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Ibrahim Tanko (born 25 July 1977) is a scout and football manager, and a retired Ghana international footballer who played mostly as a forward. He played most of his 15-year professional career - blighted by injuries - in Germany, with Borussia Dortmund and Freiburg. ==Club career== Born in Kumasi, Tanko joined German side BV Borussia Dortmund from King Faisal Babes at age 17, making him the third youngest player to appear professionally for the team, behind Nuri Şahin and Lars Ricken. He made his Bundesliga debut on 24 September 1994, in a 5–0 home win against VfB Stuttgart, and finished his debut season with 14 games and one goal. Injuries and loss of form led to an eventual release from the club (he did participate in three contests, all as a late substitute, in Borussia's 1996–97 UEFA Champions League victorious run) as he amassed no more than three league appearances in three different seasons, also being suspended and eventually released after testing positive for cannabis.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Africans abroad )〕 In January 2001, Tanko joined fellow league side SC Freiburg, scoring in his fourth game, a 3–1 win at VfL Bochum, but also missing a great part of the following campaign due to a severe knee injury,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Injury setback hits Freiburg )〕 as the Black Forest team dropped down to the second division. At Freiburg, Tanko's output improved slightly, and he played a career-high 27 matches (with two goals) in 2005–06's second level. However, he only appeared once the following season, and retired at 30. In January 2012, Tanko was appointed as the head scout of the Ghana national football team and prior to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. On 1 July 2007, Tanko was named assistant coach for Freiburg's reserves, leaving after 18 months, together with Karsten Neitzel, to J. League's Urawa Red Diamonds, in the same capacity, as he rejoined former Freiburg boss Volker Finke. On 4 June 2013, they continued their partnership as Tanko joined the coaching staff of Cameroon national team, headed by Finke.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Meet Tanko, Finke’s new assistant )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ibrahim Tanko」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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