Major League Soccer side Vancouver Whitecaps have completed the signing of Ghanaian midfielder Aminu Abdallah.

 

The 19-year-old Ghanaian midfielder joined the team following a successful trial that included a goal and an assist in six matches with the Whitecaps’ reserves. The lanky midfielder has been on trial with the club for three months and showed well in half a dozen games for the Caps.

 

Prior to joining Vancouver, Abdallah was a member of Ghana’s International Allies FC, where he was a teammate of current Whitecaps midfielder Gershon Koffie from 2008 to 2010. The native of Accra is a member of Ghana’s U-20 side.

 

Before joining Vancouver, Abdallah trained with several major European sides, including Italy’s Juventus, Russia’s CSKA Moscow, and the Netherlands’ PSV Eindhoven.

 

“Aminu is a big, young, powerful player with huge potential,” Vancouver head coach Martin Rennie said in a statement. “He is a left-footed box-to-box player who can bring a lot to the team with his ability to win balls in the air and connect passes.”

 

Abdallah added : “I am very excited to join Whitecaps FC. I am going to work hard and try my best to make the club and fans proud.”

 

With Abdallah officially signed, the ‘Caps midfield/winger group now includes three teenagers – American Omar Salgado, 19, and Gambian Kekuta Manneh, 18, are the others – plus Canadian Russell Teibert, 20, Ghanaian Gershon Koffie, 21, and Erik Hurtado, 22. Strikers Darren Mattocks and Corey Hertzog are also both just 22.

 

Modou Lamin Beyai