
Two minutes into first-half stoppage time of the Soccer City quarter-final on 2 July 2010, he let fly from long range and beat Fernando Muslera to put Ghana in front of Uruguay. Six weeks earlier he had come on in Madrid as Inter beat Bayern to seal the treble, giving him the Champions League, two Serie A titles, the Coppa Italia and the Club World Cup, on top of the FA Cup he won with Portsmouth in 2008. Career record: 84 caps and 20 goals for Ghana; club career at Udinese Calcio, Portsmouth, Inter Milan.
| 2002–2007 | Udinese Calcio |
| 2007–2008 | Portsmouth |
| 2008–2012 | Inter Milan |
| 2011–2011 | Sunderland A.F.C. |
| 2012–2015 | AC Milan |
| 2015–2016 | Al Ittihad |
| 2017–2017 | Delfino Pescara 1936 |
| 2018–2018 | Deportivo de A Coruña |
| 2019–2019 | Albacete Balompié |
| 2022–2022 | Accra Hearts of Oak SC |
| — | Liberty Professionals |
| Ghana | 84 caps, 20 goals |
Ghana legends whose careers overlapped Muntari's
One rank above: Kwadwo Asamoah at #9.
One rank below: Thomas Partey at #11.
Ghana's editorial top five: Michael Essien · Abedi Pele · Samuel Kuffour · Asamoah Gyan · Stephen Appiah.