Mohammed Gargo

Club

Torino

Gargo's performances at the 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship brought him to the notice of European clubs' scouts. He had initially agreed to join Bayer 04 Leverkusen alongside fellow Ghana national under-17 football team member Sebastian Barnes. However Leverkusen withdrew from the Gargo transfer when it became evident that they could not compete financially with a much larger offer from Torino. In October 1991 a payment of 100,000,000 Italian lira to Gargo's parents secured his move to Turin, where he was joined by his national under-17 team colleagues Samuel Kuffour and Emmanuel Duah. Torino's president Gian Mauro Borsano planned fake employment for the three players as "messengers" in his construction company until they were 18 years old and eligible to be registered as professional footballers. The plan was controversial and the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) refused to register the Ghanaian players as either amateurs or professionals. FIGC president Antonio Matarrese compared the situation to the trafficking of children. Although Gargo and his father emphasised that they were happy with the arrangements in Turin, the football authorities retained their opposition. An appeal by Torino and Gargo to Confederation of African Football (CAF) was thrown out in October 1992, by which time Kuffour and Duah had already left the club. CAF president Issa Hayatou was particularly hostile to Dominico Ricci, whose African Football Management…

Gargo started after his retirement the job as coach in February 2010 by New Edubiase United. He trained the club of the Poly Tank Division One League until summer 2010. On 6 August 2010, he was named as the new manager of Poly Tank Division One League rival Real Tamale United. He coached the club RTU until November 2012 and resigned after the relegation from the Ghana Premier League his contract. Gargo was appointed manager of Ghana Premier League club BA United in March 2015, but was sacked after one match when he accused his players of betting against themselves. The following year a short spell in charge of Okwawu United ended when he fell out with his players again, this time accusing them of "sexually promiscuous acts" in the club house. In September 2018 Namibian Premier League club Tura Magic F.C. signed a contract with Gargo as their head coach.

International

Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gargo goal.

Gargo was born in the Burma Camp in Accra, where his father was a Physical training instructor in the Ghana Army. The family hailed from Bawku, part of the Busanga tribe of Mandé ethnicity.