Full name Tariq Ahmed Issa Number 46 Years Team | Playing position | |
Date of birth (1997-09-02) 2 September 1997 (age 19) Current team Colchester United F.C. (Forward) | ||
Tariq Ahmed Issa (born 2 September 1997) is a footballer who plays as a forward for League Two club Colchester United.
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Issa joined Colchester United's Academy at the age of 12 from Trinity Football Club based in Southend-on-Sea.
Career
Forward Issa joined the Colchester United Academy at the age of 12 from Trinity Football Club in Southend-on-Sea. He broke into Colchester's under-18 side while still an under-16 player, and was the first Colchester Academy player to come through the educational system associated with Thurstable School in Tiptree. He and teammate Cameron James signed four-year contracts with the club in July 2015, before agreeing a new four-year deal in July 2016.
Issa made his first-team debut in the EFL Trophy on 4 October 2016, replacing Dion Sembie-Ferris at half-time in Colchester's 2–1 defeat to Southampton U23.