Baba Rahman

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Baba Rahman
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Rahman with Greuther Fürth in 2012
Personal information
Full name Abdul Rahman
Date of birth (1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Tamale, Ghana[2]
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Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 6
Youth career
Dreams FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Asante Kotoko 25 (0)
2012–2014 Greuther Fürth 44 (2)
2014–2015 Augsburg 31 (0)
2015– Chelsea 12 (0)
International career‡
2013 Ghana U20[2] 7 (0)
2014– Ghana 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 April 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:05, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Abdul "Baba" Rahman (born 2 July 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a left back for English club Chelsea and the Ghana national team.

Beginning his career at Dreams FC, he played in the Ghanaian Premier League with Asante Kotoko. In 2012, he signed for Bundesliga club Greuther Fürth, where he spent two seasons. He then played for FC Augsburg before joining Chelsea in 2015 for a fee of £14 million, potentially rising to £22 million.

Rahman made his international debut in 2014 and was part of their squad which were runners-up at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

Club career

Ghana

Rahman began his career at Dreams FC of the Ghana Division Two. After impressive performances, he was then transferred on loan to Asante Kotoko of the Ghanaian Premier League for one season.[3]

For the 2012 season, Rahman was a finalist for the league's Discovery of the Year Award, eventually losing to Joshua Oniku.[4] After becoming a sought after player during his time with the Kumasi-based club, serious enquiries were made about the player by Manchester City and Arsenal of the Premier League and Parma of Serie A.[5]

Germany

However, Rahman eventually signed with the newly promoted SpVgg Greuther Fürth in the Bundesliga on 12 June 2012. Rahman stated that his decision to join Fürth was because the club offered, "the best conditions in which to develop my career."[3] In the derby against 1. FC Nürnberg on 11 August 2014 he scored his first two goals for Fürth in a 5–1 home victory.[6] The next day he signed with FC Augsburg of the same division.[7]

In Rahman's 2014/15 season with Augsburg, he made 108 tackles, more than any other player in the Bundesliga that season. Using aspects of his strength and pace, he was able to win 90 of those tackles, coming out to an 83% successful tackle rate. That season, Rahman also had 83 interceptions and won 80 contested aerial balls.[8]

Chelsea

On 16 August 2015, Rahman signed for Chelsea on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee, reported to be an initial £14 million, rising to a potential fee of almost £22 million.[9][10][11][12] He made his debut on 23 September in the third round of the League Cup, playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–1 win away to League One club Walsall.[13] He made his Premier League debut in a 2–0 win over Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge on 17 October.[14]

Rahman has played an important role at left back in a couple of Chelsea's victories including their 2-1 Champions League win over Dynamo Kiev; Sportsmail's Bob Treasure said that Rahman "was very lively at left back" and that he "showed excellent anticipation to make a handful of interceptions and start attacking moves."[15] Rahman also played the full 90 minutes against French side Paris Saint-Germain F.C. (PSG) in Chelsea's 2-1 Champions League defeat on February 16, 2016. Rahman was presented with this opportunity after the injuries of center backs Kurt Zouma and John Terry. Although Chelsea failed to stop PSG from scoring twice, "Rahman looked like a class full back" according to Kristian Downer for Mertro.co.uk.[16]

On 27 February, Rahman made an error which allowed Southampton's Shane Long to score in the 42nd minute; he was substituted for Kenedy at half time but

Chelsea eventually won 2–1 at St. Mary's.[17]

International career

Rahman played every minute of Ghana's campaign at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea, providing the cross from which André Ayew headed in the winner against South Africa to win Group C.[18] In the final against the Ivory Coast, Rahman scored in the penalty shootout in which his team lost 9–8.[19]

Personal life

Rahman has "Baba" on the back of his jersey, the name of his Chelsea-supporting father.[20] Baba went to the prestigious Notre Dame Seminary Senior High School in Navrongo for his second cycle education. Baba has claimed that he wants to be a legend at Chelsea like the fellow Ghanian Chelsea legend Michael Essien. In May of 2016, Baba got married to his longtime childhood girlfriend, Selma, in their hometown Tamale in the Northern of Ghana.[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 April 2016.[22]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Greuther Fürth
2012–13 Bundesliga 20 0 1 0 — — 21 0
2013–14 2.Bundesliga 22 0 1 0 — 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 25 0
2014–15 2.Bundesliga 2 2 0 0 — — 2 2
Total 44 2 2 0 — 2 0 48 2
Augsburg
2014–15 Bundesliga 31 0 0 0 — — 31 0
2015–16 Bundesliga 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
Total 31 0 1 0 — — 32 0
Chelsea
2015–16 Premier League 11 0[lower-alpha 2] 2 0 4 0 0 0 17 0
Total 9 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 17 0
Career total 84 2 7 0 4 0 2 0 97 2
  1. ↑ All appearances in Bundesliga play-offs
  2. ↑ With 2 appearances in 2015–16 Football League Cup & 2015–16 FA Cup

International

As of match played 14 June 2015.[23]
Ghana national team
Year Apps Goals
2014 5 0
2015 8 0
Total 14 0

References

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  22. ↑ Baba Rahman at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  23. ↑ Rahman.html Baba Rahman at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

External links

  • Baba Rahman at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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