Ernest Papa Arko


Ernest Papa Arko is a Ghanaian football striker who currently plays for the Ghana Premier League side Liberty Professionals.

Career

Arko used to play for Ocean Stars in Medina and was spotted by Sly Tetteh. He moved to play for Liberty Professionals and was in 2004 contracted by El Zamalek but due to his age they offloaded him to El Geish. He was the leading striker of El Geish. From there, the loan was transferred into a permanent sale. He went on to become the leading scorer for Egyptian League.

International career

He scored in his debut on 1 June 2009 against Uganda national football team and scores in his debut his first goal, formerly played for the U-17 & U-20 team.

International goals

NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.31 May 2009Tamale Stadium, Tamale, Ghana1–02–1Friendly