Michael Kafui Helegbe (born 15 September 1985) is a Ghanaian professional

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who plays as a

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for Jordanian club Shabab Al-Aqaba.

Club career

Helegbe started his professional career with

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club Liberty Professionals in 2003, before being sent on a 6-month loan to Norwegian side SK Brann on 21 April 2005 with the option of extension for another two years. On 1 July 2005, Helegbe returned to Liberty Professionals. In January 2007, Helegbe signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with French

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side

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. The Ghanaian midfielder left Guingamp after two years, in August 2009, to join

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club

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on a one-year deal. On 29 September 2010, Helegbe returned to Liberty Professionals in Ghana. After two years with Liberty, in September 2012 he moved to

Asante Kotoko Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, simply known as Asante Kotoko, is a professional football club founded on 31 August 1935 and based in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nicknamed the ''Porcupine Warriors'', they compete in the Ghana Premier Lea ...

. On 1 December 2013, Helegbe signed for Medeama. After two seasons with Lebanese Premier League side

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, where he played 43 league games and scored 22 goals, Helegbe moved to

Salam Zgharta Salam Zgharta Football Club ( ar, نادي السلام الرياضي زغرتا, lit=Zgharta Peace Sporting Club), known as Salam Zgharta or simply Salam, is a football club based in Zgharta, Lebanon, that competes in the . Founded in 1933 ...

. After one season, Helegbe moved to Jordan, playing for

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. In 2018, he moved to Shabab Al-Aqaba.

International career

Helegbe made his first international cap playing for the

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against

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on 24 March 2007, at the UPC-Arena,

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, Austria. He was also the captain of the Ghana Olympic football team.

Honours

Individual * Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season: 2014–15

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Helegbe, Michael 1985 births Living people Footballers from Accra Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Ghana Premier League players Liberty Professionals F.C. players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Eliteserien players SK Brann players Expatriate men's footballers in France Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in France Ligue 2 players En Avant Guingamp players Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Challenger Pro League players K.V. Oostende players Asante Kotoko S.C. players Medeama S.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Lebanese Premier League players AC Tripoli players Salam Zgharta FC players Expatriate men's footballers in Jordan Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Jordan Mansheyat Bani Hasan SC players Shabab Al-Aqaba SC players Ghana men's international footballers