Mahatma Otoo

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Mahatma Otoo
Personal information
Full name Mahatma Osumanu Otoo
Date of birth (1992-02-06) February 6, 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Sogndal
Number 18
Youth career
Sporting St. Mirren
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Sporting St. Mirren 19 (8)
2009–2013 Hearts of Oak 117 (56)
2010 → ES Tunis (loan) 14 (4)
2013–2015 Sogndal 63 (22)
International career‡
Ghana U-17 12 (5)
2011 Ghana U-20 10 (4)
2011 Ghana U-23 19 (12)
2009– Ghana 7 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 November 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 15, 2013

Mahatma Osumanu Otoo (born February 6, 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Sogndal in the Norwegian Premier League. He was the 2012-2013 Ghana Premier League top scorer with 20 goals.

Career

Early days

Otoo began his career on youthside for Sporting St. Mirren who signed him on his first professional contract when he was 16 years old on 30 October 2008.[1] He earned the discovery player of the season title in the 2008/2009 season.[2] Otoo signed for the 2009/2010 season with Accra Hearts of Oak SC[3] finishing the season with a consecutive individual title winning the Ghana Premier League’s best player of the season.[4] In 2010, Otoo moved to Tunisian club Esperance Sportive de Tunis on loan.[5][6]

Hearts of Oak

Mahatma Otoo returned to Hearts of Oak in the second round of the 2010/11 season, while a club finished 10th in the league. The following season, 2011/12, Otoo scored 10 goals in the league. Otoo was made captain of Hearts of Oak by Charles Akonnor because of his way of playing and fighting spirit.[7] Otoo scored a hat-trick, which was the first in 2012/13 season in the 5-2 win over New Edubiase.[8] Otoo scored a brace at Berekum Arsenals.[9] Otoo renewed his contract with Accra Hearts of Oak for another season in May 2013.[10] Otoo scored a hat-trick against Tema Youth on the final game of the season and became a top scorer of Ghana Premier League with 20 goals.[11][12]

Sogndal

His performance attracted European clubs, with Club Brugge and Sogndal being front runners to land his signature. He moved to Sogndal on a three-year contract in the summer transfer window of 2013.[13]

Career statistics

As of 30 November 2015[14]
Season Club Division League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2013 Sogndal Tippeligaen 10 0 0 0 10 0
2014 27 9 3 3 30 12
2015 OBOS-ligaen 26 13 3 2 29 15
Career Total 63 22 6 5 69 27

International career

After his successful first season was called up for the Ghana national football team for the friendly game on 1 October 2009 against Argentina national football team[15] and played in the game his internationally senior debut[16] and played formerly in the Ghana national under-17 football team.[17]

In September 2011, Otoo played for Black Meteors of Ghana in the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique. He was a top goalscorer of the tournament with 4 goals in 4 games.[citation needed]

In March 2013, Otoo was called up to the Ghana national football team by coach Kwesi Appiah.[18] Appiah described him as a “special player”.[19]

Honours

References

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  1. ↑ New Registered Players Globacom Premier League 2008/2009
  2. ↑ Hearts losing out on striker Otoo
  3. ↑ Hearts sign three players
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hearts Of Oak’s Mahatma Otoo Wins Ghana League Best Player
  5. ↑ Mahatma Osumanu Otoo. MTN Group. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  6. ↑ Otoo heads to Esperance. kickoff.com. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  7. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-gh/news/4389/ghana/2013/05/14/3977604/the-big-interview-high-flying-mahatma-otoo-knows-what-he-has
  8. ↑ http://sports.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201210/95482.php
  9. ↑ http://allsports.com.gh/2012/12/28/mahatma-otoos-brace-hearts-point/
  10. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-gh/news/4389/ghana/2013/05/20/3992850/mahatma-otoo-renews-hearts-of-oak-contract?ICID=AR_RS_1
  11. ↑ http://www.accraheartsofoak.com/site/News/detail/601
  12. ↑ http://www.ghanafa.org/pages/premierleague/201306/8599.php
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Black Stars away in Argentina
  16. ↑ citifmonline – Sports – Local Black Stars lose 2–0 to Argentia
  17. ↑ Starlets win first match 8th African U-17 championship
  18. ↑ http://allsports.com.gh/2013/03/15/mahatma-otoo-full-black-stars-call/
  19. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-gh/news/4389/ghana/2013/05/23/3998414/appiah-mahatma-otoo-is-a-special-player-the-best-in-ghana
  20. ↑ Hearts Dominate PLB Awards
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