Alfred Arthur
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfred Arthur | ||
| Date of birth | 25 December 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2002 | Rainbow Stars | ||
| 2002 | Goldfields Soccer Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003 | Godfields Obuasi | ||
| 2004–2007 | Ashanti Gold | 56 | (0) |
| 2008 | Wacker Innsbruck | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Jagodina | 7 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Ashanti Gold | ||
| 2010–2013 | Berekum Chelsea | ||
| 2013–2016 | Great Olympics | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007 | Ghana | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 October 2018 | |||
Alfred Arthur (born 25 December 1986) is a Ghanaian international football defender.
Career
[edit]Started with Michael Essien and Ofosu Amoah in a club called Rainbow Stars (Paa Badu Babies) in the Central Region, Ghana and later joined the Goldfields Soccer Academy from where he graduated to join the senior team Ashanti Gold SC[1] where he will play between 2004 and 2007.
In August 2007 was on trial at German 2. Bundesliga club Greuther Fürth,[2] in January 2008 Alfred Arthur joined with Ghana 2007 goalkeeper Emmanuel Clottey the Austrian Bundesliga team FC Wacker Innsbruck.[3] In August 2008 he joined Serbian SuperLiga club FK Jagodina on a free transfer[4] In Jagodina he played along with another Ghanaian footballer, Kennedy Boateng, but after one year in Serbia he turned back to Ghana.
In summer 2009 he signed with Ghana Premier League club Ashanti Gold SC. After one season, he moved, in summer 2010, to another Ghanaian top league club Berekum Chelsea.[5]
National team
[edit]He made his debut for the Black Stars in a friendly against Brazil on 27 March 2007, by coming on for the last ten minutes as a substitute.[6] He was part of the Ghana squad at the 2011 African Nations Championship having played the last group match against Niger in the 0–1 defeat and consequent elimination.[7]
Honours
[edit]- Berekum Chelsea
References
[edit]- ^ "(SPORTS- SOCCER) LOCAL: Arthur claims Milovan spy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
- ^ Gossip/Transfers: Appiah & Kuffour for EPL? Archived May 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Spielerinformationen - Alfred Arthur Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine on www.fc-wacker-innsbruck.at
- ^ Player Profile : Alfred Arthur on www.ghanaweb.com
- ^ "Leaders Berekum Chelsea dominate Ghana CHAN squad". Archived from the original on 3 January 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ Player Profile : Alfred Arthur - Ghanaweb.com
- ^ Ghana-Niger match report
- ^ Alfred Arthur at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
[edit]- Alfred Arthur at National-Football-Teams.com
- Alfred Arthur stats from Serbia at Srbijafudbal
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Accra
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Ghana men's international footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
- FK Jagodina players
- Serbian SuperLiga players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
- Ashanti Gold S.C. players
- Berekum Chelsea F.C. players
- 2011 African Nations Championship players
- Ghana men's A' international footballers
- 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen