Jamal Arago
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 August 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Center-back[1] | ||
Youth career | |||
–2009 | Berekum Chelsea | ||
2009–2011 | Twente | ||
2011–2012 | Atromitos | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2013 | Atromitos | 0 | (0) |
2016 | Gjilani | 4 | (0) |
2016–2017 | AC Kajaani | 23 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Prishtina | 43 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Drita | 27 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Sabail | 25 | (1) |
2022–2023 | Ohod | 17 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Al-Ahly Benghazi | ||
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Liberia | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 June 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023 |
Jamal Arago (born 28 August 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a center-back. Born in Ghana, he represents the Liberia national team.
Career
[edit]In 2009, Arago won the reality show MTN Soccer Academy.[2] After that, he joined the youth academy of Dutch side FC Twente.[3]
He then signed for Atromitos in the Greek top flight.[4]
Before the second half of 2015–16, Arago signed for Kosovan club Gjilani.[5] In 2016, he signed for AC Kajaani in Finland.[6]
In 2021, he signed for Azerbaijani team Sabail.[7] On 14 August 2021, Arago debuted for Sabail during a 1–0 win over Sabah (Azerbaijan).[8]
On 26 July 2022, Arago joined Saudi Arabian club Ohod.[9]
International career
[edit]Born in Ghana, Arago is of Liberian descent through a grandmother.[10] He debuted for the Liberia national team in a 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Nigeria on 13 November 2021.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Jamal Arago at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Profile". instagram.com.
- ^ "Arago Jamal op proef bij FC Twente". rtvoost.nl.
- ^ "Profile". slgr.gr.
- ^ "Arago Jamal, ylli ri i Superligës së Kosovës në futboll". gazetasheshi.com.
- ^ "Former Ghana U20 midfielder Arago Jamal joins AC Kajaani in Finland". sportsworldghana.com.
- ^ "Последняя трансферная #новость дня - Ганский #защитник Джамал Араго в "Сабаил"!". facebook.com.
- ^ Jamal Arago at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "#أراجو_جمال أحدي".
- ^ "Arago Jamal to follow grandparents' lineage to switch nationality to Liberia". GhanaWeb. 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Match Report of Liberia vs Nigeria - 2021-11-13 - WC Qualification". Global Sports Archive. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
External links
[edit]- Jamal Arago at Soccerway
- Jamal Arago at playmakerstats.com
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Accra
- Liberian men's footballers
- Liberia men's international footballers
- Liberian expatriate men's footballers
- Liberian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Liberian expatriates in Finland
- Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo
- Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
- Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Liberian people of Ghanaian descent
- Naturalized citizens of Liberia
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
- Ghanaian people of Liberian descent
- Sportspeople of Liberian descent
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Berekum Chelsea F.C. players
- FC Twente players
- Super League Greece players
- Atromitos F.C. players
- Football Superleague of Kosovo players
- SC Gjilani players
- FC Prishtina players
- FC Drita players
- Kakkonen players
- AC Kajaani players
- Azerbaijan Premier League players
- Sabail FK players
- Saudi First Division League players
- Ohod Club players
- 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen
- Liberian football biography stubs