Gladson Awako

Gladson Awako won the CAF Champions League with TP Mazembe in 2015 and later came home to captain Hearts of Oak, winning the 2022 FA Cup and President's Cup.

Early clubs

Born on 31 December 1990, he began at Berekum Arsenal and played his first Premier League games for All Stars. Heart of Lions signed him in 2008 and loaned him to Real Sportive. In 2009 he trained with Tottenham, and in February 2010 Spanish second-tier side Recreativo de Huelva signed him, but he could not play until that summer and soon returned to Heart of Lions. He joined Berekum Chelsea in June 2011 and won the 2012 President's Cup with them.

Mazembe and home

TP Mazembe signed him on a five-year deal on 17 October 2012. In Lubumbashi he won three Congolese titles, three Super Cups, the 2015 Champions League, the 2016 Confederation Cup and the 2016 CAF Super Cup. He returned to Ghana with Great Olympics in late 2019 before moving to Hearts.

Ghana

He won the 2009 African Youth Championship in Rwanda and the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup with the Black Satellites, and made his senior debut against Argentina on 1 October 2009. A playmaker, he started out as a full-back.