Joe Addo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Addo | ||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1990 | Accra Hearts of Oak SC | ||
| 1991–1992 | George Mason University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1996 | VfB Stuttgart | - | (-) |
| 1996 | Sparta Rotterdam | - | (-) |
| 1997 | FSV Frankfurt | 7 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Belenenses | - | (-) |
| 1998 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 21 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 13 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | MetroStars | 60 | (2) |
| 2005–2006 | Kitchee[1] | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1990–2000 | Ghana | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008–present | West Essex High School | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Joseph (Joe) Addo (born 21 September 1971 in Accra) is a former Ghanaian football (soccer) defender and one-time captain of the Ghana national team.
Career
Addo went to the United States to attend college and play soccer at George Mason University where he was a 1992 First Team All American. On the club level, Addo played for Cagliari (Italy), VfB Stuttgart and FSV Frankfurt (Germany), Sparta Rotterdam (the Netherlands), Belenenses (Portugal), Ethnikos Piraeus (Greece), Tampa Bay Mutiny, MetroStars (United States) and Kitchee (Hong Kong).
Joseph Addo features in the book The Miracle of Castel di Sangro by Joe McGinniss where it seems a transfer for Joseph from FSV Frankfurt to A.S.D. Castel di Sangro Calcio had been agreed, only for the Castel di Sangro's owners to pull out. Joe McGinniss' account asserts that he, the club owners and members of the Castel di Sangro playing staff were unhappy about this, and that the collapse of the transfer was entirely because coach Osvaldo Jaconi did not want Addo in his squad.
International career
Addo played for Ghana at the 1996 Summer Olympics. For the senior team, he appeared 44 times, scoring two goals.
References
2. The Miracle of Castel di Sangro by Joe McGinniss published by Sphere in 1999, copyright retained by author
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- Use dmy dates from September 2012
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Ghanaian footballers
- Ghana international footballers
- VfB Stuttgart players
- VfB Stuttgart II players
- FSV Frankfurt players
- Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players
- Tampa Bay Mutiny players
- New York Red Bulls players
- Kitchee SC players
- C.F. Os Belenenses players
- Olympic footballers of Ghana
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Accra
- Ghanaian expatriates in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong
- George Mason University alumni
- George Mason Patriots men's soccer players
- Accra Hearts of Oak SC players
- 1996 African Cup of Nations players
- Ghanaian expatriates in the United States
- Major League Soccer players
- Association football central defenders