Foli Adade
Foli Adade (born 12 May 1991) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Medeama and the Ghana national football team.[1][2]
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Full name | Foli Adade | |||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 12 May 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana | |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Medeama | |||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||
2009โ2010 | Tema Youth | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||
2010โ2013 | Ebusua Dwarfs | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||
2013โ | Medeama | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||
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2011 | Ghana U20 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Club career
Adade played for Tema based football club, Tema Youth.[3] In 2010, Adade joined Ebusua Dwarfs where Adade had been the first choice goalkeeper for the team, and in 2013, Adade joined Medeama in the Ghana Premier League.[1][2][3]
International career
In June 2013, Adade was part of the twenty six member team assembled to represent Ghana national football team in two international friendly matches that were played with the Ivory Coast national football team.[4][5][6] In November 2013, coach Maxwell Konadu, invited Adade to be a part of the Ghana national football team squad for the 2013 WAFU Nations Cup.[7] Adade was part of the helped the Ghana national football team that finished in first place after the Ghana national football team beat Senegal national football team by three goals to one.[8] Adade was part of the Ghana national football team squad that finished runner-up at the 2014 African Nations Championship.
Honours
National Team
- WAFU Nations Cup Winner: 2013
- African Nations Championship Runner-up: 2014
- World Cup qualifications Brazil 2014
References
- "Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs ยป Foli Adade". goal.com. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- "The last line of defence is optimistic he will end up in Europe next season after missing out on a move to Switzerland last term". goal.com. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- "Hearts in Foli Adade talks". allsports.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- "26 for local Black Stars camp". myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- "Twenty-six (26) local Black Stars selected for camping". ghanasoccernet.com. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- "Local Black Stars take on Ivory Coast in friendly". ghanasportsonline.com. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- "Saka, Mohamed & Mpong in 30-man Ghana squad for Wafu Cup". goal.com. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- "Ghana win 2013 Wafu Cup after edging past Senegal 3-1". goal.com. Retrieved 9 November 2014.