Karim Abdul Razak

Karim Abdul Razak's semi-final goal against Tunisia at the 1978 Africa Cup of Nations, which Ghana hosted and won, is still remembered as the "Golden Goal". That year he was named African Footballer of the Year.

Player

Karim Abdul Razak Tanko was born in Kumasi on 18 April 1956 and played for Kumasi Cornerstones from 1972 before joining Asante Kotoko in 1975. In 1979 he moved to the New York Cosmos, where his teammates included Franz Beckenbauer and Carlos Alberto. He returned to Kotoko, then played for Al Ain in the UAE, where he was the league's top scorer in 1980-81, and Arab Contractors in Egypt, twice named Egypt's player of the year. He had a final spell at Kotoko and retired at Africa Sports in Abidjan.

Black Stars and coaching

Known as the "Golden Boy", he scored 25 goals in 62 games for Ghana by UEFA's count. In 2007 CAF named him among Africa's 30 best players of the previous 50 years. As a coach he was named Ghana's coach of the year by sports writers in 2003.