Mohammed Fuseini
{{Short description|Ghanaian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mohammed Fuseini
| image = Go Ahead Eagles - Royale Union Saint-Gillloise - 53852891434 (cropped).jpg
| upright = 0.8
| caption = Fuseini in 2024 with Union Saint-Gilloise
| fullname = Mohammed Gadafi Fuseini{{WorldFootball.net|mohammed-fuseini}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|5|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Accra, Ghana
| height = 1.69 m
| position = Winger
| currentclub = Union Saint-Gilloise
| clubnumber = 77
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Right to Dream Academy
| years1 = 2021–2023
| clubs1 = Sturm Graz II
| caps1 = 37
| goals1 = 11
| years2 = 2022–2024
| clubs2 = Sturm Graz
| caps2 = 18
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 2024
| clubs3 = → Randers (loan)
| caps3 = 16
| goals3 = 9
| years4 = 2024–
| clubs4 = Union Saint-Gilloise
| caps4 = 33
| goals4 = 9
| nationalyears1 = 2025–
| nationalteam1 = Ghana
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| club-update = 5 June 2025
| nationalteam-update = 14:22, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
}}
Mohammed Gadafi Fuseini (born 16 May 2002) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Belgian club Union Saint-Gilloise and the Ghana national team.
Club career
Fuseini, he moved from the Ghanaian club Right to Dream Academy to Austria to join SK Sturm Graz in February 2022, where he joined the reserves side.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-09 |title=Ghanaian Youngster Mohammed Fuseini joins SK Sturm Graz |url=https://ahotoronline.com/mohammed-fuseini-joins-sk-sturm-graz/ |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=Ahotor 92.3FM...eye ahotor nkoaa |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Sturm Graz holt Fuseini, St. Pölten Silue |url=https://www.weltfussball.at/news/_n4797732_/sturm-graz-holt-fuseini-st-poelten-silue/ |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=weltfussball.at |language=de}} In his first season he made 14 appearances in the Regionalliga Mitte for Sturm II at end of the 2021–22 season.{{Cite web |title=M. Fuseini Soccerway Profile |url=https://gh.soccerway.com/players/mohammed-gadafi-fuseini/820973/ |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=Soccerway}} At the end of the season SK Strum Graz II were crowned champions in the second division.
Ahead of the 2022–23 season, he was promoted to the senior squad. In July 2022, however, he made his first match of the season in the second division when he was named in the starting eleven against Horn on the first day of that season. Even though Strum II lost by 2–1, Fuseini scored Grazer's goal.
He made his first team debut in the UEFA Champions League in a 2–1 home loss to Dynamo Kyiv, coming on in the 102 minute of extra time for Jon Gorenc Stanković.{{Cite web |title=UEFA Champions League qualifying round (Sturm Graz vs Dynamo kiev) |url=https://uk-sport-web.prod.oceanusorigin.com/football/sturm-graz-vs-dynamo-kiev/live/474979 |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=Sky Sports |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Sturm Graz vs. Dinamo Kiev match report |url=https://gh.soccerway.com/matches/2022/08/09/europe/uefa-champions-league/sk-puntigamer-sturm-graz/fc-dynamo-kyiv/3876573/ |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=Soccerway}}
On 13 August 2022, he scored his second goal of the season, in Sturm Graz II 5–2 victory over SKN St. Pölten in the Austrian 2. Liga.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-13 |title=Youngster Mohammed Fuseini scores in Sturm Graz's massive away victory over St. Polten in Austria |url=https://ghanasoccernet.com/youngster-mohammed-fuseini-scores-in-sturm-grazs-massive-away-victory-over-st-polten-in-austria |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=GhanaSoccernet |language=en}}
On 29 November 2022, Fuseini extended his contract with Sturm Graz until 2026.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-29 |title= MOHAMMED FUSEINI VERLÄNGERT BIS 2026|url=https://sksturm.at/n/mohammed-fuseini-verlaengert-bis-2026 |website=sksturm.at |language=german}}
On 28 January 2024, Fuseini joined Randers in Denmark on loan with an option to buy.{{cite web|publisher=Randers|url=https://randersfc.dk/nyheder-superliga/2024/januar/randers-fc-henter-mohammed-fuseini|title=RANDERS FC HENTER MOHAMMED FUSEINI|trans-title=RANDERS FC SIGN MOHAMMED FUSEINI|date=28 January 2024|access-date=28 January 2024|language=da}} After a fantastic loan spell in Randers, where he scored 9 goals and 1 assist in 16 games, Randers made a persistent attempt to buy Fuseini free, but without success. Therefore, Fuseini returned to Sturm Graz, who had received a lot of interest from foreign clubs after Fuseini's good season in Randers.[https://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/superliga/afsloering-giftig-forward-tabt-superligaen Afsløring: Mohammed Fuseini tabt for Superligaen], tipsbladet.dk, 19 June 2024[https://amtsavisen.dk/randersfc/nu-rykker-randers-fc-forventer-at-praesentere-tre-spillere-i-naeste-uge?teaser-referral=5ce56a8c-d925-48c8-a0a8-03ee74182fbd-9 Nu rykker Randers FC: Så mange nye forventer de at præsentere i næste uge], amtsavisen.dk, 29 June 2024
While away, Sturm Graz won the Australian Bundesliga title. Fuseini picked up a league winners' medal for playing 11 Bundesliga games.
