Brite Andoh (born 8 January 1999) is a

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

ian professional

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who plays as

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for

Liberty Professionals Liberty Professionals Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Dansoman, Accra. History Liberty Professionals, was founded in 1996 by Accra-based businessmen Felix Ansong and Alhaji Sly Tetteh. The club was one of the earl ...

. In 2019, he moved to Finland and joined AC Kajaani on loan, playing more than 20 matches than season and scoring 4 goals. He rejoining Liberty Professionals in February 2021. At the international level, he has capped for Ghana at the U20 and U23 levels.

Career

Liberty Professionals

Andoh started his career with

. He was promoted to the senior team in January 2017 ahead of the 2017 season. On 12 February 2017, at the age of 18, he came on in the 70th minute to make his debut at the in a 2–1 league away loss to Kumasi Asante Kotoko. On 28 June 2017, he scored his debut goal by scoring the first goal in Liberty's 3–0 victory over Bolga All Stars. He ended his first season with 16 league appearances and one goal, 10 of them from the start as Liberty secured an eleventh place in the league, only four points above the relegation line. The following season, which was the 2018 season was his breakthrough season. During the first match of the season, a home match against

West African Football Academy West African Football Academy (WAFA) Sporting Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based near Sogakope in the Volta Region that was founded by Feyenoord from Rotterdam. They are competing in the Ghana Premier League. The 2016–17 seaso ...

, he scored his first goal of the season, a late consolation goal with a header in a 3–1 loss. His second goal of the season came in a 2–0 victory over Techiman Eleven Wonders, which led Liberty to their first win of the season. He was adjudged the man of the match after that performance. During that season, his second in the Ghana Premier League, Andoh made further strides, making 13 appearances and scoring 4 league goals before the league was due to the Anas Number 12 Expose. His two other goals came in losing matches against Aduana Stars and Berekum Chelsea. At the end season, he was listed as inspiring, which resonated in his home country and Andoh topped the list of the best teenage players in the Ghana Premier League by the Ghanaian football site AlfOwusu.com.

AC Kajaani

In February 2019, Andoh went on a one-year loan to Finnish club

AC Kajaani AC Kajaani was a football club from Kajaani, Finland. The club was formed in 2006 after the merger of FC Tarmo and Kajaanin Palloilijat (KaPa). Their home ground was Kajaanin Liikuntapuisto. The men's football first team last played in the Ykkö ...

who play in the

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' ( Finnish for 'Number One'; sv, Ettan) is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga), although it is the highest league managed by the Football Association of Finland. The teams also pla ...

, the second-tier league. Only a few days later, he made his debut in the winning match against TPS Turku in the

Finnish Cup The Finnish Cup ( fi, Suomen cup; sv, Finlands cup) is Finland's main national cup competition in football. This yearly competition is open for all member clubs of the FA of Finland and has been played since 1955. The winner qualifies for the ...

. On 12 May 2019, he scored his debut goal in a 2–1 league win against MYPA. He ended the season with 23 appearances and 4 goals.

Return to Liberty

After a short stay at Finnish club Kultsu FC, he returned to his former club Liberty Professionals in February 2021. On 24 February, he made his second debut gor Liberty when he was brought on in the 57th minute for Ernest Danso in a 1–0 loss to Hearts of Oak. On 11 July 2021, he scored his first goal for the club by scoring the equalizer to help Liberty to a 1–1 draw against Hearts of Oak.

International career

Andoh's performance earned him call-ups to the Ghana national under-20 team, ''Black Satellites'' in 2018 and Ghana national under-23 team, ''Black Meteors'' where he played a role in their Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifier victory over Togo in December 2018.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Andoh, Brite Living people 1999 births Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Liberty Professionals F.C. players AC Kajaani players Kultsu FC players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Ykkönen players Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Ghana Premier League players Kakkonen players Ghana men's youth international footballers Place of birth missing (living people)