Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Profil Timnas Ghana : Daniel Agyei


Daniel Agyei
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Nana Agyei
Date of birth10 November 1989 (age 24)
Place of birthDansomanGreater AccraGhana
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current clubFree State Stars
Number1
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2013Liberty Professionals
2013–Free State Stars5(0)
National team
2009Ghana U-207(0)
2009–Ghana5(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:20, 5 June 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:50, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
Daniel Agyei[2] (also spelled Adjei; born 10 November 1989 in Dansoman) is a Ghanaian professionalfootballer, who currently plays for South African Premier Division club Free State Stars and the Ghana national team, as a goalkeeper.

International career

Agyei represented Ghana at under-20 level and won with the team both the 2009 African Youth Championship and the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He earned his first senior call to the Black Stars for the World Cup qualification match against Mali.[3] He made his Ghana national team debut on 18 November 2009 in a friendly match against Angola

Profil Timnas Ghana : Adambathia Kwarasey


Adam Larsen Kwarasey
Personal information
Full nameAdambathia Larsen Kwarasey
Date of birth12 December 1987 (age 26)
Place of birthOslo, Norway
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[citation needed]
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current clubStrømsgodset
Number12
Youth career
Trosterud
2006–2007Vålerenga
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–Strømsgodset123(0)
National team
2008Norway U211(0)
2011–Ghana[1]18(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 September 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 January 2013
Adambathia Larsen Kwarasey (born 12 December 1987) is a Ghanaian international footballer who plays professionally for Norwegian club Strømsgodset, as a goalkeeper.
Kwarasey was born and grew up in Norway, and he chose to represent his father's country, Ghana at international level.

Early and personal life

Kwarasey was born in Oslo, Norway to a father from Ghana and a mother from Norway.[2] He holds both aGhanaian passport and a Norwegian passport.[3]

Club career

Kwarasey played youth football with Trosterud and Vålerenga.[4] After moving to Strømsgodset, he made his debut on 6 May 2007.[4]

International career

In November 2007, Kwarasey declared that he would play international football for Ghana.[5] However, he played a friendly match for Norway under-21 in 2008.[6]
In October 2010, Kwarasey received his Ghanaian passport and became eligible to play for Ghana.[7] On 30 July 2011, Kwarasey was called up to the Ghana national team for a match against Nigeria.[8] That match was postponed due to security reasons,[9] although Kwarasey confirmed his intention to become Ghana's first-choice goalkeeper.[10]
He made his international debut for Ghana on 2 September 2011 in an 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Swaziland,[11] before playing in a friendly match against Brazil at Craven Cottage in London three days later.[12]
Kwarasey was named to Ghana's 23-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.[13]
In January 2012, Kwarasey was described as a "potential legend" for Ghana

Profil Timnas Ghana : Razak Brimah


Brimah Razak
Personal information
Date of birthJune 22, 1987 (age 26)
Place of birthAccraGhana
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Youth career
2004–2005Wolfsburg
2005–2006Poli Ejido
2006Las Norias
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007Chaves7(0)
2007–2008União Madeira30(0)
2008–2009Poli Ejido6(0)
2009–2011Betis B44(0)
2010–2011Betis0(0)
2011–2012Tenerife2(0)
2012–2013Guadalajara25(0)
National team
2013–Ghana2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 June 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 November 2013
Brimah Razak (born 22 June 1987 in Accra) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Club career

After rarely settling as a youth player, Razak started his professional career in January 2007 with Portugal'sG.D. Chaves, playing in the country's second division. The following year he moved down to the third level and joined Madeira's C.F. União, being first-choice as the club finished in third position in its group – albeit without a final promotion.
In the 2008 summer Razak returned to a club he had already represented as a youth, Polideportivo Ejido inSpain's division three, backing up veteran Joaquín Valerio in his first and only season. Subsequently he signed with Real Betis, but spent his first year in the same category as in the previous campaign, as he appeared solely for the reserve side.
Razak was promoted to Betis' first team for the 2010–11 season, with the Andalusians in the second division. On 1 September, after having appeared in a friendly with Atlético Madrid on 24 July, he made his official debut, playing the full 90 minutes in a domestic cup game against UD Salamanca, a 2–1 home win

