Emmanuel Clottey

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Emmanuel Clottey

| fullname= Emmanuel Atukwei Clottey

| image = Emmanuel-Clottey-with-Esperence S T.jpg

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|08|30}}

| birth_place = Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana

| height = {{height|m=1.78|precision=0}}

| currentclub = Asante Kotoko

| clubnumber = 9

| youthyears1= | youthyears2 =

| youthclubs1 = Brazil Academy | youthclubs2 =Mighty Victory Sporting Club

| position = Forward

| nationalyears1 = 2006 | nationalyears2 = 2007 | nationalyears3 =2010–

| nationalteam1 = Ghana U-20 | nationalteam2 = Ghana U-23 | nationalteam3 =Ghana

| club-update =

| nationalteam-update = 18 January 2014

}}

Emmanuel Atukwei Clottey (born 30 August 1987) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays for Accra Great Olympics F.C. and the Ghana national team.

Career

Clottey began his career with Brazil Academy and then later joined Mighty Victory Sporting Club, before signing with Great Olympics in 2004.[http://www.scoutingtalents.com/index.php/2007/04/23/emmanuel_atukwei_clottey Emmanuel Atukwei Clottey – Striker-30/08/1987] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126012153/http://www.scoutingtalents.com/index.php/2007/04/23/emmanuel_atukwei_clottey |date=26 January 2009 }} at scoutingtalents.com

In 2007, Clottey was top goal scorer of the Ghana Premier League and moved in January on a 6-month loan to Austrian Football Bundesliga club FC Wacker Innsbruck, his first club in Europe.[http://www.sportnet.at/wackers_trauriges_fruehjahrszeugnis.urla Wackers trauriges Frühjahrszeugnis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430004838/http://www.sportnet.at/wackers_trauriges_fruehjahrszeugnis.urla |date=30 April 2008 }} at sportnet.at Clottey then joined OB on loan[http://www.ob.dk/?ModulFunctionID=16&FBPlayerID=2250 Odense Profile] on ob.dk and made his debut as a substitute against FC Amager in the Ekstra bladet cup. He later returned to Great Olympics in January 2009 then again signed a contract on 9 April 2009 with Eleven Wise.[http://news.myjoyonline.com/sports/200904/28552.asp Wise capture Quaye, Clottey] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413060633/http://news.myjoyonline.com/sports/200904/28552.asp |date=13 April 2009 }} at news.myjoyonline.com In June 2010, Clottey joined Berekum Chelsea.

On 12 September 2012, after impressing in the 2012 CAF Champions League, Tunisian club Espérance de Tunis reached a deal with Berekum Chelsea to sign Clottey to a three-year contract, for an estimated transfer fee of $1.5 million.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19570314|title=Esperance reach deal with Clottey|publisher=BBC Sport|date=12 September 2012|access-date=12 September 2012|archive-date=14 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914044427/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19570314|url-status=live}}

On 18 June 2013, Clottey agreed a one-year loan move to the UAE Arabian Gulf League team Al Dhafra from Espérance.{{cite web|url=http://www.proleague.ae/en/news/emmanuel-clottey-joins-al-dhafra.html|title=Emmanuel Clottey joins Al Dhafra on loan|publisher=Pro League Committee|date=18 June 2013|access-date=18 June 2013|archive-date=24 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624154037/http://www.proleague.ae/en/news/emmanuel-clottey-joins-al-dhafra.html|url-status=live}} In January 2015, Clottey joined Asante Kotoko.

Career statistics

= International appearances =

Year	Apps	Goals
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances for Ghana
2010	2	0
2011	1	0
2012	2	0
2013	4	0
Total !9\|\|0
colspan="3"\|Correct as of 18 June 2013{{NFT player\|id=40265\|name=Clottey, Emmanuel\|access-date=20 January 2013}}

Honours/Achievements

=Club=

Ghana Premier League: 2010–11

=Individual=

Top Scorer in the Ghana Premier League with 14 goals (2007)
Top Scorer in the CAF Champions League with 12 goals (2012)

References

External links

[http://www.ob.dk/?ModulFunctionID=16&FBPlayerID=2250 OB profile] {{in lang|da}}
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[http://www.scoutingtalents.com/index.php/2007/04/23/emmanuel_atukwei_clottey Scouting Talents Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126012153/http://www.scoutingtalents.com/index.php/2007/04/23/emmanuel_atukwei_clottey |date=26 January 2009 }}

Category:1987 births

Category:Living people

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:Ghanaian men's footballers

Category:Ghana men's international footballers

Category:Odense Boldklub players

Category:Danish Superliga players

Category:FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players

Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players

Category:Accra Great Olympics F.C. players

Category:Sekondi Eleven Wise F.C. players

Category:Tema Youth F.C. players