Ofosu Appiah

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ofosu Appiah

| image = Footballer Ofosu Appiah Infonet FC.jpg

| caption = Ofosu Appiah in 2016.

| fullname = Michael Ofosu Appiah{{NFT player|33678|access-date=8 June 2021}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|12|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Accra, Ghana

| height = 1.82m

| position = Centre-back

| currentclub = Narva Trans

| clubnumber = 12

| youthclubs1 =

| youthyears1 =

| years1 = 2005–2006

| clubs1 = Ashanti Gold

| caps1 = 15

| goals1 = 0

| clubs2 = Heart of Lions

| years2 = 2006–2007

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2008–2011

| clubs3 = Asante Kotoko

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 2011–2012

| clubs4 = Jomo Cosmos

| caps4 = 18

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2013–2016

| clubs5 = Skonto

| caps5 = 39

| goals5 = 3

| years6 = 2016–2018

| clubs6 = Infonet

| caps6 = 40

| goals6 = 9

| years7 = 2018

| clubs7 = RFS

| caps7 = 2

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2019

| clubs8 = Liepāja

| caps8 = 1

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2019

| clubs9 = Valmieras

| caps9 = 16

| goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2020–

| clubs10 = Narva Trans

| caps10 = 21

| goals10 = 1

| nationalteam1 = Ghana

| nationalyears1 = 2009

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 21:11, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

| ntupdate =

}}

Michael Ofosu Appiah (born 29 December 1989) is a Ghanaian former footballer who last played for FC Noah Jurmala in Latvia. He often played as a centre-back.

Career

Born in Accra, Appiah started his football career at Ajax Football Academy (Kumasi) in Ghana in 2002 as central defender. He played in Ghana national under-17 football team after a call-up in a tournament. He was then promoted to the senior side of Ashanti Gold S.C. and played in 2005–06 Ghana Premier League.

At the end of his first season he got transferred to Accra base team Heart of Lions in 2006–07, and was called to the national U23 team afterwards. He was transferred from Heart of Lions to a major club in Ghana, Asante Kotoko SC for three seasons.{{Citation|last=KoshTV|title= Clips of Asante Kotoko's footballer Ofosu Appiah|date=27 January 2011|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGWTPPqBp1M|access-date=14 July 2016}} He was asked to join Ghana Black Stars for participation during Chan tournament. He moved to South Africa, where he played for Jomo Cosmos for two seasons.

He moved to Latvia thereupon and played for Skonto FC for three seasons.{{cite web|title=Ofosu Appiah|url=http://www.lff.lv/lv/turniri/viriesu-turniri/latvijas-kauss/klubi/8?player_id=162&team_id=8|website=Latvian Football Federation|access-date=8 July 2016}}{{cite web|title=Synottip Upper League – Player Transfers (Winter 2016)|url=http://www.lff.lv/lv/turniri/viriesu-turniri/synottip-virsliga/speletaju-parejas-ziema-2016/?year|website=Latvian Football Federation|access-date=8 July 2016}}{{Citation|last=Jana Mika|title=Ofosu Appiah superb goal. Skonto Riga 6th may 2014|date=7 May 2014|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlIcOSpuldw|access-date=14 July 2016}} He played for Estonian side FC Infonet.{{cite web|title=Local stars to test Argentina – News|url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/11354/local-stars-to-test-argentina.php|website=Kick Off|date=30 September 2009|access-date=8 July 2016}}{{cite web|title=Players|url=http://fcinfonet.com/en/teams/players/?cur_team_id=1183&cur_season_id=20&cur_class_id=20|website=FC Infonet|access-date=8 July 2016}}{{cite web|title=Ofosu Appiah: I'm treated like a King in Skonto|url=https://www.modernghana.com/sports/527889/ofosu-appiah-im-treated-like-a-king-in-skonto.html|website=Modern Ghana|access-date=9 July 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/ofosu-appiah_prs220912/person.shtml|title=Ofosu Appiah – Player Profile – Football|access-date=9 July 2016}}{{cite web|title=Puštov and Appiah – best in March|url=http://fcinfonet.com/ru/2016/03/31/%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%88%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%B8-%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%85-%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%B2-%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5-%D0%BF%D0%BE-%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81|website=FC Infonet|access-date=5 July 2016}}

On 19 June 2019, Appiah joined Valmieras FK.{{Soccerway|michael-ofosu-appiah/203892}}

On 31 January 2020, Appiah joined Narva Trans.{{cite web|title=Ofosu Appia goes to Narva Trans|url=http://www.fctrans.ee/2020/01/ofosu-appia-perexodit-v-narva-trans/|website=JK NARVA TRANS FOOTBALL CLUB OFFICIAL WEBSITE|date=31 January 2020|access-date=31 January 2020}}

In August 2021, Appiah joined the Latvian team FC Noah Jurmala, for whom he made 10 appearances.

Career stats

=International=

In 2009, Ofosu Appiah played for the Black Stars, the Ghana national football team against Argentina in a friendly international match.{{cite web|title=Argentina's footballer Mauro Boselli (R) vies for the ball with Ghana's Ofosu Appiah|url=https://www.fifa.com/photos/index.html#1110928|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522043430/http://www.fifa.com/photos/index.html#1110928|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 May 2015|website=FIFA.com|access-date=9 July 2016}}

colspan=3\|Ghana national team
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Year	Apps	Goals
2009	1	0
Total\|\|1\|\|0

Statistics accurate as of match played 30 September 2009.

Honours

Individual

Meistriliiga Player of the Month: March 2016{{cite web|url=http://vana.jalgpall.ee/premium/news.php?id=9976|title=Premium liiga märtsikuu parimateks valiti Puštov ja Appiah|language=et|publisher=Estonian Football Association|date=31 March 2016}}