{"id":58241,"date":"2023-04-16T09:55:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T09:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/16\/15-year-old-fatawu-ganiwu-shines\/"},"modified":"2023-04-16T09:55:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T09:55:28","slug":"15-year-old-fatawu-ganiwu-shines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/16\/15-year-old-fatawu-ganiwu-shines\/","title":{"rendered":"15-year old Fatawu Ganiwu shines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"513\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-04-15-at-10.35.45-696x513.jpeg\"   alt=\"Fatawu Ganiwu\" title=\"Fatawu Ganiwu\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fatawu Ganiwu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Black Starlets continued their impressive performance at the ongoing UEFA U-16 Development Tournament in Serbia with another emphatic victory over Spain on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana secured their second win at the tournament staged in the European country for players below the age of 16, after picking a narrow win over Spain in a five-goal thriller.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first part of the game ended in a one-all draw with Great Corinthians centre-forward Benjamin Tsivanyo scoring for Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>In the second half, Goals from Tsivanyo and Peter Hammond aided the Black Starlets to record a 3-2 victory over Spain.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of Ghana\u2019s midfield was 15-year-old Fatawu Ganiwu, who plays for Sporting Avranches, a Division 2-based club in Madina.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fatawu was full of confidence and anchored the midfield. He possesses the calmness of Sergio Busquets on the ball and the aggression of Michael Essien in winning the ball.<\/p>\n<p>His ability to provide the forward lines with defence-splitting passes from midfield is exceptional for a 15-year-old who plays in the 3rd tier of Ghana\u2019s football league.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The young lad from Madina Zongo won most of the midfield duels and has so far put up a good performance in the opening two games of the tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before today\u2019s fixture, coach Karim Zito\u2019s side had conceded an embarrassing 4-0 defeat when it played the host nation, Serbia, in the opening fixture of the tournament on Thursday a game in which Fatawu enjoyed the majority of possession in midfield.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will wrap up the 2023 UEFA U16 Development Tournament with a game against Switzerland on Tuesday, April 18, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The match is scheduled to kick off at 8:00 am.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"3Ft55votKj4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cost of Negligence: Two-year-old boy drowns in septic tank at Kasoa Aempa Down (14-4-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Ft55votKj4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatawu Ganiwu The Black Starlets continued their impressive performance at the ongoing UEFA U-16 Development Tournament in Serbia with another emphatic victory over Spain on Saturday afternoon. 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