Asiedu Attobrah is a Ghanaian professional

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who currently plays for

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in the

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Career

Asiedu Attobrah has played for several Ghanaian teams as well as

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in the

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as a

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. He is quick, crafty and agile. Asiedu plays in a more advanced role at times blurring the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. He has good mobility and is skilled at both defending and attacking.

International career

In November 2013, coach

Maxwell Konadu Maxwell Konadu (born 4 December 1972) is a Manager (association football), football coach and a retired Ghana national football team, Ghana international Association football, football player. He was the head coach of the Asante Kotoko F.C., As ...

invited him to be a part of the Ghana senior squad for the

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He helped the team to a first-place finish after Ghana beat

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

by three goals to one. As February 1, 2015, he has been invited to join the Ghanaian U-20 team for the African Youth Championship.

References

Living people Ghanaian men's footballers 1995 births Al-Shorta SC players Men's association football midfielders Ghana men's under-20 international footballers Ghana men's A' international footballers 2014 African Nations Championship players Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Iraq Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq {{Ghana-footy-midfielder-stub