Kwesi Appiah

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Kwesi Appiah
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Appiah playing for Ghana in 2015
Personal information
Full name Kwesi Appiah [1]
Date of birth (1990-08-12) 12 August 1990 (age 33) [2]
Place of birth Camberwell, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [3]
Position(s) Striker [4]
Team information
Current team
 Boreham Wood
Number 21
Youth career
0000–2008 Ebbsfleet United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008 Ebbsfleet United 3 (1)
2008–2010 Peterborough United 0 (0)
2009 → Weymouth (loan) 4 (0)
2009 → King's Lynn (loan) 0 (0)
2010 → Kettering Town (loan) 15 (2)
2010 Brackley Town 4 (1)
2010 Thurrock 2 (0)
2011–2012 Margate 24 (22)
2012–2017 Crystal Palace 6 (0)
2012 → Aldershot Town (loan) 2 (0)
2013 → Yeovil Town (loan) 5 (0)
2013 → Cambridge United (loan) 14 (10)
2014 → Notts County (loan) 7 (0)
2014 → AFC Wimbledon (loan) 7 (3)
2014–2015 → Cambridge United (loan) 19 (6)
2015 → Reading (loan) 6 (1)
2017 → Viking (loan) 12 (3)
2017–2020 AFC Wimbledon 59 (11)
2020–2021 NorthEast United 8 (3)
2021–2023 Crawley Town 30 (11)
2022–2023 → Colchester United (loan) 17 (10)
2023– Boreham Wood 15 (3)
International career‡
2015–2019 Ghana 7 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:54, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2019

Kwesi Appiah (born 12 August 1990) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Boreham Wood and the Ghana national team.

Contents

Club career

Ebbsfleet United

Appiah was born in Camberwell, Greater London, to a Ghanaian father and an English mother. [5] He is a product of the Ebbsfleet United PASE youth system, and graduated to the first team in August 2008. [6] He scored his first goal for the club with his first touch after coming on as a substitute against Woking on 20 September 2008. [7] Appiah missed training in October and after leaving the ground, he failed to report back to the club. [8]

Peterborough United

His disappearance was explained in October, when League One team Peterborough United announced the signing of Appiah, on three and a half-year deal. [9] The matter was reported to The Football Association, as it was reported in breach of regulations. [10] On 15 December it was reported that the FA had decided that the approach made for Appiah by Peterborough was "not proven" and so no ruling could be made. [11]

Appiah was loaned out back to the Conference with Weymouth in February 2009 and made his debut in a 2–0 defeat to York City. [12] He suffered from an ankle ligament injury that ruled him out of a game against Altrincham, [13] but returned for the 5–0 defeat to Burton Albion. [14] He returned to Peterborough on 20 March. [15] He spent time at Northern Premier League Premier Division side King's Lynn in 2009, where he played 10 games scoring 9 goals, [16] including a hat-trick against Durham City in an 11–0 win. [17] Appiah's loan spell came to an abrupt end when the club was wound up in late-November 2009; [18] this meant their record for 2009–10 was expunged. [19] On 19 January 2010, he joined Kettering Town on a month-long loan. [20]

Return to Non-League

Appiah joined Southern Football League Premier Division side Brackley Town for the 2010–11 season.[ citation needed ] Appiah then signed a two-year deal with Isthmian League Premier Division side Margate on 25 July 2011.[ citation needed ] After his great run of form this attracted a number of professional clubs and on 16 January 2012, he was linked with a move to Blackpool, when he claimed Margate had agreed to a deal with the Seasiders and stated that he was due to travel to Blackpool for talks with manager, but he later rejected the move as he preferred to move to London. [21] Appiah left Margate having scored 35 goals in 34 games for the club. [22]

Crystal Palace

On 31 January 2012, he agreed to his second professional deal to play for Crystal Palace. [23] On 28 January 2013, Appiah joined Football League One side Yeovil Town on a month's loan deal. [24] He made his first appearance for Yeovil in the 2–1 win over MK Dons, coming on in the second half as a substitute for Matthew Dolan. [25]

Appiah returned to the Conference Premier on 13 September 2013 when he signed on a one-month loan deal for the then league leaders Cambridge United. [26] Appiah scored his first Cambridge goal in a 3–0 win over Nuneaton Town on 24 September and followed it with the equaliser in a 1–1 draw away at Wrexham and the winner against Hereford United in the next two games.[ citation needed ] Having missed a penalty in a 0–0 stalemate against Chester, he atoned with both goals in the 2–0 win over Salisbury City that maintained Cambridge's six-point lead at the top of the Conference Premier on 19 October.[ citation needed ] Appiah had earlier confirmed the loan deal had been extended by a further month via his Twitter account. [27] Appiah scored further goals against Aldershot Town, Barnet (2) and Macclesfield Town (2) in November, leading Cambridge manager Richard Money to express his eagerness to re-sign Appiah on loan in the January transfer window. [28]

