Kofi Baah (born 23 January 1998) 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 footballer who plays as a
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
for Ghanaian Premier league side
Liberty Professionals F.C.
Career
Baah started his career with lower-tier side
Charity Stars before joining
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 ...
. He started his senior career with Liberty Professionals in 2017. On 25 June 2017, Baah made his debut for Liberty, starring in a 1–0 away win against
Accra Great Olympics. That season, served as the back-up goalkeeper for Eric Andoh whilst making 4 league appearances.
The following season, he featured played more matches featuring in 8 out of 15 league matches before the league was cancelled due to the
Anas Number 12 Expose.
During the
2019 GFA Normalization Committee Special Competition and
2019–20 Ghana Premier League season, he served as back-up goalkeeper to
Ganiwu Shaibu and played two and four league matches respectively.
At the end of the
2020–21 season, even though at the end of the season Liberty Professionals were relegated to the
Ghana Division One League, Baah was one of their standout performers within the season. He kept 11
clean-sheets in 26 League games only trailing to
Razak Abalora of
Asante Kotoko and
Richard Attah of
Hearts of Oak who both kept 12 clean-sheets. At the tail end of the season, he was serving as the
club captain
The team captain of an association football team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavi ...
due to his impressive form.
References
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Living people
1998 births
Ghanaian footballers
Association football goalkeepers
Liberty Professionals F.C. players
Charity Stars F.C. players
Ghana Premier League players
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