Anthony Baffoe

Anthony Baffoe
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-05-25) 25 May 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Bad Godesberg, West Germany (now Germany)
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Ghana (business manager)
Youth career
1974–1980 1. FC Ringsdorff Godesberg
1980–1983 1. FC Köln
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1985 1. FC Köln 2 (0)
1985–1986 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 33 (2)
1986–1987 Stuttgarter Kickers 19 (1)
1987–1989 Fortuna Köln 73 (12)
1989–1992 Fortuna Düsseldorf 72 (4)
1992–1994 Metz 60 (0)
1994–1995 Nice 7 (0)
1997–1998 Hong Kong Golden 8 (0)
1998–1999 Caracas FC 8 (0)
1999–2001 Obuasi Goldfields 44 (1)
International career
1991–1994 Ghana 25 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anthony Baffoe (born 25 May 1965) is a football business manager and former player who is the Deputy General Secretary of the Confederation of African Football. He played as a defender. As the son of a Ghanaian diplomat, Baffoe was born and raised near to the former West German capital of Bonn and made a name for himself in the 1980s in the Bundesliga, becoming a real crowd favourite for 1. FC Köln and Fortuna Düsseldorf.[1] He represented the Ghana national team at international level.

  1. ^ "Baffoe's mission for Africa". FIFA. 31 December 2009. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2010.