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Kalif Alhassan
Alhassan with Portland Timbers in 2010
Personal information
Full name Kalif Alhassan
Date of birth (1990-10-15) 15 October 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 PDX
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Liberty Professionals
2010 Portland Timbers 6 (2)
2011–2014 Portland Timbers 93 (5)
2015 Minnesota United 27 (4)
2016 Tampa Bay Rowdies 17 (0)
2017 New York Cosmos 5 (1)
2017 Dila Gori 2 (0)
2018 Oklahoma City Energy 6 (0)
2019 Minerva Punjab 3 (0)
2019–2020 Churchill Brothers 12 (0)
2021– PDX 1 (0)
International career
2007 Ghana U17 5 (1)
2008 Ghana U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 July 2021

Kalif Alhassan (born 15 October 1990 in Accra) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for PDX FC in USL League Two.

Career

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Professional

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Alhassan began his career with Ghana Premier League side Liberty Professionals in 2007, helping the club to the semifinals of the 2009 WAFU Club Championship.

In 2010, Alhassan signed with Portland Timbers of the USSF Division 2 Professional League, in hopes of staying with the club in 2011 for their inaugural season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the United States soccer pyramid.[1] In his first start for the Timbers, Alhassan scored in second-half stoppage time to give Portland a 1–0 victory over Puerto Rico Islanders.[2]

In 2011 Alhassan became the third player in Major League Soccer history to open his career with assists in each of his first three home games, all Timbers wins.[3] He scored his first MLS goal for the Timbers on the opening weekend of the 2012 MLS season, chipping the ball over Philadelphia Union goalkeeper Zac MacMath to seal the Timbers' victory at 3–1. In addition to his goal, Alhassan assisted on another goal and earned the free kick which led to the equalizing goal. For his performance, Alhassan was named Player of the Week for week 1 of the 2012 MLS season, becoming the first Timbers player ever to win the award.[4]

Alhassan played 1,867 minutes in 28 matches in 2015 for Minnesota United FC. On 17 December 2015, Alhassan was released by Minnesota and picked up by the Tampa Bay Rowdies.[5] He then went to play for the New York Cosmos in 2017, but was released in July 2017.[6] In August 2017, Alhassan signed for Dila Gori.[7] In 2019, he moved to India, signing with I-League champions Minerva Academy.[8][9]

International

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Alhassan began his international career in 2007 with the Ghana U-17 national team. He debuted with the Ghana U-20 national team in 2008 although he did not make the squad for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, won by Ghana. In May 2008 Alhassan was also called into a camp with the Ghana national team for the 2009 African Nations Championship, again missing out on the final squad.

Personal

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Kalif is the son of former Ghana international and two-time Africa Cup of Nations winner George Alhassan.[10]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 4 August 2018[11][12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Portland Timbers (D2PL) 2010 D2 Pro League 6 2 0 0 – 2 0 8 2
Portland Timbers 2011 MLS 32 0 0 0 – – 32 0
2012 16 1 1 0 – – 17 1
2013 30 3 3 0 – 4 0 37 3
2014 15 1 2 0 3 1 – 20 2
Total 93 5 6 0 3 1 4 0 106 6
Minnesota United (NASL) 2015 NASL 27 4 0 0 – 1 0 28 4
Tampa Bay Rowdies 2016 NASL 17 0 1 0 – – 18 0
New York Cosmos 2017 NASL 5 1 1 1 – – 6 2
Dila Gori 2017 Erovnuli Liga 2 0 0 0 – – 2 0
OKC Energy 2018 USL 6 0 0 0 – – 6 0
Career total 156 12 8 1 3 1 7 0 174 14

References

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  1. ^ "Timbers sign Ghanaian midfielder Kalif Alhassan" (Press release). Portland Timbers. 19 August 2010. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Portland 1, Puerto Rico 0: Alhassan's first goal is a winner". The Oregonian. Portland. 18 September 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Quotes & Notes: Timbers: 1, Union: 0". Portland Timbers. 7 May 2011. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Timbers player named MLS PotW for first time". mlssoccer.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Tampa Bay Rowdies sign winger Kalif Alhassan". Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  6. ^ "News: Kalif Alhassan Leaves the Cosmos". TwiceaCosmo.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Kalif Alhassan joins Georgian top flight side FC Dila Gori". ghanasoccernet.com. Ghana Soccer Net. 10 August 2017. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Indian I-League champions Minerva Punjab FC sign Kalif Alhassan". ghanasoccernet.com. Ghana Soccer Network. 11 February 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  9. ^ "I-League: Juan Quero Barraso's strike helps Minerva Punjab secure 1–0 win over Neroca FC". The Indian Express. PTI. 23 February 2019. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Like father, like son: MLS players whose fathers also played professional soccer". mlssoccer.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  11. ^ Kalif Alhassan at Soccerway
  12. ^ Kalif Alhassan at Major League Soccer
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