Ernest Papa Arko

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Ernest Papa Arko
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-05-12) 12 May 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Adawso, Ghana
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Ocean Stars
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Liberty Professionals
2004El-Geish (loan) 5 (1)
2005–2012 El-Geish 118 (44)
2012Al-Arabi (loan) 5 (1)
2012–2014 Smouha 27 (5)
2014–2015 Al Mokawloon 35 (11)
2015–2016 El-Entag El-Harby 22 (1)
2017–2020 Liberty Professionals 33 (3)
International career
Ghana U-17
Ghana U-20
2009 Ghana 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernest Papa Arko (born 12 May 1984) is a former Ghanaian football striker.

Career[edit]

Arko used to play for Ocean Stars in Medina and was spotted by Sly Tetteh. He moved to play for Liberty Professionals and was offloaded to El Geish (aka |Army Stars).[1] He was the leading striker of El Geish. From there, the loan was transferred into a permanent sale. He went on to become the leading scorer for Egyptian League.

International career[edit]

He scored in his debut on 1 June 2009 against Uganda national football team and scores in his debut his first goal,[2] formerly played for the U-17 & U-20 team.[3]

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first.[1]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 31 May 2009 Tamale Stadium, Tamale, Ghana  Uganda 1–0 2–1 Friendly

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Ernest Papa Arko at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ "Ghana down Uganda in friendly". Archived from the original on 2009-06-07. Retrieved 2009-11-22.
  3. ^ Player profile