Lee Addy (born 26 September 1985[2]) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender. He played for the Ghana national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
 Addy with Red Star Belgrade in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 September 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Nania | 20 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Bechem Chelsea | 46 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Red Star Belgrade | 32 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Dalian Aerbin | 24 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Dinamo Zagreb (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Dinamo Zagreb | 8 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Lokomotiva Zagreb (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Čukarički | 8 | (0) |
| 2017 | Lusaka Dynamos | ||
| 2019 | Free State Stars | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2009–2012 | Ghana | 30 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editEarly career
editAddy began his senior career in 2007 playing with Nania F.C. Soon after, in 2008, he moved to the Bechem Chelsea playing in the Ghana Premier League.
Red Star Belgrade
editAt the end of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Addy received a call to move to Europe to play with Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade and he signed a contract. He became a regular centre-back at both his club and the Ghana national team.
Dalian Aerbin
editOn 4 January 2012, Addy completed a three-year deal with newly promoted Chinese Super League side Dalian Aerbin and was handed the squad number 13 after passing a medical test. The move from Serbian club Red Star Belgrade was for a reported transfer fee of $2.2 million.[3]
Dinamo Zagreb
editOn 10 February 2013, it was announced that Addy had been loaned to Dinamo Zagreb for a year.[4] He signed for Dinamo Zagreb in January 2014. He ended his Dinamo Zagreb spell in late July 2015.
Čukarički
editAddy signed a one-year contract with FK Čukarički on 31 August 2015.[5]
Free State Stars
editIn August 2019 it was reported, that Addy had signed with Free State Stars in South Africa.[6] However, it was later reported in December 2019, that he had terminated his contract with the club.[7]
International career
editEarly career & 2010 African Nations Cup
editOn 30 September 2009, Addy made his debut for the Ghana national team as part of a domestic-based team that played a friendly against Argentina.[8] He was part of the Ghana national squad at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations having played four matches including the lost final against Egypt.[9] and since then he quickly became a regular player of the national team.
2010 World Cup
editAddy was called up by Ghana's national team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup[10] In Ghana's opening game at the 2010 World Cup, he entered as a substitute in a 1–0 win over Serbia.[11] He also played in the 1–1 draw against Australia[12] in the group stage, after which he appeared again as a substitute in the Round of 16 2–1 victory over the United States,[13] but couldn't play in the quarter-finals match against Uruguay because of accumulated yellow cards, where Ghana was eliminated in a penalty shoot-out.
Age controversy
editBefore the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Addy's age became the subject of controversy. When he debuted in the national team in September 2009, he was registered with date of birth 26 September 1985.[14] That statement also stated on most sites on the web.[15] Even FIFA lists Addy as born on 26 September 1985 in the official documents.[1][16] But when Addy was reported in Ghana's World Cup squad, he had suddenly been five years younger and lists as born on 7 July 1990.[17] The Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet was in contact with FIFA regarding the matter. FIFA informed that they did a passport control on Addy, but they did not find anything suspicious. Also there was a lack of comparative material, because Addy never got any previous passport control.[15]
Honours
editRed Star Belgrade
Dinamo Zagreb
Ghana
- African Nations Cup runner-up: 2010
Individual
- Ghana Premier League: Best central defender of the 2008 season[18]
References
edit- ^ a b "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 List of Players" (PDF). fifa.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ Ghana Squadlist for FIFA 2010 World Cup
- ^ "Lee Addy completes move to Chinese club Daelin Aerbin". ghanasoccernet.com. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ^ "lee addy loan to dinamo zagreb - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ [1] Novosti: Li Adi pojačao Čukarički (in Serbian) 31 August 2015
- ^ South African side Free State Stars sign Lee Addy, footballmadeinghana.com, 10 August 2019
- ^ Five Black Stars players who are available on the Ghanaian transfer market, thepressradio.com, 16 December 2019
- ^ Black Stars away in Argentina
- ^ Match report at Soccernet.
- ^ Lee Addy at FIFA.com-World Cup archives.
- ^ Match report at FIFA.com.
- ^ Match report Archived 20 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine at FIFA.com.
- ^ Match report at FIFA.com.
- ^ "Hvor gammel er du egentlig, Addy? (How old are you really, Addy?)" (in Norwegian). www.vg.no. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Fuskade med åldern – blev 5 år yngre i VM (Cheated with age – was 5 years younger in World Cup)" (in Swedish). aftonbladet.se. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ "Release list of up to 30 players" (PDF). fifa.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ "19 Lee ADDY". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ "Bissah wins league's MVP award | Premier League | News in Ghana". Archived from the original on 15 September 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
External links
edit- Lee Addy at National-Football-Teams.com