Alexander Sena Kudjoe Addai (born 20 December 1993) is an English professional

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who plays for

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as a winger.

Club career

Addai started his career in the

Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional association football, football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English footba ...

youth system. He joined

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in 2010 and was given his first professional deal ahead of the 2012–13 season. He then played for a number of non-league sides

Carshalton Athletic Carshalton Athletic Football Club is an English football club based in Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton. They currently play in the and are based at the War Memorial Sports Ground. The club also field a women's team playing in the Lo ...

Whitehawk Whitehawk is a suburb in the east of Brighton, England, south of Bevendean and north of Brighton Marina. The area is a large, modern housing estate built in a downland dry valley historically known as Whitehawk Bottom. The estate was originally ...

, Crawley Down Gatwick,

Kingstonian Kingstonian Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London which currently plays in the Isthmian League Premier Division. The club was founded in 1885 by YMC ...

Grays Athletic Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Parkside in nearby Aveley. History The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former S ...

and Wingate & Finchley before joining

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in July 2016. In his final season at the club, Addai racked up nine goals in thirty-nine league appearances. Addai returned to league football with a move to

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side

Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. From the 2021–22 season, the club compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league syst ...

in May 2018, on a one-year contract. He made his professional home debut against

Crawley Town Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The club was founded as Crawley Football Club in 1896, changed its name to Crawley Town Football Club in 1958. The team co ...

, however Cheltenham lost the game 1–0. Addai played frequently throughout the season and signed a new one-year deal in April 2019, with an option for a further year that would be triggered by appearances, when then led to his contract being extended into the 2020-21 season. On 20 November 2020, Addai joined

Maidenhead United Maidenhead United Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. They are currently members of and have played at York Road since 1871, making it the 'oldest senior football ground continuously ...

on a one-month loan. In April 2021, he joined

Solihull Moors Solihull Moors Football Club is a professional football club based in Solihull, England. The club currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system, after achieving promotion from the National Leag ...

on loan until the end of the season. He made 10 appearances on loan at

, scoring 1 goal. He was released by Cheltenham Town at the end of the season. He signed for

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...

in September 2021. On 10 December 2021, Addai joined

Hemel Hempstead Town Hemel Hempstead Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Affiliated to the Hertfordshire County Football Association, they are currently members of the National League South and pla ...

after his short-term contract with Torquay United came to an end. On 22 February 2022, Addai returned to former club

. In June 2022, Addai joined

Sittingbourne Sittingbourne is an industrial town in Kent, south-east England, from Canterbury and from London, beside the Roman Watling Street, an ancient British trackway used by the Romans and the Anglo-Saxons and next to the Swale, a strip of sea separa ...

. On 26 November 2022, Addai joined

Margate Margate is a seaside resort, seaside town on the north coast of Kent in south-east England. The town is estimated to be 1.5 miles long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay, UK, Palm Bay and Westbrook, Kent, ...

on a one-month loan deal, before joining Faversham Town on loan in December. In February 2023, he joined

Personal life

Born in England, Addai is of Ghanaian descent.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Addai, Alex 1993 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets People from Stepney English men's footballers English people of Ghanaian descent Men's association football wingers Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players Carshalton Athletic F.C. players Whitehawk F.C. players Crawley Down Gatwick F.C. players Kingstonian F.C. players Grays Athletic F.C. players Wingate & Finchley F.C. players Merstham F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players Maidenhead United F.C. players Solihull Moors F.C. players Torquay United F.C. players Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. players Sittingbourne F.C. players Margate F.C. players Faversham Town F.C. players Leatherhead F.C. players Isthmian League players National League (English football) players English Football League players