Profil Timnas Ghana : Daniel Opare


Daniel Opare
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Tawiah Opare[1]
Date of birth18 October 1990 (age 23)
Place of birthAccraGreater Accra, Ghana[2]
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing positionRight back
Club information
Current clubStandard Liège
Number4
Youth career
2001Volta Academy
2001–2004Ajax Football Academy
2004–2007Ashanti Gold
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2007Ashanti Gold13(4)
2007–2008Sfax21(6)
2008–2010Real Madrid Castilla6(0)
2010–Standard Liège74(0)
National team
2007Ghana U177(–)
2009Ghana U20[3]2(0)
2007–Ghana10(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 August 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 August 2013
Daniel Tawiah Opare (/ɒˈpæˈr/ o-pa-ray) (born 18 October 1990 in Accra) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a right back for Belgian club Standard Liège and the Ghana national team.

Club career

Recognized by World Soccer Magazine as one of the 50 Most Exciting Teenagers on the Planet in their November 2007 Issue, young marauding Right Wingback, Opare received rave reviews for using his incredible footspeed and precision crossing to great effect for the Ghana national U-17 team (The Black Starlets)[4] at the 2007 U-17 World Cup.[5]
On 3 July 2010, Opare left Real Madrid Castilla to sign for Belgian club Standard Liège,[6] and it was negotiated by his agents NVA Entertainment Group.[7]

International career

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

A converted midfielder and skillful lateral defender, Opare initiated The Black Starlets attacking moves with surging runs and was responsible for supplying the forwards Ransford Osei and Sadick Adams with precise crosses from wide areas.[8] At the back he looks equally comfortable and composed. Heassisted[9] on many of Ghana's goals at the 2007 African Under-17 Championship in Togo in March 2007 as well as the U-17 World Cup where he was a standout in all seven games he played.[10]

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

In September 2009, Opare was included in the Ghana national under-20 team (The Black Satellites) for the 2009 U-20 World Cup in Egypt, in which Opare had helped the Ghana team win for the first time by defeating Brazil national under-20 team in the finals at the Cairo International Stadium on 16 October 2009.[11]

Ghana senior international team

On 13 November 2007, three weeks after his 17th birthday, he received his first senior International call-up from Ghana's coach, Claude Le Roy for a FIFA International friendly match against Togo at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana on 18 November 2007,[12] after another excellent display, assistingtwice on a superb hat-trick by Ransford Osei against Togo's U-17 team[13] in a Junior International friendly at the same venue on Sunday, 11 November 2007.
2008 African Cup of Nations
The U-17 World Cup star was part of Ghana's squad for the 2008 African Cup of Nations.[14] However on 10 January 2008, Ghana's Team Doctor, Martin Engmann told the media that the youngster has not recovered from an ankle injury[15] he sustained in the Pre-Tournament Training Camp at the Jebel Ali Hotel Resort and Spa in Dubai[16] and was excluded from the squad together with injured teammates Matthew Amoah and captain Stephen Appiah.[17]
2012 African Cup of Nations
In December 2011, Opare was named to the Ghana national team's provisional 25-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations,[18] and in January 2012 he was selected for the tournament's 23-man squad.[19]
Opare was never given an opportunity by the then coach of Ghana, Goran Stevanović, to feature in any of the 6 games that the Ghana national team played at the 2012 African Cup of Nations

Profil Timnas Ghana : Richard Boateng


Richard Kissi Boateng
Personal information
Full nameRichard Kissi Boateng
Date of birth25 November 1988 (age 25)
Place of birthKumasiGhana
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing positionLeft-back
Club information
Current clubTP Mazembe
Number27
Youth career
2001–2004Saint Stars F.C.
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2010Liberty Professionals
2010–2011Al-Ittihad Tripoli
2011–2013Berekum Chelsea
2013–TP Mazembe
National team
2012–Ghana2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 January 2013
Richard Kissi Boateng (born 25 November 1988) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who currently plays as a left-back for TP Mazembe and the Ghana national team.

Club career

Boateng began his youth career with Saint Stars FC, before later transferring to Liberty Professionals FCin 2004, where he began his senior and professional career. In 2008, he was nominated as Defender of the year in Ghana.[1] In July 2010, he moved to the Libyan side Al-Ittihad, and returned to Ghana forBerekum Chelsea in September 2011. On 16th January 2013, Boateng signed for Congolese club TP Mazembe on a five year deal. [2]

International career

Ghana national team

On 16 May 2012, Boateng was called up to the Ghana squad for two, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualificationmatches against Lesotho national football team and Zambia national football team.