Daniel Quaye

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Dan Quaye
Personal information
Full name Daniel Quaye [1]
Date of birth (1980-12-25) 25 December 1980 (age 45)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1998 Accra Great Olympics
1998–2007 Hearts of Oak
2007 Chongqing Lifan 15 (0)
2008 Hearts of Oak
2008 Chongqing Lifan 19 (0)
2008–2009 Eleven Wise
2009–2011 Yanbian FC 55 (1)
2012 Beijing Baxy 14 (2)
2015 [2] Bechem United
2015–2017 [3] Hearts of Oak
International career
1997 Ghana U-20 5 (0)
2001–2006 Ghana 10 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Quaye (born 25 December 1980) is Ghanian former professional footballer. He played as a defender and was on seven total teams, before retiring in 2017.

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Club career

After nine years of playing for Hearts of Oak, Quaye signed with the Chinese club Chongqing Lifan, playing 15 matches before returning to Hearts of Oak in August 2007. He was later released by Hearts of Oak and rejoined Chongqing Lifan in March 2008. [4] In January 2009, he again left Chongqing Lifan and signed with Eleven Wise in Ghana on 9 April 2009. [5] In the summer of 2009, he moved back to China and signed with Yanbian FC. Quaye extended his contract with Yanbian FC at the beginning of the 2010 China League One season. [6]

Quaye signed with Beijing Sport University F.C. in February 2012.[ citation needed ]

International career

Quaye made three appearances of the Black Stars'[ clarification needed ] qualifying games. His call-up to the finals squad ended a two-year absence from the international scene.[ clarification needed ]

He was a member of the Ghanaian national team and participated in the 2006 World Cup [7] and was also a member of the Ghana national under-17 football team at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship. [8]

Honors

References

  1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Ghana" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. EXCLUSIVE: Former Hearts of Oak star Dan Quaye signs for Ghana Premier League side Bechem United‚ ghanasoccernet.com, 19 January 2015
  3. Dan Quaye to quit Great Olympics at end of season after rejecting new deal‚ ghanasoccernet.com, 12 May 2017
  4. "Player profile: Dan Quaye". www.ghanaweb.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  5. Multimedia Broadcasting Corporation, info@myjoyonline.com. "Ghana News :: Wise capture Quaye, Clottey  ::: Breaking News | News in Ghana | sports". news.myjoyonline.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  6. "延边敲定新赛季三外援 签约卢旺达国脚担当强力中锋_国内足坛-甲B_NIKE新浪竞技风暴_新浪网". sports.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  7. Fifa 2006 World Cup Profile
  8. FIFA.com. "FIFA.com - FIFA Spielerstatistik Daniel QUAYE". de.fifa.com (in German). Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2026.