On 21 January 2014, Appiah joined Notts County on a one-month emergency loan. [29]

On 27 March 2014, Appiah joined League Two side AFC Wimbledon on loan for the remainder of the 2013–14 season. [30] He scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw with Newport County.[ citation needed ]

On 9 July 2014, Appiah rejoined Cambridge United on a six-month loan. [31] Since his last stint at Cambridge, the club had regained their place in the Football League.[ citation needed ] He scored six league goals in nineteen league appearances but also scored the winner in the first round of the FA Cup against League One Fleetwood Town and a late equaliser against Mansfield Town in the second round [32] – playing a large role in maintaining a run to the fourth round and two lucrative ties against Manchester United.[ citation needed ]

On 26 March 2015, Appiah joined Reading on loan until the end of the 2014–15 season. [33] Appiah then injured his anterior cruciate ligament on 7 June 2015, while training for the Ghana national side [34] As of 26 January 2016, it was reported that he had made enough progress to soon restart light training. [35]

On 29 March 2017, it was announced that Appiah had joined Norwegian Eliteserien club Viking on loan until the end of June. [36]

AFC Wimbledon

He re-signed for League One side AFC Wimbledon, this time on a permanent basis, on 31 May 2017. [37] He scored his first goal for Wimbledon in a 2–0 win against Doncaster Rovers on 26 August 2017. [38] He was released by AFC Wimbledon when his contract expired in June 2020. [39]

NorthEast United

On 14 October 2020, Appiah joined Indian Super League club NorthEast United FC on a one-year deal. [40] [41]

Crawley Town

On 16 August 2021, Appiah joined EFL League Two club Crawley Town on a one-year deal with the option for a second. [42]

On 1 September 2022, Appiah joined Colchester United on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season. [43]

On 2 July 2023, he departed Crawley having had his contract terminated by mutual consent. [44]

Boreham Wood

On 14 July 2023, Appiah signed for National League club Boreham Wood on a two-year deal. [45]

International career

Appiah was eligible to represent both Ghana and England. On 24 December 2014 he was called into the 31-man provisional squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations by Ghana. [46] He made his debut in Ghana's 2–1 win over South Africa on 27 January 2015 [47] and scored his first international goal in the quarter-final victory over Guinea. [48]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ebbsfleet United 2008–09 [49] Conference Premier 31———31
Peterborough United 2008–09 [50] League One 0000——00
2009–10 [51] Championship 000000—00
Total000000—00
Weymouth (loan) 2008–09 [52] Conference Premier40———40
Kettering Town (loan) 2009–10 [53] Conference Premier152———152
Thurrock 2010–11 [54] Conference South 10———10
Margate 2011–12 [22] Isthmian League Premier Division2422—2422
Crystal Palace 2011–12 [55] Championship40———40
2012–13 [56] Championship2010200050
2013–14 [57] Premier League 000010—10
2014–15 [32] Premier League0000——00
2015–16 [58] Premier League000000—00
Total60103000100
Aldershot Town (loan) 2012–13 [56] League Two 20———20
Yeovil Town (loan) 2012–13 [56] League One50———50
Cambridge United (loan) 2013–14 [54] Conference Premier141040—1 [lower-alpha 1] 01910
Notts County (loan) 2013–14 [57] League One70———70
AFC Wimbledon (loan) 2013–14 [57] League Two73———73
Cambridge United (loan) 2014–15 [32] League Two1963210—238
Reading (loan) 2014–15 [32] Championship61———61
Viking (loan) 2017 [54] Eliteserien 123———123
AFC Wimbledon 2017–18 [59] League One14300101 [lower-alpha 2] 0163
2018–19 [60] League One26432202 [lower-alpha 2] 1337
2019–20 [61] League One19420101 [lower-alpha 2] 0234
Total59115240417215
NorthEast United 2020–21 [54] Indian Super League 83———83
Crawley Town 2021–22 [62] League Two261110002 [lower-alpha 2] 12912
2022–23 [63] League Two4000100050
Total30111010213412
Colchester United (loan) 2022–23 [63] League Two9300001 [lower-alpha 2] 0103
Boreham Wood 2023–24 [64] League Two153000000153
Career total24679154908227885
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

International

As of match played 26 November 2020 [47]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ghana 201561
201911
Total72
Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Appiah goal. [47]
List of international goals scored by Kwesi Appiah
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
11 February 2015 Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial GuineaFlag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 2–03–0 2015 Africa Cup of Nations [48]
226 March 2019 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, GhanaFlag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 1–03–1 Friendly [65]

Honours

Ghana

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