Masahudu Alhassan (born 1 December 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a left-back. He made eight appearances for the Ghana national team between 2011 and 2012.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1992-12-01) 1 December 1992 (age 29) | ||
Place of birth | Tarkwa, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Prampram Mighty Royals | |||
2008–2010 | Rimini | ||
2010–2011 | Genoa | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Genoa | 4 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Novara (loan) | 18 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Udinese | 0 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Latina (loan) | 42 | (1) |
2015 | → Latina (loan) | 16 | (1) |
2015–2016 | → Perugia (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Perugia | 3 | (0) |
2018 | Teuta Durrës | 13 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Al-Ain | ||
2020 | TPS | 17 | (1) |
National team | |||
2011 | Ghana U20 | 3 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Ghana | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:58, 24 December 2020 (UTC) |
Alhassan spent his early career with the youth team of Ghanaian club Prampram Mighty Royals, before joining the youth team of Italian club Rimini,[1] before later signing for Genoa, where he made his professional debut.[2]
In January 2013, it was announced that Serie A club Udinese had signed Alhassan on a co-ownership deal, for €1.5 million, as part of Antonio Floro Flores's deal.[3][4] Udinese also signed Alexander Merkel in the same deal. In June 2013 Udinese signed Alhassan outright for another €620,000.[3]
On 4 August 2013, he joined Latina on a loan deal.[5] In January 2015 he returned to Latina.[6] He moved to Albanian club Teuta Durrës in January 2018.[7]
On 6 September 2018, Al-Ain has signed Alhassan for one seasons from Teuta Durrës.[8] On 26 February 2020, Alhassan joined Finnish club Turun Palloseura for one year.[9]
Alhassan was part of the Ghana national under-20 football team at the 2011 African Youth Championship.[10]
On 7 November 2011, Alhassan was called up to the Ghana senior squad to face Sierra Leone and Gabon.[11]
In December 2011, Alhassan was named to the Ghana's provisional 25-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations,[12] and in January 2012 he was selected for the tournament's 23-man squad.[13]
Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Genoa | 2011–12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Novara (loan) | 2012–13 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
Career total | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Ghana | 2011 | 2 | 0 |
2012 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 8 | 0 |
Ghana squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations fourth place | ||
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