaian players at the World Cup tournament.[9][15] He played in all 5 matches as Ghana reached the quarter-final stage and were eliminated by their African counterparts Mali.[9][1][15][16]

Style of play

Alhassan plays in a left-back position. He combines both defensive and offensive play within a match. He is seen as a hard-working defender who is relentless at closing down on opponents to win back possession and determined to put in the decent tackles.[7][8] His style of play is put in line with the modern day left-back who can defend, enjoys joining attacks, dribbling and delivering quality crosses. His qualities drew comparisons to top Real Madrid left-back Marcelo.[7][8]

Honours

Aduana

Ghana U-17

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Rashid Alhassan - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". GlobalSportsArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Match Report of Tema Youth FC vs Aduana Stars FC - 2017-06-25 - Ghana Premier League - Global Sports Archive". GlobalSportsArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Aduana Stars claim Ghana League title". ESPN. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Match Report of Aduana Stars FC vs Elmina Sharks FC - 2017-10-15 - Ghana Premier League - Global Sports Archive". GlobalSportsArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Aduana Stars beat Elmina Sharks to win Ghana Premier League". Ghana Sports Online. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Ghana U17 defender Rashid Alhassan delighted to win GPL title with Aduana Stars". Ghana Sports Online. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 "Top European clubs jostling over Ghana starlet Rashid Alhassan". GhanaSoccernet. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  8. 1 2 3 "EXCLUSIVE: West Ham in three-horse race to sign talented Ghana U17 defender Rashid Alhassan". GhanaSoccernet. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 "Ex-Ghana U17 defender Rashid Alhassan playing third-tier league football in Czech". Ghana Sports Online. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "Football: Mlada Boleslav - squad". flashscore. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "Rashid Alhassan (Mlada Boleslav) - Player Profile - FlashScore.com". flashscore. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "Match Report of Cameroon U17 vs Ghana U17 - 2017-05-14 - Total U-17 Africa Cup of Nations - Global Sports Archive". GlobalSportsArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "Ghana confirm final squad for Under-17 World Cup | Goal.com". Goal. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  14. ↑ "Fabin names Starlets squad for U-17 World Cup". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  15. 1 2 "2017 FIFA U17 WC: Starlets defender Rashid Alhassan gutted by quarter final defeat to Mali". GhanaSoccernet. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  16. ↑ "FIFA U17 WORLD CUP: Ghana left-back Rashid Alhassan calls for support ahead of Niger game". Ghana Sports Online. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  17. ↑ Graphic Sports. "FIFA U-17: Ghana keen to rekindle past glories". Graphic Online. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  18. ↑ FIFA.com (29 September 2017). "FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 - News - Ghana keen to rekindle past glories - FIFA.com". fifa. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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