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My Take
What strikes me about Mohammed Salisu is how quietly his career has climbed. He came up through Valladolid's reserves before breaking into La Liga, then earned a move to Southampton for around 11 million pounds, and now anchors the back line at Monaco in Ligue 1. As a Ghanaian centre-back born in Accra, he also carries the weight of representing his national team. I find center-backs like him underrated by casual fans because their best work is invisible, but a defender who keeps getting trusted by bigger clubs is telling you something real about his reliability.
Overview
Mohammed Salisu Abdul Karim (born 17 April 1999) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the Ghana national team. Salisu started his senior career with Valladolid, featuring for the reserve side before making his first team debut in 2019. He made 34 appearances for the club before joining Southampton for a £10.9 million fee in 2020.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mohammed Salisu
- Name (Japanese)
- モハメド・サリス
- Reading
- もはめど・さりす
- Born
- April 17, 1999 (age 27)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rabbit
- Origin
- Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.