Enoch Andoh

Ebo Andoh

Andoh pictured in November 2010
Personal information
Full name	Enoch Ebo Andoh [1]
Date of birth	(1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 (age 31) [2]
Place of birth	Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana [2]
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) [2]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	St Ives Town
Youth career
	Hearts of Oak
	King Faisal Babes
2011–2012	FC Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	AEL Limassol	37	(1)
2014–2016	Port Vale	12	(1)
2017	Whitehawk	7	(1)
2018	Nuneaton Borough	9	(3)
2019	Macclesfield Town	0	(0)
2019–2020	Hednesford Town	2	(0)
2019	→ Wealdstone (loan)	0	(0)
2020	Nuneaton Borough	3	(0)
2020–2022	Stratford Town	19	(3)
2022	Biggleswade Town	17	(0)
2022–	St Ives Town	41	(5)
International career
2011	Ghana U20	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:53, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Enoch Ebo Andoh (born 1 January 1993) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a winger for Southern League Premier Division Central club St Ives Town.

He began his career in his native Ghana with Hearts of Oak and King Faisal Babes, before being signed up by Portuguese club FC Porto. He joined Cypriot side AEL Limassol in 2012, playing for the club in Cypriot Super Cup and Cypriot Cup final defeats before moving to England to play for Port Vale in November 2014. He broke into the first team in the 2015–16 season but picked up a serious injury in October 2015 and chose to leave the club in July 2016. He signed with Whitehawk in September 2017 and went on to join Nuneaton Borough in August 2018. He returned to the English Football League when he signed with Macclesfield Town in January 2019. He went on to play for Hednesford Town and Wealdstone before returning to Nuneaton Borough in January 2020. He moved on to Stratford Town in September 2020, then signed with Biggleswade Town in January 2022 and St Ives Town in August 2022.

Club career

Early career

Born in Kumasi, Andoh started his professional career with Hearts of Oak before transferring to league rivals King Faisal Babes in 2008 where he made his first-team debut. Having impressed in the Ghana Premier League, he was soon linked with a move abroad, including Free State Stars in South Africa. ^[3]

In January 2011, he was sold to Portuguese club FC Porto. ^[4] He was a key member of the club's under-19 side during the 2011–12 season, scoring seven times as the team won the Northern Section of the Under-19 Portuguese Championship. ^[5] In the finals stage, he scored as Porto defeated arch-rivals Benfica 3–0, while the side finished the competition fourth overall.

He signed with Cypriot First Division side AEL Limassol in 2012 and played in the Cypriot Super Cup final defeat to AC Omonia on 18 August. Head coach Jorge Costa led the club to a fifth-place finish in the 2012–13 season. Andoh was an unused substitute in the Cypriot Cup final defeat to Apollon Limassol at the Tsirion Stadium. New boss Ivaylo Petev took them to second place in the 2013–14 campaign.

Port Vale

He signed an eighteen-month contract with English League One side Port Vale on 25 November 2014, following several weeks of training with the club. ^{[6] [7]} Having been overlooked for several months he enjoyed an impressive pre-season to force his way into the first-team picture for the 2015–16 season. ^[8]

He made his debut in the English Football League on 8 August in a 0–0 draw with rivals Crewe Alexandra at Gresty Road. ^[9] He soon secured his place as the club's first-choice left-winger, and quickly became a popular player with supporters due to his positive attacking play. ^[10] Club chairman Norman Smurthwaite stated that he expected to sell Andoh for around £2.5 million in the January transfer window, and the Sunday People reported that Tottenham Hotspur were tracking the player. ^[11] He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with Peterborough United on 17 October. ^[12] Three days later he suffered anterior cruciate damage in a collision with Colchester United goalkeeper Jamie Jones and was ruled out for the rest of the season. ^[13] He left the club in July 2016 after failing to agree terms on a new contract. ^[14] He returned to Vale Park to train with the youth team in December 2016. ^[15] He played a reserve team game for the Vale, the first since his injury, on 8 March 2017. ^[16]

Non-League

Andoh had a trial at Oldham Athletic in July 2017. ^[17] On 15 September 2017, he signed for National League South club Whitehawk. He scored on his debut the following day in a 3–1 defeat to Oxford City in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup. ^[18] However, he left the club in December 2017.

On 2 August 2018, Andoh signed with National League North side Nuneaton Borough after scoring for "Boro" in a pre-season friendly with former club Port Vale whilst on trial at Liberty Way. ^{[19] [20]} He scored four goals in 12 games in a three-month stay, and also picked up one assist and one player of the match award. ^[21]

Macclesfield Town

On 11 January 2019, Andoh returned to the English Football League when he signed a short-term contract with League Two side Macclesfield Town. ^[22] However, he did not play a first-team game for the "Silkmen" and was released by manager Sol Campbell at the end of the 2018–19 season. ^[23]

