Mohammed Fuseini

Mohammed Fuseini
Fuseini in 2024 with Union Saint-Gilloise
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Gadafi Fuseini
Date of birth (2002-05-16) 16 May 2002 (age 24)
Place of birth Tamale, Ghana
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Derby County
(on loan from Union Saint-Gilloise)
Number 16
Youth career
Right to Dream Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Sturm Graz II 37 (11)
2022–2024 Sturm Graz 18 (3)
2024 → Randers (loan) 16 (9)
2024– Union Saint-Gilloise 56 (10)
2026– → Derby County (loan) 6 (1)
International career‡
2025– Ghana 2 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:51, 14 October 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:22, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

Mohammed Gadafi Fuseini (born 16 May 2002) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Derby County, on loan from Belgian club Union Saint-Gilloise and the Ghana national team.

After starting his career at the Right to Dream Academy, Fuseini moved to Europe to sign with Austrian club Sturm Graz in 2022, with a loan spell in Denmark with Randers in 2024, also in 2024 he would leave Austria and join Belgiian club Union SG. In 2026, he would move to England and sign with Derby County, on loan with an option to make the move permanent.

Early life

Mohammed Fuseini was born and raised in Aboabo, a suburb of Tamale, Northern Region of Ghana. He attended basic school at Evangelical Presbyterian School (EP) Tamale.

Club career

Sturm Graz

Fuseini, he moved from the Ghanaian club Right to Dream Academy to Austria to join Sturm Graz in February 2022, where he joined the reserves side. In his first season he made 14 appearances in the Regionalliga Mitte for Sturm II at end of the 2021–22 season. At the end of the season, Sturm Graz II were crowned champions in the second division.

Ahead of the 2022–23 season, he was promoted to the senior squad. In July 2022, however, he made his first match of the season in the second division when he was named in the starting eleven against Horn on the first day of that season. Even though Sturm II lost by 2–1, Fuseini scored Grazer's goal.

He made his first team debut in the UEFA Champions League in a 2–1 home loss to Dynamo Kyiv, coming on in the 102 minute of extra time for Jon Gorenc Stanković.

On 13 August 2022, he scored his second goal of the season, in Sturm Graz II 5–2 victory over SKN St. Pölten in the Austrian 2. Liga.

On 29 November 2022, Fuseini extended his contract with Sturm Graz until 2026.

On 28 January 2024, Fuseini joined Randers in Denmark on loan with an option to buy. After a loan spell in Randers, where he scored nine goals and made one assist in 16 games, Randers made a persistent attempt to buy Fuseini, but without success. Therefore, Fuseini returned to Sturm Graz, who had received a lot of interest from foreign clubs after Fuseini's good season in Randers.

While away, Sturm Graz won the Austrian Bundesliga title. Fuseini picked up a league winners' medal for playing 11 Bundesliga games.

Union SG

Fuseini joined Belgian Pro League club Union Saint-Gilloise on a permanent three-year deal in July 2024, contributing nine league goals as a regular starter and substitute as Union claimed their first league title since 1935.

On 1 September 2026, Fuseini joined EFL Championship club Derby County on loan with an option to buy in the summer of 2027. Fuseni made his Derby County debut on 5 September 2026, in a 3–0 defeat at West Ham United. Fuseini scored his first Derby County goal on 19 September, scoring 90th+3 minute equaliser in a 1–1 draw at Burnley.

International career

He debuted and scored his first goal for Ghana on 31 May 2025 during the 2025 Unity Cup third-place playoff, which Ghana won 4–0 against Trinidad and Tobago.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 October 2026
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sturm Graz II 2021–22 Austrian Regionalliga 143———143
2022–23 Austrian Football Second League 208———208
2023–24 Austrian Football Second League 30———30
Total 3711———3711
Sturm Graz 2022–23 Austrian Football Bundesliga 722030—122
2023–24 Austrian Football Bundesliga 1111020—141
Total 183305000263
Randers (loan) 2023–24 Danish Superliga 169———169
Union Saint-Gilloise 2024–25 Belgian Pro League 3392191004411
2025–26 Belgian Pro League 211422000273
2026–27 Belgian Pro League 2000211051
Total 561063132107615
Derby County (loan) 2026–27 EFL Championship 6100——61
Career total 13234931821016139
  1. ↑ Includes Austrian Cup, Danish Cup, Belgian Cup, FA Cup
  2. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup

International

As of match played 31 May 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ghana 202521
Total21
Ghana score listed first, score column indicates score after each Fuseini goal.
List of international goals scored by Mohammed Fuseini
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 31 May 2025 Brentford Community Stadium, London, England 1  Trinidad and Tobago 3–0 4–0 2025 Unity Cup

Honours

Sturm Graz II

Sturm Graz

Union Saint-Gilloise

References

  1. ↑ Mohammed Fuseini at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "Ghanaian Youngster Mohammed Fuseini joins SK Sturm Graz". Ahotor 92.3FM...eye ahotor nkoaa. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Sturm Graz holt Fuseini, St. Pölten Silue". weltfussball.at (in German). Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "M. Fuseini Soccerway Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "UEFA Champions League qualifying round (Sturm Graz vs Dynamo kiev)". Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Sturm Graz vs. Dinamo Kiev match report". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Youngster Mohammed Fuseini scores in Sturm Graz's massive away victory over St. Polten in Austria". GhanaSoccernet. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "MOHAMMED FUSEINI VERLÄNGERT BIS 2026". sksturm.at (in German). 29 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "RANDERS FC HENTER MOHAMMED FUSEINI" [RANDERS FC SIGN MOHAMMED FUSEINI] (in Danish). Randers. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  10. ↑ Afsløring: Mohammed Fuseini tabt for Superligaen, tipsbladet.dk, 19 June 2024
  11. ↑ Nu rykker Randers FC: Så mange nye forventer de at præsentere i næste uge, amtsavisen.dk, 29 June 2024
  12. ↑ "Het sprookje krijgt nu wél een happy end: Union kroont zich na 90 jaar opnieuw tot landskampioen na nerveuze titelzege" [The fairytale now has a happy ending: Union is crowned national champion again after 90 years after a nervous title victory] (in Dutch). Sporza. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  13. 1 2 Mohammed Fuseini at Soccerway
  14. ↑ "Derby County complete ninth summer transfer as winger signs after Birmingham City drama". Derby Telegraph. 1 September 2026. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
  15. ↑ "West Ham United 3–0 Derby County". BBC Sport. 5 September 2026. Retrieved 7 September 2026.
  16. ↑ "Burnley 1–1 Derby County". BBC Sport. 19 September 2026. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
  17. ↑ "Trinidad and Tobago 0, Ghana 4". ESPN. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Mohammed Fuseini in 2026/2027". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
  19. ↑ "Mohammed Fuseini". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  20. ↑ "Ghanaian forward Mohammed Fuseini wins Austrian Cup with Sturm Graz". Ghana Soccernet. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  21. ↑ "Union St-Gilloise win first league title in 90 years". Brussels Times. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  22. ↑ "Royale Union Saint-Gilloise edge Anderlecht in extra time to win Belgian Cup". flashscore.com. 14 May 2026. Retrieved 14 May 2026.