A. Fatawu

Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (born 8 March 2004), commonly known as Abdul Fatawu, is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Ipswich Town and the Ghana national team.

Steadfast In 2019, at the age of fifteen, Fatawu started his career with Tamale-based club Steadfast FC, in the Zone One of the Division One League, the Ghanaian second tier. During his debut season, he immediately established himself as one of the most talented players in the league, scoring eight goals and assisting five in 13 matches before the league was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In his second season, he scored 12 goals and made 12 assists in 14 league matches and picked up 8 man of the match awards. In 2021, after the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, Fatawu was linked with several European teams, some of them being Liverpool, Bayer Leverkusen, and Sporting CP. In October 2021, Fatawu joined Dreams on a loan until 2022. In the same month, he was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation 2021", and was described by them as "arguably the best African prospect of his generation".

Sporting CP In April 2022, he was signed by Sporting CP on a five-year contract with a release clause of €60 million. This brought finality to rumours of him joining Sporting CP on loan from Liverpool and other transfer saga rumour. Prior to signing officially Fatawu had been at the club since February and had been training with the U-23 side. As he was an under age player at the time, and with the season already ongoing, he couldn't be registered with the first-team until the 2022–23 season, then, he began to train with the B team until available to play for the professional team. Ahead of the 2022–23 season, Fatawu was named in the squad for pre-season training and tour for the first team. He was involved in the team's preparations prior to the start of the season playing his first pre-season game against Belgium side Royale Union. On 7 August 2022, he was named on the bench for the first match of the season. The following weekend he made his debut after coming on in the 80th minute for Francisco Trincão in Sporting CP's 3–0 victory over Rio Ave.

Loan to Leicester City On 31 August 2023, Fatawu signed for EFL Championship side Leicester City on a season-long loan from Sporting CP. He made his club debut in the EFL Championship three days later, coming on as a 54th-minute substitute in a 1–0 home loss to Hull City. On 21 October, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 away win against Swansea City. On 23 April 2024, he scored his first professional hat-trick, in a 5–0 home win against promotion rivals, Southampton. There was a clause inserted into the loan that required Leicester to purchase Fatawu upon promotion for €17 million, which they did in May 2024. 50% of the difference between the sale price to Sporting (€1.2 million) and Leicester was provided to Fatawu's original club, Steadfast FC, who had inserted a sell-on clause in his sale to Sporting.

On 1 July 2024, Leicester City activated the buy clause and signed for €10 million on a permanent five-year deal contract with €7 million additional fee. As a result, his jersey number changed from No. 18 to No. 7. On 19 August 2024, he made his first Premier League debut as part of the first team squad for Leicester City against Tottenham Hotspur. In that same game, Fatawu provided his first Premier League assist for Jamie Vardy in a 1–1 home draw. On 13 December 2025, he scored from his own half in a 3–1 victory over Ipswich Town.