Sammy Adjei

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Sammy Adjei
Personal information
Full name	Sammy Adjei
Date of birth	1 September 1980
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Height	1.86 m
Playing position	goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	FC Ashdod
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-04 2004-05 2005 2005-	Hearts of Oak Club Africain Hearts of Oak FC Ashdod
National team2
2001-	Ghana	31 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 June 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 27 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Sammy Adjei (born September 1, 1980) is a Ghanaian international footballer who plays for Moadon Sport Ashdod in Israel. He is the current number one goalkeeper for the national side. Transferred from Accra-based Ghanaian club Hearts of Oak for a reported $150,000 on September 15, 2005. He became the football national hero after having saved a penalty by the Danish champion Rene Nygaard Jensen.

Adjei was named in Ghana's 2006 World Cup squad on 13 May 2006.Despite this, however, Adjei only made one appearance (as a substitute) when the Ghanaian goalkeeper, Richard Kingston was taken off with an injury.

[edit] External Links

• Fifa 2006 World Cup Profile
• Ghanaweb Football Forum - Ghana Football Fan Forum
• Ghana Football Association - official website

F.C. Ashdod - Current Squad
1 Ben-Yishay | 3 Elkarif | 4 Almoshnino | 5 Haliva | 6 Tall | 7 Malichi | 8 Alfasi | 9 Ben-Lulu | 10 Revivo | 12 Zeri | 14 Shriki | 15 Azran | 16 Tubul | 17 Gosso | 18 Ofir | 19 Holtzman | 21 Brooks | 22 Adjei | 23 Barda | 24 Dego | 25 Gonzales | 26 Ohana | 28 Khaustov | 29 Diouf | 30 Schwartz | Manager: Hazan

	Ghana squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Adjei | 2 Sarpei | 3 Gyan | 4 Kuffour | 5 Mensah | 6 Pappoe | 7 Shilla | 8 Essien | 9 Boateng | 10 Appiah | 11 Muntari | 12 Tachie‑Mensah | 13 Mohamed | 14 Amoah | 15 Paintsil | 16 Owu | 17 Quaye | 18 E. Addo | 19 Pimpong | 20 O. Addo | 21 Issah | 22 Kingston | 23 Dramani | Coach: Dujković