Abukari Gariba

{{Short description|Ghanaian footballer (1939–2021)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Abukari Gariba

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|6|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Yamale, Ghana

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|1|23|1939|6|13|df=y}}

| death_place = Kumasi, Ghana

|position = Forward

| nationalteam1 = Ghana

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Abukari Gariba (13 June 1939 – 23 January 2021){{Cite web|last=Asare|first=George Ernest|date=24 January 2021|title=Abukari Gariba: Kotoko and Black Stars legend dies aged 81|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/sports/sports-news/former-kotoko-and-black-stars-legend-abukari-gariba-dead.html?fbclid=IwAR26-OahSNvFptkC8cZuzDHIDdAuU61f9pRhZrl3r1-fdp5gRe0sjeQBlvg|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201141500/https://www.graphic.com.gh/sports/sports-news/former-kotoko-and-black-stars-legend-abukari-gariba-dead.html?fbclid=IwAR26-OahSNvFptkC8cZuzDHIDdAuU61f9pRhZrl3r1-fdp5gRe0sjeQBlvg |archive-date=1 February 2021 |access-date=24 January 2021|website=Graphic Online|publisher=Graphic Communications Ltd.|language=en-gb}} was a Ghanaian footballer born in Yamale. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/abukari-gariba-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417184738/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/abukari-gariba-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Abukari Gariba Olympic Results |access-date=20 October 2018}}{{Cite web|last=Asare|first=George Ernest|date=30 January 2021|title=Abukari Gariba, the forgotten hero|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/features/features/abukari-gariba-the-forgotten-hero.html|url-status=live|access-date=4 January 2022|website=Graphic Online|publisher=Graphic Communications Group Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130151920/https://www.graphic.com.gh/features/features/abukari-gariba-the-forgotten-hero.html |archive-date=30 January 2021 }} He died at the age of 81 in Kumasi on 23 January 2021.