Yahaya Mohamed

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Yahaya Mohamed
Full name	Yahaya Mohamed
Date of birth	February 17, 1988 (1988-02-17) (age 20)
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	OGC Nice
Number	21
Youth clubs
2005-2006	Tema Youth
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007-	OGC Nice	0 (0)
National team
2007-	Ghana
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:20, 29 July 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Yahaya Mohamed (born February 17, 1988 in Accra, Ghana) is a Ghanaian International footballer currently playing for OGC Nice in the French Ligue One.

1 Career
2 International career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career

A hard tackling versatile central defender who can play any full back position, Yahaya was a member of the Ghana U20 team, that participated in the 2007 Toulon Tournament in France.^[1] In June 2007, after the Toulon Tournament, he had a successful trial period^[2] with OGC Nice and was offered a three year contract to June 2010, by the Stade Municipal du Ray outfit^[3] .

[edit] International career

After playing so well in his short stint with the Ghana U20 team, Black Satellites, a senior call up was imminent. On 7 August 2007, young Yahaya was called up by Ghana Coach Claude Le Roy for a FIFA International friendly match against Senegal in the New Den Stadium in London, England on 21 August 2007^[4] .