Veteran Ghanaian footballer, Mohammed Polo
Veteran Ghanaian footballer, Mohammed Ahmed, popularly known as ‘Mohammed Polo,’ has recounted how he started his football career in Ghana.
In an interview with JoySports on March 30, 2025, Polo noted that his career as a footballer began mysteriously.
The 1978 AFCON winner explained that he was destined to be a footballer because teenagers were not encouraged to play football when he started his career. Polo added that he is the only footballer in Ghana to have played with four different generations of players.
“I am the only player in Ghana to have played with four generations and a player at the same time as a coach… Today, I am a coach and I want to impact. Some of us have something special for these younger ones. I feel sad; Ghana football shouldn’t be where it is now.
“It all started in a very mysterious way because it never happens. It looks like it was destined to happen because I didn’t know what I was doing, even though I used to play football and I was young and in those days, we played with the giants,” he said.
Narrating how he was nicknamed Polo, the veteran footballer noted that the name was coined because of his interest in watching horse races.
“I enjoy watching polo games so sometimes, I will come back home late and when my parents ask me, I would tell them I was watching polo games… One time, there was a match between my area and a rival community and I told them that if they wanted me to play, I would have to go and watch the polo game before, so they couldn’t fathom it and that is how the name polo came about,” he added.
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