Emmanuel Pappoe

Emmanuel Pappoe
Personal information
Full name	Emmanuel Addoquaye Pappoe
Date of birth	3 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Liberty Babies
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2003	Liberty Professionals
2003–2005	Ashdod
2005–2007	Hapoel Kfar Saba
2007–2009	AEK Larnaca
2009	Hapoel Haifa
2010	Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv
2010–2012	Liberty Professionals
International career
2002–2006	Ghana
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Emmanuel Addoquaye Pappoe (also spelled Pappoa, born 3 March 1981 in Accra) is a former Ghanaian professional footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Pappoe was born in Accra. Prior to joining AEK Larnaca in summer 2007, Pappoe plied his trade in the Israeli Premier League, playing two seasons each with F.C. Ashdod (2003–05), Hapoel Kfar Saba (2005–07) and Hapoel Haifa until December 2009.^[1] He left Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv of the Israeli Liga Leumit in October 2010 and returned to his youth club Liberty Professionals F.C.^[2]

International career

Pappoe was part of the Ghanaian 2004 Olympic football team who exited in the first round, having finished in third place in group B. His hard work earned him a call-up to the senior side, making his debut against Sierra Leone on 19 October 2002. ^{[citation needed]}

He was selected to represent the nation at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where he made two appearances in four matches, as the unfancied Africans bowed out to world powers Brazil in the round-of-16 match.^[3]

Honours

International

Ghana

FIFA World Youth Championship runner-up: 2001

References

^ הקשר הגאורגי לבן חמלדזה חתם הבוקר על חוזה עד סיום העונה בהפועל חיפה וצפוי לשחק מול מכבי ת"א. Archived 7 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine (in Hebrew)
^ Mark Amofah and Addoquaye Pappoe to sign for Liberty Professionals Liberty turn to experience after poor start
^ Bonna, Okyere. (2013). Ghana, the rediscovered soccer might : watch out world!. Okab. ISBN 978-1-4848-4072-6. OCLC 935714708.

External links

2006 World Cup Profile
One.co.il profile and stats^{[permanent dead link]} (in Hebrew)
Emmanuel Pappoe at National-Football-Teams.com
Emmanuel Pappoe – Israel Football Association league player details

[לבן_חמלדזה_בהפועל_חיפה.-1] הקשר הגאורגי לבן חמלדזה חתם הבוקר על חוזה עד סיום העונה בהפועל חיפה וצפוי לשחק מול מכבי ת"א. Archived 7 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine (in Hebrew)

[2] Mark Amofah and Addoquaye Pappoe to sign for Liberty Professionals Liberty turn to experience after poor start

[3] Bonna, Okyere. (2013). Ghana, the rediscovered soccer might : watch out world!. Okab. ISBN 978-1-4848-4072-6. OCLC 935714708.

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