Emmanuel Duah

Emmanuel Duah

Personal information
Full name	Emmanuel Duah
Date of birth	(1976-11-14) 14 November 1976
Place of birth	Kumasi, Ghana
Height
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Retired
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1992	Neoplan Stars
1992–1993	Torino
1993–1994	Standard Liège	1	(0)
1994–1995	Demirspor	19	(3)
1995–1996	Eskişehirspor	18	(0)
1996–1997	Mallorca	12	(2)
1997–2002	União Leiria	106	(29)
2002–2004	Gil Vicente	38	(3)
2004	Ovarense
2004–2006	Nejmeh
2006–2008	Hapoel Acre
International career
1991–1993	Ghana U17	12	(4)
1993	Ghana U20	6	(2)
1994–2004	Ghana	23	(3)
1996	Ghana Olympic	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Emmanuel Duah (born 14 November 1976 in Kumasi) is a Ghanaian retired professional footballer who played as a winger.

Club career

After his exploits at the 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 15-year-old Duah was bought by Serie A side Torino FC, alongside three other teammates. He never appeared officially for the Italian club, and also had a very difficult time at his following team, Standard Liège in Belgium.

After two years in Turkey with as many clubs, Duah joined RCD Mallorca in the Spanish second division, being sparingly used as the Balearic Islands side promoted to La Liga. His next stop – also in the second level – would be his most productive and steady, as he played five years with U.D. Leiria in Portugal, also attaining promotion in his debut season with a career-best 11 goals in only 18 games.

Duah was used regularly by Leiria in the following top flight seasons, but only appeared in ten games in 2001–02 (three goals), as the José Mourinho-led side qualified to the UEFA Intertoto Cup after finishing seventh. Subsequently released he continued in the country, playing two seasons with Gil Vicente F.C. also in the first division.

Duah closed out his career in 2008 at nearly 32, after two-year spells in Lebanon and Israel.

International career

Duah was a member of Ghana's under-17 team that won the 1991 FIFA World Championship in Italy, scoring his only goal in the tournament in the final against Spain (1–0). In 1993 he was again essential as the under-20s reached the final, losing against Brazil.

A full international since the age of 18, Duah represented the nation at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations, exiting in the quarterfinals in the former competition.

Honours

Club

• Italian Cup: 1992–93
• Portuguese Second Division: 1997–98
• Lebanese League: 2004–05
• Lebanese Cup: 2004–05

Country

• FIFA U-17 World Championship: 1991
• FIFA World Youth Championship: Runner-up 1993

External links

• Emmanuel Duah at footballzz.co.uk
• Emmanuel Duah profile at ForaDeJogo
• BDFutbol profile
• Emmanuel Duah at National-Football-Teams.com