Ernest Papa Arko

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| name = Ernest Papa Arko

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| full_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|5|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place =Adawso, Ghana

| height = {{height|m=1.78}}

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Ocean Stars

| years1 = 2002–2003

| clubs1 = Liberty Professionals

| years2 = 2004

| clubs2 = → El-Geish (loan)

| caps2 = 5

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2005–2012

| clubs3 = El-Geish

| caps3 = 118

| goals3 = 44

| years4 = 2012

| clubs4 = → Al-Arabi (loan)

| caps4 = 5

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2012–2014

| clubs5 = Smouha

| caps5 = 27

| goals5 = 5

| years6 = 2014–2015

| clubs6 = Al Mokawloon

| caps6 = 35

| goals6 = 11

| years7 = 2015–2016

| clubs7 = El-Entag El-Harby

| caps7 = 22

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2017–2020

| clubs8 = Liberty Professionals

| caps8 = 33

| goals8 = 3

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalyears2 =

| nationalyears3 = 2009

| nationalteam1 = Ghana U-17

| nationalteam2 = Ghana U-20

| nationalteam3 = Ghana

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalcaps2 =

| nationalcaps3 = 1

| nationalgoals1 =

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| nationalgoals3 = 1

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

Career

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).{{NFT player|id=31708|accessdate=}} 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

He scored in his debut on 1 June 2009 against Uganda national football team and scores in his debut his first goal,{{Cite web |url=http://www.ghanafa.org/blackstars/200906/3725.asp |title=Ghana down Uganda in friendly |access-date=2009-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607024204/http://www.ghanafa.org/blackstars/200906/3725.asp |archive-date=2009-06-07 |url-status=dead }} formerly played for the U-17 & U-20 team.[http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/soccer/pop-up.php?ID=158 Player profile]