Full name Joseph Addo Name Joe Addo Role Football player | Playing position Position Defender | |
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Date of birth (1971-09-21) 21 September 1971 (age 44) Nominations MLS Defender of the Year Award | ||
JOE ADDO TALKS ABOUT LEADERSHIP IN BLACK STARS
Joseph (Joe) Addo (born 21 September 1971 in Accra) is a former Ghanaian football (soccer) defender and one-time captain of the Ghana national team.
Contents
- JOE ADDO TALKS ABOUT LEADERSHIP IN BLACK STARS
- Joe Addo Blames Administrators For Ghanas 2018 World Cup Exit
- Career
- International career
- References
Joe Addo Blames Administrators For Ghana's 2018 World Cup Exit
Career
Addo went to the United States to attend college and play soccer at George Mason University where he was a 1992 First Team All American. On the club level, Addo played for Cagliari (Italy), VfB Stuttgart and FSV Frankfurt (Germany), Sparta Rotterdam (the Netherlands), Belenenses (Portugal), Ethnikos Piraeus (Greece), Tampa Bay Mutiny, MetroStars (United States) and Kitchee (Hong Kong).
Joseph Addo features in the book The Miracle of Castel di Sangro by Joe McGinniss where it seems a transfer for Joseph from FSV Frankfurt to A.S.D. Castel di Sangro Calcio had been agreed, only for the Castel di Sangro's owners to pull out. Joe McGinniss' account asserts that he, the club owners and members of the Castel di Sangro playing staff were unhappy about this, and that the collapse of the transfer was entirely because coach Osvaldo Jaconi did not want Addo in his squad.
International career
Addo played for Ghana at the 1996 Summer Olympics. For the senior team, he appeared 44 times, scoring two goals.