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Michael Helegbe
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Personal information
Full name Michael Kafui Helegbe
Date of birth (1985-09-15) September 15, 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tripoli SC
Number 12
Youth career
1992–1996 SS Marseille Model Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Liberty Professionals
2005 → SK Brann (loan) 2 (0)
2007–2009 En Avant Guingamp[2] 27 (0)
2009–2010 KV Oostende[3] 23 (5)
2010–2012 Liberty Professionals 24 (5[4])
2012–2013 Asante Kotoko 19 (2)
2013–2014 Medeama
2014– present Tripoli SC 40 (28)
International career
2007 Ghana[1] 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Kafui Helegbe (born September 15, 1985 in Accra) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays for Tripoli SC in the Lebanese Premier League.

Career

Helegbe started his professional career with the Liberty Professionals club of the Ghanaian Premier League and signed a 6 months contract for SK Brann (Norway) on 21 April 2005 with the option of extension for another two years[5] and joined back on 1 July 2005.In January 2007, Helegbe signed a three and half year contract with French secound division side En Avant de Guingamp.[6][7] The Ghanaian midfielder left Guingamp after two years in August 2009 to join Belgian second division club KV Oostende on a one-year deal[8] On 29 September 2010 announced his return to Ghana and signed with Liberty Professionals F.C..[9] After two years with Liberty, joined in September 2012 to Asante Kotoko.[10] On 1 December 2013, Helegbe signed for Medeama in Ghana Premier League. After two seasons with Tripoli SC where he played 40 games and scored 28 goals, helegbe moved to Salam Zgharta where he currently plays.

International

Helegbe earned his first national cap playing for the Ghana national football team against Austria on 24 March 2007 at the UPC-Arena, Graz, Austria.[11] He was the captain of the Ghanaian Olympics football team.

Clubs

  • 1992-1996 : SS Marseille Model Football Academy (Juvenile football club Ghana).
  • 2003-2004 : Liberty Professionals (Ghana).
  • 2004-2005 : Liberty Professionals (Ghana).
  • August 2005-December 2005 : SK Brann (Norway) on loan.[6]
  • January, 2006-December 2006 : Liberty Professionals (Ghana).
  • January, 2007-August 2009 : En Avant de Guingamp (France).
  • August, 2009–2014 : KV Oostende (Belgium)
  • August, 2014–present : Tripoli SC

Notes and references

  1. ^ Michael Helegbe at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ Profile on En Avant de Guingamp Website
  3. ^ Michael Helegbe Kafui | FOOTGOAL
  4. ^ TEN INTERESTING PLAYERS IN THE GLO PREMIER LEAGUE
  5. ^ Michael Helegbe er allerede klar for Brann
  6. ^ a b "Helegbe makes Guingamp switch". BBC Sport - African Football. BBC. 4 January 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
  7. ^ Amaury. "Michael Helegbe signe pour 3 ans et demi". Official Club Website. En Avant Guingamp. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
  8. ^ https://ghanavoices.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/helegbe-moves-to-belgium/
  9. ^ "Michael Helegbe returns home after Euro flop". www.kickoff.com - Global. Kick Off. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  10. ^ "Winger Michael Helegbe wants Kotoko momentum". www.kickoff.com - Global. GhanaSoccernet. 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  11. ^ "Ghana, Austria share the spoils". Official Website. Ghana Football Association. 24 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-05. Michael Helegbe made his Black Stars debut when he came off the bench for Haminu Draman in the second half. The Olympic team captain enjoyed a good game on his debut.
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