Emmanuel Addoquaye Pappoe (also spelled Pappoa, born 3 March 1981 in Accra) is a former

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

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who played as a defender.

Club career

Pappoe was born in Accra. Prior to joining

AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC ( el, AEK; for short Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας , translit=''Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas'', "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club ...

in summer 2007, Pappoe plied his trade in the

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested b ...

, playing two seasons each with F.C. Ashdod (2003–05), Hapoel Kfar Saba (2005–07) and

Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Haifa Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל חיפה, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Haifa'') is an Israeli football club located in the city of Haifa. The club won one championship (1998–99) and 4 Israeli cups (1 ...

until December 2009.הקשר הגאורגי לבן חמלדזה חתם הבוקר על חוזה עד סיום העונה בהפועל חיפה וצפוי לשחק מול מכבי ת"א.
He left Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv of the Israeli

Liga Leumit Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League. Structure There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-place ...

in October 2010 and returned to his youth club Liberty Professionals F.C.

International career

Pappoe was part of the Ghanaian 2004 Olympic football team who exited in the first round, having finished in third place in group B. His hard work earned him a call-up to the senior side, making his debut against

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...

on 19 October 2002. He was selected to represent the nation at the

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host th ...

, where he made two appearances in four matches, as the unfancied Africans bowed out to world powers

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

in the round-of-16 match.

Honours

International

Ghana *

FIFA World Youth Championship The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 wh ...

runner-up: 2001

References

External links

2006 World Cup ProfileOne.co.il profile and stats
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pappoe, Emmanuel 1981 births Living people Association football defenders Ghanaian footballers Israeli Premier League players Cypriot First Division players Liga Leumit players Liberty Professionals F.C. players F.C. Ashdod players Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players AEK Larnaca FC players Hapoel Haifa F.C. players Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam F.C. players Ghana under-20 international footballers Ghana international footballers Olympic footballers of Ghana Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players 2006 FIFA World Cup players Ghanaian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Israel Expatriate footballers in Cyprus