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Emmanuel Clottey

Emmanuel Clottey

Personal information
Full name	Emmanuel Atukwei Clottey
Date of birth	(1987-08-30) 30 August 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth	Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Asante Kotoko
Number	9
Youth career
	Brazil Academy
	Mighty Victory Sporting Club
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2009	Great Olympics	–	(–)
2007	→ Wacker Innsbruck (loan)	5	(0)
2008	→ OB (loan)	0	(0)
2009	Eleven Wise	–	(–)
2010	Tema Youth	–	(–)
2010–2012	Berekum Chelsea	–	(–)
2012–2015	Espérance de Tunis	6	(1)
2013–2014	→ Al Dhafra (loan)	12	(4)
2015	Asante Kotoko SC	–	(–)
	Accra Great Olympics F.C.
International career‡
2006	Ghana U-20
2007	Ghana U-23
2010–	Ghana	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 January 2014

Emmanuel Atukwei Clottey (born 30 August 1987) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays for Accra Great Olympics F.C. and the Ghana national team.

Career[edit]

Clottey began his career with Brazil Academy and then later joined Mighty Victory Sporting Club, before signing with Great Olympics in 2004.^[1]

In 2007, Clottey was top goal scorer of the Ghana Premier League and moved in January on a 6-month loan to Austrian Football Bundesliga club FC Wacker Innsbruck, his first club in Europe.^[2] Clottey then joined OB on loan^[3] and made his debut as a substitute against FC Amager in the Ekstra bladet cup. He later returned to Great Olympics in January 2009 then again signed a contract on 9 April 2009 with Eleven Wise.^[4] In June 2010, Clottey joined Berekum Chelsea.

On 12 September 2012, after impressing in the 2012 CAF Champions League, Tunisian club Espérance de Tunis reached a deal with Berekum Chelsea to sign Clottey to a three-year contract, for an estimated transfer fee of $1.5 million.^[5]

On 18 June 2013, Clottey agreed a one-year loan move to the UAE Arabian Gulf League team Al Dhafra from Espérance.^[6] In January 2015, Clottey joined Asante Kotoko.

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played on 9 February 2013.^[7]

International appearances[edit]

Honours/Achievements[edit]

Club[edit]

• Ghana Premier League: 2010–11

Individual[edit]

• Top Scorer in the Ghana Premier League with 14 goals (2007)
• Top Scorer in the CAF Champions League with 12 goals (2012)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• OB profile (in Danish)
• Emmanuel ClotteyatDR (in Danish) (archived)
• Scouting Talents Profile Archived 26 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine