Isaac Vorsah

Ghanaian footballer

Isaac Vorsah (born 21 June 1988) is a Ghanaian football player. He played for FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga. [1]

Isaac Vorsah
Isaac Vorsah in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-06-21) 21 June 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1996–2002 Oscar
2002–2005 Maamobi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 All Blacks 169 (7)
2007 Asante Kotoko 31 (2)
2007–2012 1899 Hoffenheim 130 (4)
2012–2015 Red Bull Salzburg 15 (1)
2015–2016 Liefering 4 (0)
2016–2017 ASFAR 12 (0)
2017–2018 Ohod 18 (0)
Total 362 (14)
National team
2007–2013 Ghana 40 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:07, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:02, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Club career change

He began his career at Oscar FC in Kpando, Ghana and FC Maamobi. He transferred to Gamba All Blacks F.C. in 2005. In January 2007 Asante Kotoko bought Vorsah. The German team TSG 1899 Hoffenheim offered him a trial. After the trial he was loaned until 30 June 2008. On 1 April 2008 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim bought him and he signed until 30 June 2011. For Hoffenheim he played 130 times and shot 4 goals. He moved to Red Bull Salzburg in August 2012.[2] After he came back from the Africa Cup 2013 he was injured badly and missed the 2013/14 season.

International career change

Vorsah played his first match for Ghana in 2007 against Senegal. [3]For Ghana he played the Africa Cup 2010, 2012 and 2013. He was also part of the team for the FIFA World Championship 2010. In total he played 40 matches for Ghana and scored once.


International career statistics change

As of match played on 2 February 2013.[4]
Ghana national team
YearAppsGoals
2007 3 0
2008 3 0
2009 8 0
2010 7 0
2011 7 1
2012 8 0
2013 5 0
Total 40 1

Honours change

Club change

Red Bull Salzburg

International change

Ghana

Individual change

  • Ghana Defender of the Year: 2007[source?]


References change

  1. "Players profile RB Salzburg Homepage".
  2. "Red Bull Salzburg News (German)".
  3. "Ghana 2006/07". www.rsssf.com.
  4. "Isaac Vorsah". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  5. Courtney, Barrie; Díaz Rubio, Julián; Saaid, Hamdan; Stokkermans, Karel; Tabeira, Martín (15 December 2006). "African Nations Cup 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

Other websites change

  Media related to Isaac Vorsah at Wikimedia Commons