Later career

On 22 September 2019, Andoh joined Hednesford Town of the Southern League Premier Division Central and won a penalty later that day in his debut for the "Pitmen" in an FA Cup game with Barwell. ^[24] He also played one cup game for Wealdstone on 29 October 2019. ^[25] He left the club on 21 January 2020 to rejoin Nuneaton Borough, now in the Southern League Premier Division Central. ^{[26] [27]} As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2019–20 season's competition was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to, from, or within the competition. ^[28] He switched to divisional rivals Stratford Town in September 2020. ^[29] The 2020–21 season was also abandoned due to the ongoing pandemic in February 2021. ^[30] He scored a hat-trick during a 5–3 defeat at Cirencester Town on 7 September 2021. ^[31] He scored a total of seven goals from 24 games for the "Bards" in the first half of the 2021–22 campaign. ^[32]

On 12 January 2022, Andoh signed with Biggleswade Town, also of the Southern League Premier Division Central. ^[33] He made 18 appearances in the second half of the 2021–22 season, scoring one goal in the Bedfordshire Senior Cup, as the "Waders" were relegated into Division One Central. ^[32] In August 2022, Andoh returned to the division when he joined St Ives Town. ^[34] He scored eight goals in 41 appearances throughout the 2022–23 season. ^[32] He played eight games in the 2023–24 campaign and failed to feature in a matchday squad after September. ^[32]

International career

Andoh was named in the Ghana under-20 squad at the 2011 African Nations Championship in Sudan by head coach Orlando Wellington. ^[35] He was called up to the under-23 side in April 2015. ^[36]

Style of play

Andoh is a pacey winger who can take on defenders. ^[37]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 September 2023

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
AEL Limassol	2012–13 [1]	Cypriot First Division	20	0	4	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	25	0
	2013–14 [1]	Cypriot First Division	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	19	1
	Total		37	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	44	1
Port Vale	2014–15 [38]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2015–16 [39]	League One	12	1	0	0	2	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	16	1
	Total		12	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	16	1
Whitehawk	2017–18 [1]	National League South	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
Nuneaton Town	2018–19 [21]	National League North	9	3	2	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 3]	1	12	4
Macclesfield Town	2018–19 [40]	League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hednesford Town	2019–20 [32]	Southern League Premier Division Central	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	5	1
Wealdstone	2019–20 [32]	National League South	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	1	0
Nuneaton Town	2019–20 [41]	Southern League Premier Division Central	3	0	0	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	4	0
Stratford Town	2020–21 [32]	Southern League Premier Division Central	4	1	1	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 5]	0	6	1
	2021–22 [32]	Southern League Premier Division Central	15	2	6	1	1	3	2 [lower-alpha 5]	1	24	7
	Total		19	3	7	1	1	3	3	1	30	8
Biggleswade Town	2021–22 [32]	Southern League Premier Division Central	17	0	0	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 3]	1	18	1
St Ives Town	2022–23 [32]	Southern League Premier Division Central	33	5	4	1	0	0	4 [lower-alpha 6]	2	41	8
	2023–24 [32]	Southern League Premier Division Central	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	Total		41	5	4	1	0	0	4	2	49	8
Career total			147	14	21	2	4	4	14	4	186	25

1. Appearance/s in the Cypriot Super Cup.
2. Appearance/s in the Football League Trophy.
3. Appearance/s in the Birmingham Senior Cup.
4. Appearance/s in the Middlesex Senior Cup.
5. Appearance/s in the FA Trophy.
6. 1 appearance in the FA Trophy, three appearances and three goals in the Huntingdonshire Senior Cup.

Honours

AEL Limassol ^[1]

• Cypriot Super Cup runner-up: 2013
• Cypriot Cup runner-up: 2013
• Cypriot First Division runner-up: 2013–14

References

1. Ebo Andoh at Soccerway
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26. Boro welcome back Andoh, pitchero.com, 21 January 2020
27. Brown, Kev (21 January 2020). "Boro Welcome Back Andoh". www.pitchero.com. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
28. "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
29. "Ghanaian midfielder Enoch Andoh joins English lower-tier side Stratford Town". GhanaSoccernet. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
30. Gordon, James (24 February 2021). "FA update on steps 3-6 - The Pitching In Northern Premier League". www.thenpl.co.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
31. Gibbons, Craig (8 September 2021). "Early exit for Bards despite Andoh treble". Stratford Herald. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
32. "Enoch Andoh Profile | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
33. Whitney, Steve (12 January 2022). "Waders Bring in New Winger". southern football league. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
34. "First Team Squad 2022/23 - Signings Update 3 August". stivestownfc.co.uk. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
35. "Player Status Committee invites 19 players | Ghana Football Association". Ghanafa.org. 29 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
36. Baggaley, Mike (24 April 2015). "Port Vale: Enoch Andoh called up by Ghana". The Sentinel . Retrieved 25 April 2015.
37. "We'll help Enoch Andoh to fly even higher, says boss Rob Page". The Sentinel . 5 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
38. "Games played by Enoch Andoh in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
39. "Games played by Enoch Andoh in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
40. "Games played by Enoch Andoh in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
41. "Enoch Andoh - Nuneaton Borough FC Nuneaton Borough 1st Team". www.pitchero.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

External links

• Enoch Andoh at Soccerbase
• Enoch Andoh at Soccerway