Talent Spot: Meet one of Upper West’s jewelry Issahaku Wahidu
The iconic midfield dynamo Issahaku Wahidu known in his native as Essien is a native of the Upper West region precisely Tagrayiri and started his playing career from colts football across the region before turning professional four seasons ago
Started his colts and youth career with Wa based club Chefaa FC now Yaasin SC coming through the lower ranks before joining another lower side Wa Bayern Munich in the lower divisions
Even at his youth stage, Wahidu showed lot of glimpses of his footballing abilities with his vision and creativity in the middle of the park through out
He made the grades and joined division one side Bazooka FC in the region at a very tender age where he had successful stints with the club
The midfielder then moved to Bole to join division two side Amanjande FC and quickly became fans favourites with his eye catching passing and creativity in the middle of the park and was instrumental for them their his first season guiding them to earn first time promotion into the national division one league
With captiving and instinctive displays in the second tier of Ghanaian football, the midfielder got the attention of several top-flight clubs in Ghana including two times Ghana premier league champions, Aduana stars
Aduana stars fought off competition from the rest of the clubs to sign the sensational midfielder to a three year deal to earn his first professional contract
The midfielder had a tough first season with the club with injuries limiting him to few first team chances and had to leave the club on loan in his second season with Bolga Allstars in the Ghana premier league
The sensational midfielder was instrumental for the Bolga based club and proved his quality in the top-flight league with his dazzling passing skills and vision to pick out team mates as the club had a tough debut season in the Ghanaian top-flight league as they suffered relegation
The midfielder wrote his in the history books of the club becoming the first player to score for the club in the premier league in a game against Accra Great Olympics
After a successful spell with Bolga Allstars, another premier league side Techiman XI wonders acted quickly to sign the midfielder permanently from Aduana stars after successful negotiations with the Dormaa based club
Wahidu is destined for greater highs when domestic football returns to the country and will be a toase for many supporters and pundits with his creativity and visionary passing skills
By: Kanyiri Suburu Lucio/@SuburuAbdulai