David Addy
Addy playing in the Europa League
Personal information
Full name David Nii Addy
Date of birth (1990-02-21) 21 February 1990
Place of birth Prampram, Greater Accra, Ghana
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
Adelaide
Inter Allies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Inter Allies
2005–2007 → All Stars (loan)
2008–2010 Randers 20 (0)
2010–2012 Porto 1 (0)
2010–2011 → Académica de Coimbra (loan) 14 (2)
2011–2012 → Panetolikos (loan) 25 (1)
2012–2014 Vitória de Guimarães 50 (2)
2014–2015 Waasland-Beveren 27 (0)
2016–2017 Delhi Dynamos 6 (0)
2017 RoPS 15 (1)
2017 Riga 1 (0)
2019–2020 Ilves 19 (0)
2022 Tammeka Tartu 25 (1)
International career‡
2009 Ghana U-20 14 (0)
2008–2014 Ghana 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2012

David Nii Addy (born 21 February 1990) is a Ghanaian footballer.

Club career

Randers

In Summer 2008, Addy made his first international move to Europe, from a Ghanaian Club – International Allies FC being signed by Danish SAS Ligaen club Randers FC. At Randers FC, Addy made his debut on 19 October against Vejle gaining 7 minutes.[1]

In the following season, Addy was part of the Randers FC squad that went to compete in the UEFA Europa League. He also made his debut in the UEFA Europa League, in the first qualifying round against Linfield FC from Northern Ireland on 2 July 2009.[2]

Porto

On 1 February 2010 the Ghanaian U-20 champion joined Portuguese top club FC Porto from SAS Ligaen side Randers FC for €800,000, signing a 31⁄2 year contract.[3][4]

The young Ghanaian U-20 made his debut for FC Porto on 14 April 2010 in a 4–0 Victory against Rio Ave FC.

Académica de Coimbra

In July 2010, he joined Académica de Coimbra on a season-long loan from Portuguese club FC Porto.

Panetolikos

On 31 August 2011, he joined a newly promoted Greek Superleague side Panetolikos F.C. on a season-long loan from Porto.

Vitoria S.C

On 30 September 2012, Addy signed a two-year deal for Vitoria S.C.[5] In May 2013 Addy helped Vitoria S.C. win the 2012/13 Taca de Portugal[6] and qualified for the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League. Addy had 4 successful UEFA Europa League appearances against Real Betis, Olympic Lyon and Rijeka. Vitoria S.C finished third in Group I and made an early exit from the competition.

Waasland-Beveren

In August 2014 Addy signed a 2-year deal with Belgian Pro League club Waasland-Beveren.[7]

Addy has also had experience in the past few years playing in Asia and Scandinavia most recently helping Ilves to win the domestic cup in Finland and also securing a Europa league place.

Riga

He terminated his contract with Riga FC in November 2017.[8]

International career

Ghana U-20

Addy earned his first Black Satellites call-up after an impressive performance with the Local Black Stars in 2008, making his debut in January 2008 in a match against Angola. In 2009 Addy was part of the squad that won the 2009 African Youth Championship. His success continued in October 2009 as he also took part in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Egypt which the team went on to win, making them the first African Nation to have ever won the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Ghana

He was called up for the Black Stars for the game versus Lesotho on 8 June 2008.[9] His second game was on 2 November 2008 against Niger.[10] Addy has been called up to play for the Ghanaian Senior National Football team.

Personal life

In summer 2010, Addy got engaged to German-Ghanaian Economics graduate Gabriel. The couple first met in 2008 through a mutual friend. In May 2014 Addy and his wife celebrated the birth of their first child. The couple welcomed a bouncing baby girl in their lives born in Reading, Berkshire.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 22 April 2012.[12]
Club Season Ghana
Division 1		 Ghanaian
FA Cup		 CAF
Champions League		 Ghana
Super Cup		 CAF
Confederation Cup		 Other1 Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsA yellow cardA red card
Inter Allies 2005–2006 0000000000000000
2007–2008 0000000000000000
Total 0000000000000000
Club Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals A yellow cardA red card
All Stars FC 2005–2006 0000000000000000
2006–2007 0000000000000000
Total 0000000000000000
Club Season Danish
Superliga		 Danish
Cup		 UEFA
Champions League		 UEFA
Europa League		 Other1 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals A yellow cardA red card
Randers FC 2008–2009 80000000000000
2009–2010 120000030000020
Total 20 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 23 0 2 0
Club Season Portuguesa
Primeira Liga		 Taça
de Portugal		 UEFA
Champions League		 Portuguese
Super Cup		 UEFA
Europa League		 Other1 Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsA yellow cardA red card
FC Porto 2009–2010 0010000000001000
2010–2011 0000000000000000
Total 0010000000001000
Club Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals A yellow cardA red card
Académica 2010–2011 132100000002016233
Total 132100000002016233
Club Season Greece
Superleague		 Greek
Cup		 UEFA
Champions League		 Greek
Super Cup		 UEFA
Europa League		 Other1 Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsA yellow cardA red card
Panetolikos 2011–2012 251200000000027181
Total 251200000000027181
1Includes other competitive competitions, including the Taça da Liga: 2010 and 2011.

International

As of 7 March 2013[13]
Ghana national team
YearAppsGoals
200850
200910
201050
201140
201220
201330
201410
Total210

Honours

Individual

Ghana Premier League Young Defender of the year 2008

Club

FC Porto

Taca de Portugal Cup winners with FC Porto

Vitória Guimarães

Country

References

  1. ↑ Spiel: Randers FC vs Vejle – Danish SAS-Ligaen – ESPN Soccernet
  2. ↑ "Spiel: Randers FC vs Linfield FC – Europa League – Randers FC Official Website". Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Randers FC sælger David Batty til den portugisiske storklub FC Porto". Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "David Addy på plads i FC Porto". DR. 1 February 2010.
  5. ↑ "David Addy". Soccer Fame.
  6. ↑ "David Addy wins Portuguese Cup with Vitoria Guimaraes after Ghana snub". 26 May 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "W-B legt David Addy vast voor twee jaar". 31 July 2014.
  8. ↑ David Addy Terminates His Contract With Riga FC. Archived 13 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine‚ sportsnewsgh.com, 18 November 2017
  9. ↑ "FIFA.com – FIFA Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft Brasilien 2014™". 25 February 2012. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "Batty sticks with the Stars". Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
  11. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Ghana defender David Addy and wife welcome birth of first child".
  12. ↑ "David Addy – Statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  13. ↑ "Addy, David". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
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