Daniel Addo (born 6 November 1976) is a Ghanaian former professional

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who last played for

King Faisal Babes King Faisal Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ashanti, Ghana. The club competes in the Ghana Premier League, Glo Premier League. They were represented at the 2006 FIFA World Cup by left-ba ...

as a

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Club career

Addo enjoyed a ten-year career in

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, and was hailed as one of the most talented players from

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in teenage years.

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, th ...

signed him in 1992 (he was only 15), alongside teammate Sebastian Barnes. However, he never appeared for Bayer's first team, going on to represent

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...

(twice),

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the D ...

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Vardar Skopje FK Vardar Skopje ( mk, ФК Вардар Скопје), or simply Vardar, is a football club based in the capital city of Skopje, North Macedonia. The club was founded in 1947 and currently competes in the Macedonian Second Football League. The ...

, Sekondi Hasaacas F.C.

International career

In his international career, Addo was both a member of the Black Stars and the Black Meteors. He played for Ghana's U-17 at the

1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship The 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the fourth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Florence, Montecatini Terme, Viareggio, Massa, Carrara, and Livorno in Italy between 16 August and 31 August 1991. Players born after 1 August 1 ...

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, also appearing in the 1993 edition, in

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. With the under-20, he played at the

1993 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1993 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 9th edition FIFA World Youth Championship. U20 Brazil defeated Ghana, 2–1 for its third title. It took place ac ...

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Honours

Ghana U17 *

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1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Addo, Daniel 1976 births Living people Footballers from Accra Ghanaian men's footballers Ghana men's international footballers 1996 African Cup of Nations players 2000 African Cup of Nations players Ghana men's under-20 international footballers Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders 2. Bundesliga players Fortuna Düsseldorf players Karlsruher SC players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Wormatia Worms players FK Vardar players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Accra Great Olympics F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia King Faisal Babes F.C. players Nejmeh SC players Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon FC Lustenau 07 players Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Sekondi Hasaacas F.C. players Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Lebanese Premier League players