Ishmael Addo

Central Midfielder - Heart of Lions
26 Jan 2027
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Marked for Ishmael Addo

16 Edition

The Heart of Lions Herald

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market16 Nov 2026

Yaw Danso hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Heart of Lions can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings16 Nov 2026

Ishmael Addo, 19, plays like he has been here for years — 7.81

A mark of 7.81 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 19-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at Heart of Lions

Lawrence Osei and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad16 Nov 2026

A row about effort at Heart of Lions

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ebenezer Abban was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

A promise honoured for Ibrahim Nurudeen

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Heart of Lions told Ibrahim Nurudeen something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

Match14 Nov 2026

Ishmael Addo rescues a point for Heart of Lions

It needed Ishmael Addo to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Hasaacas, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Half-satisfied: Christian Ayew on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 1‑1, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Kofi Asante has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Heart of Lions will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Looking ahead16 Nov 2026

Kwadwo Obeng Junior faces his old club

Hearts of Oak next, and one man in the Heart of Lions dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

In brief

Back issues
13 Edition

The Heart of Lions Herald

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

A brace, and Kwadwo Obeng Junior takes the afternoon — 8.80

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Kwadwo Obeng Junior provided it, and the 8.80 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Lawrence Osei stands alone

6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

No sign of nerves from Ishmael Addo at 19 — 7.64

The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Ishmael Addo did not need any: 7.64, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Match24 Oct 2026

Nobody wants to play Heart of Lions right now

3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Ebenezer Abban falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match24 Oct 2026

Kwadwo Obeng Junior the difference as Heart of Lions beat New Edubiase United

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Kwadwo Obeng Junior. 2‑1 against New Edubiase United, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at Heart of Lions

Yahaya Baba and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The terraces26 Oct 2026

The crowd has taken to Seedorf Asante

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

The manager makes an example of Anthony Owusu

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

9 Edition

The Heart of Lions Herald

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad28 Sep 2026

Lawrence Osei keeps Heart of Lions in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match26 Sep 2026

A hiding for Heart of Lions

Beaten 0‑3 by Liberty Professionals, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Ishmael Addo is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Match26 Sep 2026

No end in sight to Heart of Lions's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Heart of Lions has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Heart of Lions

Lawrence Osei was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Ebenezer Abban falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match26 Sep 2026

No clean sheets in sight for Heart of Lions

4 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.

Boardroom28 Sep 2026

Inquest at Heart of Lions

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑3 defeat, delivered by Christian Ayew to a room that had heard them before.

In brief

5 Edition

The Heart of Lions Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market31 Aug 2026

Ebenezer Abban hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Heart of Lions can pretend not to have heard.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Ishmael Addo is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Door shut on Sharif Shuaib

Heart of Lions asked and Hearts of Oak said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Heart of Lions

Yahaya Baba and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

A loan move for Ibrahim Nurudeen is in the works

Heart of Lions have made the call to Medeama. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Looking ahead31 Aug 2026

A reunion for Kofi Asante

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Aduana Stars in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

In brief