Ofosu Appiah

Ofosu Appiah[1][2][3][4] (born December 29, 1989 in Accra) is a Ghanaian footballer, who currently plays for Narva Trans as a defender.

For other people named Appiah, see Appiah (disambiguation).
Ofosu Appiah
Ofosu Appiah in 2016.
Personal information
Full name Ofosu Appiah
Date of birth (1989-12-29) 29 December 1989
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club 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)
National team
2009 Ghana 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:11, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Career

He 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.[5] 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.[6][7][8] He played for Estonian side FC Infonet.[9][10][11][12][13]

On 19 June 2019, Appiah joined Valmieras FK.[14]

On 31 January 2020, Appiah joined Narva Trans.[15]

Career stats

International

In 2009, Ofosu Appiah played for the Black Stars, the Ghana national football team against Argentina in a friendly international match.[16]

Ghana national team
YearAppsGoals
200910
Total10

Statistics accurate as of match played 30 September 2009.

References
  1. "Michael Ofosu-Appiah scores in Estonian top-flight". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. "Igor Rossi double helps Hearts to 4–2 victory over FC Infonet". STV Sport. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  3. "FC Infonet 2, Hearts 4: Jambos storm into next round". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  4. "Ofosu Appiah – Player Profile – Football". Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  5. KoshTV (2011-01-27), Clips of Asante Kotoko's footballer Ofosu Appiah, retrieved 2016-07-14
  6. "Ofosu Appiah". Latvian Football Federation. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  7. "Synottip Upper League – Player Transfers (Winter 2016)". Latvian Football Federation. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  8. Jana Mika (2014-05-07), Ofosu Appiah superb goal. Skonto Riga 6th may 2014, retrieved 2016-07-14
  9. "Local stars to test Argentina – News". Kick Off. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  10. "Players". FC Infonet. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  11. "Ofosu Appiah: I'm treated like a King in Skonto". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  12. "Ofosu Appiah – Player Profile – Football". Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  13. "Puštov and Appiah – best in March". FC Infonet. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  14. Ofosu Appiah at Soccerway
  15. "Ofosu Appia goes to Narva Trans". JK NARVA TRANS FOOTBALL CLUB OFFICIAL WEBSITE. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  16. "Argentina's footballer Mauro Boselli (R) vies for the ball with Ghana's Ofosu Appiah". FIFA.com. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
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