Mubarak Wakaso

Mubarak Wakaso
Wakaso with Ghana in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-07-25) 25 July 1990
Place of birth Tamale, Ghana
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
Adelaide
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Ashanti Gold
2008–2011 Elche 58 (1)
2011 Villarreal B 5 (1)
2011–2012 Villarreal 17 (0)
2012–2013 Espanyol 26 (3)
2013–2016 Rubin Kazan 16 (2)
2014–2015Celtic (loan) 5 (0)
2015–2016Las Palmas (loan) 20 (1)
2016–2017 Panathinaikos 8 (1)
2017Granada (loan) 11 (1)
2017–2020 Alavés 66 (1)
2020 Jiangsu Suning 18 (0)
2021–2023 Shenzhen 18 (0)
2022–2023Eupen (loan) 9 (0)
Total 277 (11)
International career
2005 Ghana U17
2012–2022 Ghana 70 (13)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Ghana
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up 2015 Equatorial Guinea
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mubarak Wakaso (pronunciation Arabic: مبارك واكاسو; born 25 July 1990) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

He spent the better part of his career in Spain, starting out at Elche in 2008 and going on to represent Villarreal, Espanyol, Las Palmas, Granada and Alavés. He also competed in Russia, Scotland, Greece, China and Belgium.

Wakaso appeared with the Ghana national team at the 2014 World Cup, as well as five Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.