Fuseini joined Belgian Pro League club Union Saint-Gilloise on a permanent three-year deal in July 2024.
International career
He debuted and scored his first goal for Ghana on 31 May 2025 during the 2025 Unity Cup third-place playoff, which Ghana won 4–0 against Trinidad and Tobago.{{Cite web |date=31 May 2025 |title=Trinidad and Tobago 0, Ghana 4. |url=https://africa.espn.com/football/match/_/gameId/736093 |access-date=31 May 2025 |website=ESPN}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 25 May 2025}} {{Soccerway|mohammed-gadafi-fuseini/820973}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|National cup{{efn|Includes Austrian Cup, Danish Cup, Belgian Cup}} !colspan=2|Europe !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals
! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals | |||||||
| rowspan="4"|Sturm Graz II
|14 | 3 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 14 | 3 | |||
| 2022–23
|Austrian Football Second League |20 | 8 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 8 | |||
| 2023–24
|Austrian Football Second League |3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!37 | 11 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 11 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Sturm Graz
|7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 2 | |
| 2023–24
|Austrian Football Bundesliga |11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| Randers (loan)
|16 | 9 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 9 | |||
| Union Saint-Gilloise
|33 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 9{{efn|One appearance in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 11 |
| colspan=3|Career total
!104 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 34 |
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=== International ===
{{updated|match played 31 May 2025.}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!National team !Year !Apps !Goals |
| Ghana
|2025 |2 |1 |
| colspan="2" |Total
!2 !1 |
|---|
: Ghana score listed first, score column indicates score after each Fuseini goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of international goals scored by Mohammed Fuseini ! scope="col" |No. ! scope="col" |Date ! scope="col" |Venue ! scope="col" |Cap ! scope="col" |Opponent ! scope="col" |Score ! scope="col" |Result ! scope="col" |Competition ! class="unsortable" scope="col" |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| style="text-align: center;" |1
|31 May 2025 |Brentford Community Stadium, London, England | style="text-align: center;" |1 |{{fb|TRI}} | style="text-align: center;" |3–0 | style="text-align: center;" |4–0 | style="text-align: center;" | |
Honours
Sturm Graz
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2023–24
- Austrian Cup: 2022–23{{Cite web |date=1 May 2023 |title=Ghanaian forward Mohammed Fuseini wins Austrian Cup with Sturm Graz |url=https://ghanasoccernet.com/ghanaian-forward-mohammed-fuseini-wins-austrian-cup-with-sturm-graz |access-date=22 May 2023 |website=Ghana Soccernet}}
Sturm Graz II
- Austrian Regionalliga Central: 2021–22
Union Saint-Gilloise
References
External links
- {{Soccerway|820973}}
- [https://sksturm.at/p/mohammed-gadafi-fuseini/ Mohammed Fuseini] at Sturm Graz
{{Royale Union Saint-Gilloise squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fuseini, Mohammed}}
Category:Footballers from Accra
Category:Ghanaian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Right to Dream Academy players
Category:SK Sturm Graz players
Category:Royale Union Saint-Gilloise players
Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Category:2. Liga (Austria) players
Category:Austrian Regionalliga players
Category:Belgian Pro League players
Category:Ghana men's youth international footballers
Category:Ghana men's international footballers
Category:Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium