Michael Helegbe

Michael Helegbe
Personal information
Full name Michael Kafui Helegbe
Date of birth (1985-09-15) 15 September 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Shabab Al-Aqaba
Youth career
1992–1996 SS Marseille Model Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Liberty Professionals
2005 → SK Brann (loan) 2 (0)
2006–2009 En Avant Guingamp 30 (0)
2009–2010 KV Oostende 25 (4)
2010–2012 Liberty Professionals 24 (5)
2012–2013 Asante Kotoko 29 (2)
2013–2014 Medeama
2014–2016 Tripoli 43 (22)
2016–2017 Salam Zgharta 20 (6)
2017–2018 Mansheyat Bani Hasan
2018– Shabab Al-Aqaba
International career
Ghana U23
2007–2013 Ghana 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Kafui Helegbe (born 15 September 1985) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Jordanian club Shabab Al-Aqaba.

Club career

Helegbe started his professional career with Ghanaian Premier League club Liberty Professionals in 2003, before being sent on a 6-month loan to Norwegian side SK Brann on 21 April 2005 with the option of extension for another two years.[1] On 1 July 2005, Helegbe returned to Liberty Professionals.

In January 2007, Helegbe signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with French Ligue 2 side En Avant de Guingamp.[2][3][4] The Ghanaian midfielder left Guingamp after two years, in August 2009, to join Belgian Second Division club KV Oostende on a one-year deal.[5][6]

On 29 September 2010, Helegbe returned to Liberty Professionals in Ghana.[7][8] After two years with Liberty, in September 2012 he moved to Asante Kotoko.[9] On 1 December 2013, Helegbe signed for Medeama.

After two seasons with Lebanese Premier League side Tripoli, where he played 43 league games and scored 22 goals, Helegbe moved to Salam Zgharta. After one season, Helegbe moved to Jordan, playing for Mansheyat Bani Hasan. In 2018, he moved to Shabab Al-Aqaba.

International career

Helegbe made his first international cap playing for the Ghana national team against Austria on 24 March 2007, at the UPC-Arena, Graz, Austria.[10][11] He was also the captain of the Ghana Olympic football team.[10]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ Michael Helegbe er allerede klar for Brann
  2. ^ Profile on En Avant de Guingamp website. Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ "Helegbe makes Guingamp switch". BBC Sport – African Football. BBC. 4 January 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
  4. ^ Amaury. "Michael Helegbe signe pour 3 ans et demi". Official Club Website. En Avant Guingamp. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
  5. ^ "Helegbe moves to Belgium". 28 August 2009.
  6. ^ "Michael Helegbe Kafui | FOOTGOAL". Archived from the original on 20 November 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  7. ^ "Michael Helegbe returns home after Euro flop". kickoff.com – Global. Kick Off. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  8. ^ TEN INTERESTING PLAYERS IN THE GLO PREMIER LEAGUE
  9. ^ "Winger Michael Helegbe wants Kotoko momentum". kickoff.com – Global. GhanaSoccernet. 20 October 2012. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  10. ^ a b "Ghana, Austria share the spoils". Official Website. Ghana Football Association. 24 March 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2007. Michael Helegbe made his Black Stars debut when he came off the bench for Haminu Draman in the second half. The Olympic team captain enjoyed a good game on his debut.
  11. ^ Michael Helegbe at National-Football-Teams.com
  12. ^ مهرجان كرة المنار الـ19. An-Nahar (in Arabic). 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.