Manasseh Ishiaku

{{short description|Nigerian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Manasseh Ishiaku

| image = Manasseh Ishiaku.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Ishiaku training (2009)

| fullname = Manasseh Ishiaku

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|1|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Port Harcourt, Nigeria

| height = 1.83 m

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1999 | youthclubs1 = Shooting Stars

| youthyears2 = 1999–2000 | youthclubs2 = NSWIS

| years1 = 2000–2002 | clubs1 = Roeselare | caps1 = 34 | goals1 = 4

| years2 = 2002–2005 | clubs2 = La Louvière | caps2 = 74 | goals2 = 18

| years3 = 2005–2007 | clubs3 = Club Brugge | caps3 = 52 | goals3 = 12

| years4 = 2007–2008 | clubs4 = MSV Duisburg | caps4 = 25 | goals4 = 10

| years5 = 2008–2011 | clubs5 = 1. FC Köln | caps5 = 28 | goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2011 | clubs6 = → Sint-Truiden (loan) | caps6 = 5 | goals6 = 0

| totalcaps = 213

| totalgoals = 45

| nationalyears1 = 2007–2008 | nationalteam1 = Nigeria | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 1

}}

Manasseh Ishiaku (born 9 January 1983) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker.{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2011-12/vereinslos-0/32523/spieler_manasseh-ishiaku.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110921134440/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2011-12/vereinslos-0/32523/spieler_manasseh-ishiaku.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 21 September 2011 | title = Ishiaku, Manasseh | publisher = kicker | language = German | date = | accessdate = 20 January 2012}}

While at La Louvière he helped them win the 2002–03 Belgian Cup, scoring twice in the final.{{cite web|url=https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/la-louvire-wint-beker-van-belgi|title=La Louvière wint Beker van België |publisher=vi.nl|date=1 June 2003 |accessdate=14 October 2020}} Four years later he scored the winning goal in the final of the same competition, this time for Club Brugge.{{cite news |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/bruges-standard-en-2007-ishiaku-sauvait-la-saison-du-club-9237229 |title=Bruges-Standard : En 2007, Ishiaku sauvait la saison du Club| website = rtbf.be | language = fr |access-date=20 April 2022}}