Foli Adade (born 12 May 1991) is a Ghanaian professional

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who plays as a

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for Medeama and the

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Club career

Adade played for Tema based football club,

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. In 2010, Adade joined

Ebusua Dwarfs Cape Coast Mysterious Ebusua Dwarfs is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Cape Coast. The club competes in the Ghana Premier League, the Premier division on the Ghanaian football pyramid, and hold home games at Cape Coast Sports Stadi ...

where Adade had been the first choice

for the team, and in 2013, Adade joined Medeama in the

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International career

In June 2013, Adade was included in the Ghana twenty-six man team for two international friendly matches against

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. In November 2013, coach

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invited Adade to be included in the Ghana national team for the

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. Adade helped the

defeat

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, placing first by three goals to one. Adade was part of the

for the

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that finished runner-up.

Honours

Club

;Medeama SC * Ghanaian FA Cup Winner:

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National Team

; *

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Winner:

* African Nations Championship Runner-up:

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Brazil

References

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