Joe Addo

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Joe Addo
Personal information
Full name Joseph Addo
Date of birth (1971-09-21) 21 September 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1989–1990 Accra Hearts of Oak SC
1991–1992 George Mason University
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1996 VfB Stuttgart (–)
1996 Sparta Rotterdam (–)
1997 FSV Frankfurt 7 (0)
1997–1998 Belenenses (–)
1998–1999 Ethnikos Piraeus 21 (0)
1999–2001 Tampa Bay Mutiny 13 (0)
2002–2003 MetroStars 60 (2)
2005–2006 Kitchee [1] 1 (0)
International career
1990–2000 Ghana 23 (1)
Managerial career
2008–present West Essex High School
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph ''Joe'' Addo (born 21 September 1971 in Accra) is a former Ghanaian Association football defender and one-time captain of the Ghana national team.

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Club career

Addo went to the United States to attend college and play soccer at George Mason University where he was a 1992 First Team All American. On the club level, Addo played for Cagliari in Italy, VfB Stuttgart and FSV Frankfurt in Germany, Sparta Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Belenenses in Portugal, Ethnikos Piraeus in Greece, Tampa Bay Mutiny, MetroStars in the United States and Kitchee in Hong Kong.

Joseph Addo features in the book The Miracle of Castel di Sangro by Joe McGinniss where it seems a transfer for Joseph from FSV Frankfurt to A.S.D. Castel di Sangro Calcio had been agreed, only for the Castel di Sangro's owners to pull out. Joe McGinniss' account asserts that he, the club owners and members of the Castel di Sangro playing staff were unhappy about this, and that the collapse of the transfer was entirely because coach Osvaldo Jaconi did not want Addo in his squad.

International career

Addo played for Ghana at the 1996 Summer Olympics. For the senior team, he appeared 44 times, scoring two goals.

Personal life

Joe is married to Cynthia Addo and has two children.

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References

  1. "HKFA" . Retrieved 30 January 2009.

2. The Miracle of Castel di Sangro by Joe McGinniss published by Sphere in 1999, copyright retained by author