Sulley Muntari

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Sulley Muntari, the Ghanaian midfielder, made 7 appearances for Sunderland. His value came outside the scoresheet, with 7 recorded appearances. His most prolific season in our data was 2010-11, with 1 goal. Our match data has him appearing in 2011. More of his recorded appearances came under Martin O'Neill than any other manager — 7 in all.

Figures are from our match-by-match data, densest from 2010 onward.

Suleyman Ali "Sulley" Muntari (born 27 August 1984) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder . He spent most of his career in Italy, playing for clubs such as Udinese , Inter Milan , and AC Milan . Spoken about as a talented footballer at a young age, Muntari started his youth career in Ghana with Liberty Professionals before joining Udinese where he progressed from their academy into becoming a first team player. He featured in over 150 matches for Udinese and scored 9 goals before securing a move to join English team Portsmouth then English Premier League. He spent only a season with the Pompey and was also part of the team that won the FA Cup in 2007–08 . His performance in the Premier League and the FA Cup earned him a move to join Inter Milan in 2008. During his time with Inter Milan , he helped the team win the Champions League in 2009–10 and the Serie A title in 2008–09 and 2009–10 among other trophies. After becoming a full international in 2002, Muntari earned over 80 caps for the Ghana national team and was selected for two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and three FIFA World Cups . He was also a member of the Ghana U20 team that placed second in the African Youth Championship and FIFA U-20 World Cup both in 2001. He is the elder brother of former Tambov player Sulley Muniru . [ 4 ] — Wikipedia

Position: MF
Nationality: Ghana
Birthplace: Konongo
Born: 27 Aug 1984
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 76 kg

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At Sunderland

On 26 January 2011, Premier League club Sunderland were given permission to hold talks with Muntari, [ 63 ] and on 29 January, he signed for Sunderland on loan from Inter until the end of the 2010–11 season. [ 64 ] On 7 May 2011, he was initially credited with his first and only goal in a 2–1 win over Bolton Wanderers , but this was subsequently recorded as a Zat Knight own goal. [ 65 ] On 13 May 2011, Sunderland opted not to sign Muntari on a permanent basis, and he returned to Inter. [ 66 ] He played the first half of the 2011–12 season for Inter Milan and played four league matches before going on loan to AC Milan. [ 67 ] [ 68 ] — Wikipedia

Career

Ghana national under-20 football team (2001–01)→Ghana men's national football team (2002–14)→Udinese Calcio (2002–07)→Portsmouth F.C. (2007–08)→Inter Milan (2008–12)→Sunderland A.F.C. (2011–11)→AC Milan (2012–15)→Al Ittihad FC (2015–16)→Delfino Pescara 1936 (2017–17)→Deportivo de La Coruña (2018–18)→Albacete Balompié (2019–19)→Accra Hearts of Oak SC (2022–22)→Liberty Professionals F.C.

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