22 Facts About Mahatma Otoo

Mahatma Osumanu Otoo was born on 6 February 1992 and is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Mahatma Otoo was born on 6 February 1992 in Mamprobi, a suburb of Ghana's capital Accra.

Mahatma Otoo started playing juvenile football at the age of 10 for Ken Harrison Babes.

Mahatma Otoo attended Ebenezer Secondary School located in Mamprobi for his secondary school education whilst playing for the school's football team.

Mahatma Otoo began his career in the youth side for Sporting St Mirren at the age of 16.

Mahatma Otoo signed his first professional football contract with St Mirren in 2007 when he was 16 and made an instant impact in the team.

Mahatma Otoo's key striking abilities and performances qualified St Mirren to the Premiership for the first time in the club's history.

Mahatma Otoo was the club's top scorer and second top scorer in the National Division One league.

Mahatma Otoo finished his debut season with the club with 10 league goals in 19 matches and a consecutive individual title winning the Ghana Premier League's best player of the season.

Mahatma Otoo was initially set to join the club on a permanent deal for a deal worth $500,000 however it was renegotiated into a loan deal.

Mahatma Otoo was made captain of side by Charles Akonnor because of his way of playing and fighting spirit.

Mahatma Otoo renewed his contract with Accra Hearts of Oak for another season in May 2013.

Mahatma Otoo scored a hat-trick against Tema Youth on the final game of the season and win the top scorer of Ghana Premier League with 20 goals.

Mahatma Otoo's performance attracted European clubs, with Club Brugge and Sogndal being front runners to land his signature.

Mahatma Otoo ended the season as the club's second top goal scorer with 13 league goals and 15 goals in all competitions trailing only to Kristian Opseth who scored 16 league goals and 17 goals in all competition.

Mahatma Otoo played formerly in the Ghana national under-17 football team, he was later promoted to the Ghana national under-20 football team in 2011.

In September 2011, Mahatma Otoo played for the Black Meteors of Ghana in the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique.

Mahatma Otoo was a top goalscorer of the tournament with 4 goals in 4 games helping Ghana to gold by scoring South Africa in the final.

In March 2013, Mahatma Otoo was called up to the Ghana national football team by coach Kwesi Appiah.

Mahatma Otoo made one appearance after coming on in the 78th minute for Jordan Ayew in their second Group C match against Algeria.

Two days after her death, Mahatma Otoo scored a goal in a match against Adanaspor and was seen crying and raising his hands to the skies and later going down in celebration whilst his teammates surrounded him to console him.

Mahatma Otoo later took to both Twitter and Facebook to dedicate his goal to the memory of his late mother.