Sulley Muntari

Sulley Muntari won the Champions League and two Serie A titles with Inter Milan, and earlier the FA Cup with Portsmouth. He won more than 80 caps for Ghana and played at three World Cups.

Early years

Sulley Ali Muntari was born on 27 August 1984. He came through Liberty Professionals and was a regular in Ghana's under-20 team at 16, finishing runner-up at both the African Youth Championship and the 2001 World Youth Championship in Argentina. After a trial at Manchester United he joined Udinese in 2001, debuting against Milan in November 2002, and played more than 150 games for them. His younger brother, Sulley Muniru, also played professionally.

England and Italy

Portsmouth signed him in May 2007 for a club record fee of about £7.1 million, and he won the FA Cup in his only season there. Inter Milan bought him in 2008, and under José Mourinho he won Serie A in 2008-09 and 2009-10 and the 2010 Champions League. He later played for AC Milan. His international career began in 2002 and included two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments as well as the three World Cups. In 2022 Calcio Trade Ball gave him a lifetime achievement award.