Afo Dodoo

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Afo Dodoo
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-11-23) 23 November 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Ghana
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1995 Ashanti Gold ? (?)
1995–1998 Kalamata 64 (2)
1999 Tromsø 0 (0)
1999–2000 Enköping 32 (1)
2001–2003 Landskrona 27 (0)
International career
1994–1996 Ghana 23 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Afo Dodoo (born 23 November 1973) is a Ghanaian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a defender.

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Career

Club career

Dodoo began his career in Ghana with Ashanti Gold, before moving to Greece in 1995 to play with Kalamata, [1] He moved to Norway to play with Tromsø, making one cup appearance in May 1999, [2] before ending his career in Sweden with Enköping and Landskrona.[ citation needed ]

International career

Dodoo earned a total of 23 caps for the Ghanaian national side between 1994 and 1996. [3] He participated at the African Cup of Nations in 1994 and 1996, and made four appearances at the 1996 Olympics. [4]

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References

  1. "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 10 December 2008.
  2. (in Norwegian) Tromsø IL profile Archived June 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Afo Dodoo at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. Afo Dodoo FIFA competition record (archived)