David Nii Addy (born 21 February 1990) is a Ghanaian

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Club career

Randers

In Summer 2008, Addy made his first international move to Europe, from a Ghanaian Club – International Allies FC being signed by Danish SAS Ligaen club

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. At

, Addy made his debut on 19 October against Vejle gaining 7 minutes. In the following season, Addy was part of the

squad that went to compete in the

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. He also made his debut in the

, in the first qualifying round against

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from Northern Ireland on 2 July 2009.

Porto

On 1 February 2010 the Ghanaian U-20 champion joined Portuguese top club

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from SAS Ligaen side Randers FC for €800,000, signing a 3¹⁄₂ year contract. The young Ghanaian U-20 made his debut for

on 14 April 2010 in a 4–0 Victory against Rio Ave FC.

Académica de Coimbra

In July 2010, he joined Académica de Coimbra on a season-long loan from Portuguese club

Panetolikos

On 31 August 2011, he joined a newly promoted

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side

Panetolikos F.C. Panetolikos Football Club (), or with its full name officially romanized as Panaitolikós Gymnastikós Filekpaideftikós Sýllogos (''; Pan- Aetolian Gymnastic and Educational Club''), is a Greek professional football club. It is based in Agrinio ...

on a season-long loan from Porto.

Vitória S.C.

On 30 September 2012, Addy signed a two-year deal for

Vitória S.C. Vitória Sport Clube, popularly known as Vitória de Guimarães or sometimes just Vitória, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Guimarães that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football, at the Est ...

In May 2013 Addy helped Vitória S.C. win the 2012/13 Taca de Portugal and qualified for the 2013/14

. Addy had 4 successful UEFA Europa League appearances against Real Betis, Olympic Lyon and Rijeka. Vitoria S.C finished third in Group I and made an early exit from the competition.

Waasland-Beveren

In August 2014 Addy signed a 2-year deal with

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club

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. Addy has also had experience in the past few years playing in Asia and Scandinavia most recently helping Ilves to win the domestic cup in Finland and also securing a Europa league place.

Riga

He terminated his contract with Riga FC in November 2017.

International career

Ghana U-20

Addy earned his first Black Satellites call-up after an impressive performance with the Local Black Stars in 2008, making his debut in January 2008 in a match against Angola. In 2009 Addy was part of the squad that won the 2009 African Youth Championship. His success continued in October 2009 as he also took part in the

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October 2009. The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July. However, the 2009 FIFA Confede ...

held in

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which the team went on to win, making them the first African Nation to have ever won the

Ghana

He was called up for the Black Stars for the game versus

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on 8 June 2008. His second game was on 2 November 2008 against

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. Addy has been called up to play for the Ghanaian Senior National Football team.

Personal life

In summer 2010, Addy got engaged to German-Ghanaian Economics graduate Gabriel. The couple first met in 2008 through a mutual friend. In May 2014 Addy and his wife celebrated the birth of their first child. The couple welcomed a bouncing baby girl in their lives born in Reading, Berkshire.

Career statistics

Club

:¹Includes other competitive competitions, including the

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

and

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

International

Honours

Individual

Ghana Premier League The Ghana Premier League is the top professional association football league in Ghana organized by the Ghana Football Association and formed in 1958 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition which ran from 1933 ...

Young Defender of the year 2008

Club

;FC Porto Taca de Portugal Cup winners with

;Vitória Guimarães * Portuguese Cup: 2012–13 Cup winners with

Country

* African Youth Championship Champion:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

FIFA U-20 World Cup 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 when i ...

Champion:

References

External links

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10 Best Players at U-20 World Cup 2009 – Just-Football.com
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Addy, David 1990 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Ghana men's international footballers Ghana men's under-20 international footballers Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Primeira Liga players Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Danish Superliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Super League Greece players Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Latvian Higher League players Sportspeople from Greater Accra Region Men's association football fullbacks Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia Meistriliiga players S.C. Adelaide players International Allies F.C. players Legon Cities FC players Randers FC players FC Porto players Académica de Coimbra (football) players Panetolikos F.C. players Vitória S.C. players S.K. Beveren players Odisha FC players Rovaniemen Palloseura players Riga FC players Ilves (football) players Tartu JK Tammeka players Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Estonia 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen