Derrick Appiah

{{short description|Italian rugby union player|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2017}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Derrick Appiah

| image =

| birth_name = Derrick Appiah

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|07|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Modena, Italy

| height = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|118|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

| position = Prop

| amatyears1 =

| amatyears2 = 2010−2013

| amatteam1 = Modena

| amatteam2 = F.I.R. Academy

| ru_amupdate =

| years1 = 2013–2015

| years2 = 2015–2017

| years3 = 2016

| years4 = 2016

| years5 = 2017

| years6 = 2017−2018

| years7 = 2018−2021

| years8 = 2021

| years9 = 2021−

| years10 = 2022

| clubs1 = Mogliano

| clubs2 = Worcester Warriors

| clubs3 = →Nottingham

| clubs4 = →London Scottish

| clubs5 = →Edinburgh (loan)

| clubs6 = London Scottish

| clubs7 = Benetton

| clubs8 = →Mogliano

| clubs9 = Colorno

| clubs10 = →Northern Suburbs

| apps1 = 29

| apps2 = 5

| apps3 = 1

| apps4 = 1

| apps5 = 5

| apps6 = 21

| apps7 = 20

| apps8 = 5

| points1 = 15

| points2 = 5

| points3 = 0

| points4 = 0

| points5 = 0

| points6 = 10

| points7 = 5

| points8 = 0

| ru_clubupdate = 26 Mar 2021

| repyears1 = 2014

| repyears2 = 2017−

| repteam1 = Italy U20

| repteam2 = Emerging Italy

| repcaps1 = 10

| repcaps2 = 3

| reppoints1 = 0

| reppoints2 = 0

| ru_ntupdate = 30 April 2018

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Derrick Appiah (born 19 July 1994, in Modena) is an Italian rugby union player who plays for Italinan club Colorno in the Top10.{{cite news|url=https://rugbycolorno.com/mercato-biancorosso-ingaggiato-lex-benetton-derrick-appiah/|title=MERCATO BIANCOROSSO: INGAGGIATO L'EX BENETTON DERRICK APPIAH|work=Rugby Colorno|date=5 August 2021|access-date=5 August 2021|language=Italian}}

Appiah has featured for Mogliano in Italy's National Championship of Excellence and the Amlin Challenge Cup and has also enjoyed spells with Rugby Parma and Modena Rugby.

On 4 February 2015, Appiah made a move to England with Worcester Warriors in top level competition, which is the Aviva Premiership, starting from the 2015-16 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/31128312|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Worcester Warriors sign Italy U20s prop Derrick Appiah|date=4 February 2015|accessdate=24 June 2017}} On 5 May 2017, Appiah signs for RFU Championship outfit London Scottish ahead of the 2017-18 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/sport/wrfc/15267991.Worcester_Warriors_prop_signs_permanent_deal_with_Championship_outfit_London_Scottish/?ref=rl&lp=4|publisher=Worcester News|title=Worcester Warriors prop Derrick Appiah signs permanent deal with Championship outfit London Scottish|date=5 May 2017|accessdate=24 June 2017}}

From 2018 to 2021, Appiah played with Italian Pro14 team Benetton.{{cite news|url=https://benettonrugby.it/il-benetton-rugby-saluta-10-leoni-e-4-componenti-dello-staff/|title=Il Benetton Rugby saluta 10 Leoni e 4 componenti dello staff|work=Benetton Rugby|date=30 May 2021|access-date=31 May 2021|language=Italian}}

The prop was a regular for Italy U20s during the 2014 RBS Junior Six Nations campaign, helping Italy to a 32-13 victory over Scotland and a fifth-place finish. Later that year, he helped Italy to a third-place pool finish during the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship - a campaign which saw his country defeat Argentina U20s 29-26.

In 2017 he was named in the Emerging Italy squad.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mondosportivo.it/2017/05/25/rugby-convocati-tour-dell-italia-emergenti-nations-cup/|title=Rugby – Italia Emergenti pronta per la Nations Cup|first=Matteo|last=Portoghese|date=May 25, 2017}}