Elvis Sakyi (born 24 November 1996) is a Ghanaian

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who plays as a midfielder. Sakyi is a graduate of Kumasi Anglican High School where he played in the school team before joining Ghanaian lower-tier side Cheetah FC. He has had stints in Malta playing for Gżira United and Senglea Athletic. At the international level, he played for the

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Early life

Sakyi was born on 24 November 1996. He had his secondary school education at Kumasi Anglican High School where he played in the school's football team where he won several laurels including both the regional and national inter-schools championships.

Club career

Early career

Sakyi began his career at Ghanaian side

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before signing for Turkish team Istanbul Maltepespor in 2017 on a one-year deal. In 2016, the former Ghana U17 star underwent a trials at Turkish giants

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and

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before joining Maltepespor Kulubu. He failed to land a deal with Eskişehirspor due to an imposed transfer ban on the club. He went on and played in Northern Cyprus for Gençler Birliği S.K. based in

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from 2018 to 2019.

Gżira United

On 25 July 2019, Sakyi secured a move to Maltese-based team Gżira United, where he featured for the club mainly during their

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campaign. He made his debut after coming on in the 62nd minute for Ridwaru Adeyemo in the 2–0 loss against Hajduk Split during first leg of the first qualifying round. During the second leg, he was named on the starting line up, played until the 57th minute as they won the match by 3–1 to qualify on away goals to the next round for the first time in the club's history. He featured final 10 minutes in the first leg of the second qualifying round against Latvian side

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which ended in a 4–0 loss to Gżira United but was absent during the second leg which ended in a 2–2 loss and 6–2 loss on aggregate and ended their Europa League journey. He terminated his contract with the club after two months.

Senglea Athletic

After playing for Gżira United for just two months, Sakyi was signed by fellow Maltese club Senglea Athletic on a one-year deal in August 2019 and was handed the number 6 jersey ahead of the 2019–20 season. On 23 August 2019, he made his debut and played the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw against

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. He played 14 out of 20 league matches at the end of the season.

Maccabi Petah Tikva

Sakyi moved to

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side

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as a free-agent in August 2020 after his contract with Maltese Premier League team Senglea Athletic FC expired. He made his debut on 30 August 2020, in a 2–1 victory over

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. He ended his first season playing 19 matches in all competitions, starting 16 of those matches.

Hapoel Afula F.C.

Sakyi moved to Hapoel Afula F.C. for one season.

International career

Sakyi played for the

at the youth level.

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