Karim Abdul Razak Tanko[1] (born 18 April 1956[2]) is a Ghanaian football coach and former midfielder.
He started his playing career at local youth team football, before moving to Kumasi Cornerstones in 1972.
After a four-year spell with Kotoko, during which he became a member of the national team and earned the 1978 African Footballer of the Year award,[5] Razak left Ghana in 1979 for the New York Cosmos of the NASL, where he played alongside former World Cup winners Franz Beckenbauer and Carlos Alberto.
According to a UEFA report,[2] Razak appeared in a total of 70 international matches for Ghana, scoring 25 goals.
After retiring from playing, Razak, who had become a player-coach while at Al Ain, started his coaching career, being in charge of several semi-professional Togolese clubs, before moving to Benin's AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé.
[7][8] In 2003, he was appointed the coach of Kumasi Asante Kotoko and helped the club win their first local league in ten years.