Baba Iddi (born 6 July 1982) is a
Ghana
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ian
football
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striker.
Career
Iddi began his career with Great Africans in
Kumasi
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before being scouted for
Alemannia Aachen
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in 2000. He was the top scorer in the reserve team and he moved to the first team in 2002 playing in the
2. Fußball-Bundesliga. After one season, he moved to
Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
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Founded in 1906 in Jaffa as ...
in 2004. After a year, he was sold to
Asante Kotoko
Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, simply known as Asante Kotoko, is a professional football club founded on 31 August 1935 and based in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nicknamed the ''Porcupine Warriors'', they compete in the Ghana Premier Lea ...
and played a year in Kumasi before being sold for €100.000 to
Hearts of Oak
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in January 2005. He played another year with Hearts of Oak and moved in July 2006 to
King Faisal Babes
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, where he was a finalist for the 2007
Ghana Premier League
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All-Star Team. He tried out for
Perak FA
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in Malaysia and
Dalian Shide
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in China, but did not get a contract. In August 2008, he left Perak and moved to
FK Vardar
FK Vardar Skopje ( mk, ФК Вардар Скопје), or simply Vardar, is a football club based in the capital city of Skopje, North Macedonia, North Macedonia. The club was founded in 1947 and currently competes in the Macedonian Second Foo ...
in
Macedonia. In summer 2009 he moved to Belgium and signed with
KSC Lokeren
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.
References
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1982 births
Living people
Footballers from Kumasi
Ghanaian footballers
Ghanaian expatriate footballers
Association football forwards
Alemannia Aachen players
Expatriate footballers in Germany
FK Vardar players
Expatriate footballers in North Macedonia
Asante Kotoko S.C. players
King Faisal Babes F.C. players
Perak F.C. players
Expatriate footballers in Malaysia
Belgian Pro League players
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium