Michael Ofosu Appiah (born 29 December 1989) is a Ghanaian

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who plays for

Narva Trans JK Narva Trans, commonly known as Narva Trans or just Trans, are a professional Estonian association football club based in Narva that compete in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Narva Kreenholm St ...

as a

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Career

Born in

Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

, Appiah started his football career at Ajax Football Academy (Kumasi) in

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 ...

in 2002 as

central defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

. He played in

Ghana national under-17 football team The Ghana national U-17 football team, known as the Black Starlets, is the youngest team that represents Ghana in football. They are two-time FIFA U-17 World Cup Champions in 1991 and 1995 and a two-time Runner-up in 1993 and ...

after a call-up in a tournament. He was then promoted to the senior side of

Ashanti Gold S.C. Ashanti Gold Sporting Club popularly known as AshGold is a Ghanaian football team based in the gold mining town of Obuasi, south of Kumasi the capital of Ashanti Region. The club are currently competing in the Ghana Premier League. History Asha ...

and played in 2005–06 Ghana Premier League. At the end of his first season he got transferred to Accra base team

Heart of Lions Heart of Lions Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Kpandu, Volta. The club competed in the Glo Premier League The is the top professional association football division of the football league system in Ghana. Offic ...

in 2006–07, and was called to the national U23 team afterwards. He was transferred from

to a major club in Ghana, Asante Kotoko SC for three seasons. He was asked to join Ghana Black Stars for participation during Chan tournament. He moved to

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

, where he played for

Jomo Cosmos Jomo Cosmos are a South African association football club based in Johannesburg that plays in the National First Division. The club is owned and coached by South African football legend Jomo Sono. In the 2021-2022 National First Division sea ...

for two seasons. He moved to

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

thereupon and played for Skonto FC for three seasons. He played for Estonian side

FC Infonet FCI Tallinn (FC Infonet Tallinn) is a football club, based in Lasnamäe, Tallinn, Estonia. Formed in 2002, the club played in the Estonian top flight Meistriliiga from 2013 to 2017, and won the league in the 2016 season. In 2017, the club merge ...

. On 19 June 2019, Appiah joined

Valmieras FK Valmiera Football Club or shortly Valmiera FC is a Latvian football club, playing in the Virslīga, the highest division of Latvian football. The club is based in the city of Valmiera. By winning the 2017 Latvian First League, the team was pro ...

. On 31 January 2020, Appiah joined

. On August 1, 2021, Appiah became a free agent and is now without a club.

Career stats

International

In 2009, Ofosu Appiah played for the Black Stars, the

Ghana national football team The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in men's international football, doing it since 1957. The team consists of twenty players including the technical team. The team is nicknamed the Black Stars after the Black Star of Africa in ...

against

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in a friendly international match. ''Statistics accurate as of match played 30 September 2009.''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Appiah, Ofosu 1989 births Living people Men's association football defenders Ghanaian footballers Ashanti Gold S.C. players Heart of Lions F.C. players Asante Kotoko S.C. players Jomo Cosmos F.C. players Skonto FC players FCI Tallinn players FK RFS players FK Liepāja players Valmiera FC players Meistriliiga players Latvian Higher League players South African Premier Division players Ghanaian expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in South Africa Expatriate footballers in Estonia Expatriate footballers in Latvia Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Estonia Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Ghana men's international footballers Ghana men's A' international footballers 2009 African Nations Championship players