Samuel Kojo Abbey

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Samuel Abbey

| image = Samuel Kojo Abbey.jpg

| full_name = Samuel Kojo Abbey

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|8|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Accra, Ghana

| currentclub = Kasuka

| clubnumber = 4

| position = Center-back

| youthyears1 = 2005–2009

| youthclubs1 = Nananom FC

| youthyears2 = 2009–2010

| youthclubs2 = Mystical Royals FC

| youthyears3 = 2010–2012

| youthclubs3 = Mercury Stars

| youthyears4 = 2013–2014

| youthclubs4 = Okwahu United

| years1 = 2015

| clubs1 = Kitengela Shooters

| caps1 = 21

| goals1 = 5

| years2 = 2015–2016

| clubs2 = JMC Hippos

| caps2 = 12

| goals2 = 4

| years3 = 2017–2018

| clubs3 = Mawyawadi

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 2019

| clubs4 = Dagon

| caps4 = 11

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2021–

| clubs5 = Kasuka

| caps5 = 31

| goals5 = 5

| club-update = 3 February 2025

| nationalteam-update =

| caption = Abbey with Kasuka in 2024

}}

Samuel Kojo Abbey (born 31 August 1997) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Brunei Super League club Kasuka.{{cite web |title=Ghana's Samuel Kojo Abbey Aims At Winning Defender Of The Year At Mawyawadi FC|url=https://www.modernghana.com/sports/869820/ghanas-samuel-kojo-abbey-aims-at-winning-defender.html|date=21 July 2018|publisher=ModernGhana|accessdate=19 March 2021}} He has also played for teams in Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Myanmar.{{cite web |title=Ghana’s Abbey inspires his Myanmar club to victory|url=https://africafeeds.com/2018/07/23/ghanas-abbey-inspires-his-myanmar-club-to-victory/|date=23 July 2018|publisher=Africa Feeds|accessdate=19 March 2021}}

Career

Abbey was playing in the lower divisions of Ghana's football pyramid when he first moved abroad to Kitengela Shooters in Kenya. He then transferred to JMC Hippos who were playing in the 2015–16 Uganda Super League. He next moved to Mawyawadi FC of the MNL-2, Myanmar's second-tier club competition, in 2017.{{cite web |title=Samuel Kojo Abbey Profile|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/soccer/player/971/samuel-kojo-abbey|date=|publisher=GhanaWeb|accessdate=19 March 2021}} He stayed there until 2019 when he joined Dagon FC who were promoted to the 2019 Myanmar National League, and played 11 games for the Yangon side until they suffered relegation on the final day of the season.{{cite web |title=Myanmar 2019|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/myan2019.html|date=22 January 2020|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=19 March 2021}}

In 2021, Abbey signed for Kasuka FC of the Brunei Super League.{{cite web |title=Brunei face Kasuka FC in first live football match|url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/brunei-face-kasuka-fc-in-first-live-football-match/|date=26 March 2021|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|accessdate=26 March 2021}} He scored a hat-trick in his debut in a 1–11 win against Panchor Murai FC on 20 June, becoming the first foreigner to score a hat-trick in the Brunei Super League.{{cite web |title=BSL: KASUKA DEMOLISH PANCHOR MURAI|url=http://www.brusports.com/2021/06/20/bsl-kasuka-demolish-panchor-murai/|date=20 June 2021|publisher=BruSports News|accessdate=21 June 2021}}

Abbey stayed with Kasuka the following year and picked up a runners-up medal at the 2022 Brunei FA Cup, beaten by DPMM FC in the final on 4 December of that year.{{cite web |title=DPMM FC sink Kasuka FC to win Brunei FA Cup|url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/dpmm-fc-sink-kasuka-fc-to-win-brunei-fa-cup-2/|date=5 December 2022|publisher=Borneo Bulletin|accessdate=5 December 2022}}

Abbey's team went 16 games undefeated in the 2023 Brunei Super League, bringing him his first championship medal.{{cite web |title=18/11/2023 Brunei Super League|url=https://www.rtbnews.rtb.gov.bn/Lists/News%202018/NewDispForm.aspx?ID=39608|date=18 November 2023|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119155316/https://www.rtbnews.rtb.gov.bn/Lists/News%202018/NewDispForm.aspx?ID=39608|archivedate=19 November 2023|publisher=Radio Television Brunei|accessdate=12 September 2024}} In the following 2024–25 season, Kasuka was also unbeaten in 13 games and Abbey picked himself a second consecutive league championship medal.{{cite web |title=Kasuka FC down DPMM FC II for BSL title|url=https://www.brusports.com/2025/02/03/kasuka-fc-down-dpmm-fc-ii-for-bsl-title/|date=3 February 2025|publisher=BruSports News|accessdate=4 February 2025}}