Emmanuel Baffour

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Emmanuel Baffour
Personal information
Full name Emmanuel Awuah Baffour
Date of birth (1989-04-02) 2 April 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth New Edubiase, Ashanti Region,
Ghana
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Ashanti Gold
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Ashalaja FC
–2008 Liberty Professionals
2008–2010 Tema Youth
2010–2012 New Edubiase United
2012–2013 Mamelodi Sundowns
2014–2016 Ashanti Gold
2016– Al-Ijtimai
International career
2012 Ghana 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 August 2016

Emmanuel Awuah Baffour (born 2 April 1989 in New Edubiase) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Ashanti Gold as a striker. [1]

Contents

Club career

Early career

Baffour began his playing career in the Ghanaian amateur club Ashalaja FC before moving to Premier League club Liberty Professionals. Before the 2008–2009 season, he joined Premier League club Tema Youth. [2]

New Edubiase United

In 2010–2011 season, Baffour joined New Edubiase United. [2] He scored 5 goals in his debut season, [2] and during the following he scored 21 goals which made him the league's top goalscorer at the end of 2011–2012 season on 27 May 2012. [3]

Mamelodi Sundowns

He joined Mamelodi Sundowns on 19 June 2012, signing a two-year deal with an option of an additional year. [4]

International career

Ghana national team

In December 2011, Baffour was named to the Ghana national football team's provisional 25-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, but was not included by the Ghana national football team technical staff for the tournament's final 23-man squad. [5]

On 26 February 2012, Baffour was called up to the Ghana squad to face Chile. [6] Baffour made his Ghana debut against Chile on 29 February 2012 at the PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. [7]

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. Former GPL top scorer Emmanuel Baffour joins Lebanese Club Al-Ijtimai Tripoli Archived 2016-08-18 at the Wayback Machine ‚ ghanasportsonline.com, 15 August 2016
  2. 1 2 3 "EMMANUEL BAFFOUR". westafricanfootball.com. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  3. "Glo Premier League". Ghana Football Association. Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  4. "Sundowns capture Emmanuel Baffour". 20 June 2012.
  5. Mensah, Kent (15 December 2011). "Ghana announce 25-man squad for 2012 Africa Cup of Nations". goal.com. Goal.com. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  6. "Black Stars squad named for Chile friendly". ghanafa.org. Ghana Football Association. 26 February 2012. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  7. "Chile 1 - 1 Ghana". ESPN . 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2012.