Mohammed Kadiri is another Aktobe newcomer who can solve the team's problems in midfield. The bbabo.net correspondent talks about the Ghanaian midfielder, his career and the upcoming integration into the team of Vladimir Mukhanov.
The history of Kadiri's football path began with an interesting choice. Mohammed claims that his father used to be the king of the Northern Region in Ghana.
"Yes, my father is the king of the Tamale region. When I was a child, everyone greeted me as a prince. I could sleep all day and live off my father, but I quickly decided that I would not depend on anyone and be myself. My my father told me to go to school, and I went to the coach with tears.He explained to dad: "Your child has talent, he needs to make a career," Kadiri recalled in an interview.
So Mohammed ended up in the Ghanaian academy of Barcelona. In the 2013/14 season, he made his debut for Ghana's top division club Ashanti Gold, and a year later he won the league title as part of this team. In 2016, the Ghanaian moved to Europe, he was taken by the Vienna “Austria”. Kadiri was highly rated at that time by the coach of the Austrian club Torsten Fink - being a player, the German also played in the position of a defensive midfielder, so he, like no one else, understood what kind of player he needed for this position. However, after Fink's departure, things went from bad to worse for Kadiri.
Tula "Arsenal" spotted opornik in a full-time friendly game. So the Ghanaian moved to Russia. He gave out a shock season-2018/19 and attracted the attention of Dynamo Kiev. It was an inexpensive option to strengthen the people of Kiev in the support zone. But Kadiri failed to play in the grand Ukrainian football. In two seasons, he played only 15 matches in the Ukrainian championship, and then returned on loan to Tula.
Kadiri adapted well in the RPL, according to him, he was even offered Russian citizenship, but he refused, because he dreams of playing at the international level for Ghana. By the way, about the team. For her, Kadiri never made his debut, although he was drafted there in 2016 under Avram Grant.
After another season in Tula, the midfielder returned to Kiev, but was loaned out again, this time to Chornomorets. Interestingly, in Odessa, Mohammed almost always played as a central defender, although his optimal role is as a defensive midfielder.
In winter, the coach changed in Chornomorets, the team was headed by ex-coach of Astana Roman Grigorchuk. Kadiri was not useful to him, another comeback in Dynamo, but even there they don’t see a defensive midfielder in the squad. According to Ukrainian insiders, Turkish Mac management actively tried to employ its client in Turkish, Kazakh and Russian clubs. But Mohammed did not want to leave as a free agent, because his contract is valid until 2023. However, now the issue seems to have been resolved, and a new club has been found - this is Aktobe.
The transfer campaign of the West Kazakhstanis already impressed with the quantity and even the quality of some players, but Kadiri is perhaps one of the main deals not only within Aktobe, but in the entire league.
It is curious that Mohammed can oust another Ghanaian from the base - Joachim Adukor, whose game does not suit Aktobe fans at all. At the same time, Mohammed, as already noted, can play in the top three of central defenders.
In the projection of "Aktobe" it is still worth paying attention to two nuances. Now the club already has six signed foreign players (not counting players from the EAEU countries), plus two forwards on trial - Gerard Gou and Aderinsola Eseola, will probably choose only one of them. Then Kadiri will become the eighth, and on this, perhaps, the winter selection of "Aktobe" will be completed.
The second aspect concerns the background. Of course, Kadiri is a quality player for the KPL, in optimal condition and with proper motivation, he will make Aktobe stronger. But once a very similar player came to Kazakhstan from the same Dynamo Kiev - Nigerian Aruna Lukman, and then it was a failure, the African played ugly and reluctantly. Let's see how professional Kadiri's approach will be.
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