Alfred Arthur
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfred Arthur | ||
| Date of birth | December 25, 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Great Olympics | ||
| 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 | FK Jagodina | 7 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Ashanti Gold | ||
| 2010–2013 | Berekum Chelsea | ||
| 2013– | Great Olympics | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007– | Ghana | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 December 2008. | |||
Alfred Arthur (born December 25, 1986 in Ghana) is a Ghanaian international football defender who plays for Great Olympics.
Career
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 together 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 will move in summer 2010 to another Ghanaian top league club Berekum Chelsea.[5]
National team
He made his debut for the Black Stars in a friendly against Brazil on March 27, 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
- Berekum Chelsea
References
- ↑ (SPORTS- SOCCER) LOCAL: Arthur claims Milovan spy
- ↑ Gossip/Transfers: Appiah & Kuffour for EPL? Archived May 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Spielerinformationen - Alfred Arthur on www.fc-wacker-innsbruck.at
- ↑ Player Profile : Alfred Arthur on www.ghanaweb.com
- ↑ Leaders Berekum Chelsea dominate Ghana CHAN squad
- ↑ Player Profile : Alfred Arthur - Ghanaweb.com
- ↑ Ghana-Niger match report
- ↑ Alfred Arthur at National-Football-Teams.com
External sources
- Alfred Arthur at National-Football-Teams.com
- Alfred Arthur stats from Serbia at Srbijafudbal.