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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.
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Ofosu Appiah in 2016. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Ofosu Appiah[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 December 1989 | ||
| 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) | |||
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.
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.
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