Patrick Doeplah
{{Short description|Liberian footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Patrick Doeplah
| image =
| caption =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1990|10|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Monrovia, Liberia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|3|22|1990|10|27|df=y}}
| death_place = Monrovia, Liberia
| height = {{height|m=1.75|precision=0}}
| position = Striker
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Gardnersville
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = Roots
| years1 = 2007
| clubs1 = Mighty Barolle
| caps1 = ?
| goals1 = ?
| years2 = 2008–2009
| clubs2 = LISCR
| caps2 = ?
| goals2 = ?
| years3 = 2009–2010
| clubs3 = → Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan)
| caps3 = 32
| goals3 = 8
| years4 = 2010–2011
| clubs4 = Hapoel Kfar Saba
| caps4 = 23
| goals4 = 9
| nationalyears1 = 2010
| nationalteam1 = Liberia
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Patrick Doeplah (27 October 1990{{spaced ndash}}22 March 2011) was a Liberian footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.
Career
=Club career=
Doeplah spent his youth career with Gardnersville and Roots, before playing senior football with Mighty Barrolle and LISCR. At the latter club, he was the subject of interest from Ghanaian side Asante Kotoko.{{cite web|url=http://www.liberiansoccer.com/Manager_Turns_Down_Kotoko_Offer_For_Liberian_Striker2009123456171.htm|title=Manager Turns Down Kotoko Offer For Liberian Striker|publisher=Liberian Soccer|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319021356/http://www.liberiansoccer.com/Manager_Turns_Down_Kotoko_Offer_For_Liberian_Striker2009123456171.htm|archivedate=2009-03-19}}
He instead signed on loan for Israeli club Hapoel Kfar Saba for the 2009–2010 season,{{cite web|url=http://www.starradio.org.lr/content/view/12896/60/|title=Liberian players in Israeli 1st division|publisher=STAR Radio|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906200341/http://www.starradio.org.lr/content/view/12896/60|archivedate=2009-09-06}} before the deal was later made permanent.
=International career=
Doeplah earned two caps for Liberia in 2010.{{NFT player|pid=39903}}
Death
Doeplah died on 22 March 2011 at the age of 20. He was found dead at a house in Monrovria, where he had been attending an Olympic training camp. He was said to have suffered a cardiac arrest.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/9432387.stm|title=Liberia Olympic player Patrick Doeplah dies|accessdate=22 March 2011|date=22 March 2011|publisher=BBC Sport}}
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||||||
| colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | Continental ! colspan=2 | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals | |||||
| colspan=3 | Israel
! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Israel State Cup ! colspan=2 | Toto Cup ! colspan=2 | Europe ! colspan=2 | Total | ||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | rowspan="2"|Hapoel Kfar Saba | rowspan="2"|Liga Leumit | 32 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 8 |
| 2010–2011 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10 | ||
| rowspan=2 | Total
! colspan=2 | Liberia !-| | ||||||||||||
| colspan=2 | Israel
!55||17||4||0||7||1||0||0||60||18 | ||||||||||||
| colspan=3 | Career total
!-| | ||||||||||||
References
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Category:Liberian men's footballers
Category:Liberia men's international footballers
Category:Mighty Barrolle players
Category:Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
Category:Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
Category:Footballers from Monrovia
Category:Men's association football forwards
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