Ofosu Appiah

For other people named Appiah, see Appiah (disambiguation).

Ofosu Appiah
Ofosu Appiah in 2016.
Personal information
Full name Michael Ofosu Appiah[1]
Date of birth (1989-12-29) 29 December 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Narva Trans
Number 12
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Ashanti Gold 15 (0)
2006–2007 Heart of Lions 0 (0)
2008–2011 Asante Kotoko
2011–2012 Jomo Cosmos 18 (0)
2013–2016 Skonto 39 (3)
2016–2018 Infonet 40 (9)
2018 RFS 2 (0)
2019 Liepāja 1 (0)
2019 Valmieras 16 (1)
2020– Narva Trans 21 (1)
International career
2009 Ghana 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:11, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Michael Ofosu Appiah (born 29 December 1989) is a Ghanaian former footballer who last played for FC Noah Jurmala in Latvia. He often played as a centre-back.

Career

Born in Accra,[1] Appiah started his football career at Ajax Football Academy (Kumasi) in Ghana in 2002 as central defender. He played in Ghana national under-17 football team after a call-up in a tournament. He was then promoted to the senior side of Ashanti Gold S.C. and played in 2005–06 Ghana Premier League.

At the end of his first season he got transferred to Accra base team Heart of Lions in 2006–07, and was called to the national U23 team afterwards. He was transferred from Heart of Lions to a major club in Ghana, Asante Kotoko SC for three seasons.[2] He was asked to join Ghana Black Stars for participation during Chan tournament. He moved to South Africa, where he played for Jomo Cosmos for two seasons.

He moved to Latvia thereupon and played for Skonto FC for three seasons.[3][4][5] He played for Estonian side FC Infonet.[6][7][8][9][10]

On 19 June 2019, Appiah joined Valmieras FK.[11]

On 31 January 2020, Appiah joined Narva Trans.[12]

In August 2021, Appiah joined the Latvian team FC Noah Jurmala, for whom he made 10 appearances.

Career stats

International

In 2009, Ofosu Appiah played for the Black Stars, the Ghana national football team against Argentina in a friendly international match.[13]

Ghana national team
Year Apps Goals
2009 1 0
Total 1 0

Statistics accurate as of match played 30 September 2009.

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ofosu Appiah". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ KoshTV (27 January 2011), Clips of Asante Kotoko's footballer Ofosu Appiah, retrieved 14 July 2016
  3. ^ "Ofosu Appiah". Latvian Football Federation. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Synottip Upper League – Player Transfers (Winter 2016)". Latvian Football Federation. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  5. ^ Jana Mika (7 May 2014), Ofosu Appiah superb goal. Skonto Riga 6th may 2014, retrieved 14 July 2016
  6. ^ "Local stars to test Argentina – News". Kick Off. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Players". FC Infonet. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Ofosu Appiah: I'm treated like a King in Skonto". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Ofosu Appiah – Player Profile – Football". Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Puštov and Appiah – best in March". FC Infonet. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  11. ^ Ofosu Appiah at Soccerway
  12. ^ "Ofosu Appia goes to Narva Trans". JK NARVA TRANS FOOTBALL CLUB OFFICIAL WEBSITE. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Argentina's footballer Mauro Boselli (R) vies for the ball with Ghana's Ofosu Appiah". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  14. ^ "Premium liiga märtsikuu parimateks valiti Puštov ja Appiah" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 31 March 2016.