page_title: List of Ghanaians
section_title: Sports
hierarchical_section_title: List of Ghanaians / Sports
caption_attribution_description: English: Isaac Dogboe Vs. Cesar Juarez in Accra (Ghana) on SATURDAY 06-JANUARY-2018.
context_page_description: This list of notable Ghanaians includes people who were born in Ghana and people who are of Ghanaian ancestry, who are significantly notable for their life and/or work.
context_section_description: Osumanu Adama, world champion boxer
  Rev Osei Kofi
  Joseph Addai, American football player
  Freddy Adu, footballer
  Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, sprinter
  Vida Anim, athlete
  Ezekiel Ansah, American football player
  Stephen Appiah, footballer, former captain of The Black Stars
  Kwadwo Asamoah, footballer currently with Inter
  Anita Asante, English soccer player
  André Ayew, Swansea City footballer
  Jordan Ayew, Crystal Palace footballer, brother of André Ayew
  Mario Balotelli, footballer currently with OGC Nice
  Jérôme Boateng, footballer currently with Bayern Munich
  Kevin-Prince Boateng, footballer currently with UD Las Palmas
  Joshua Clottey, former world champion boxer
  Marcel Desailly, former French footballer
  Michael Essien, footballer
  Ignisious Gaisah, athlete
  Kim Grant, footballer
  Asamoah Gyan, footballer
  Kofi Kingston, professional wrestler
  Nana Yaw Konadu, world champion boxer
  John Mensah, footballer
  Pops Mensah-Bonsu, basketball player
  Azumah Nelson, world champion boxer
  Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, skier
  John Paintsil, footballer
  Abedi Pele, footballer
  Clement Quartey, olympic boxing silver medalist
  Ike Quartey, former world champion boxer
  Danny Welbeck, association footballer currently with Arsenal and the England national football team
  Arthur Wharton, the first black professional association football player in the world
  Rachel Yankey, footballer
  Tony Yeboah, footballer
  Thomas Partey, footballer
  Timothy Fosu-Mensah, footballer
  Stephen Appiah, former footballer
  Abdul Baba Rahman, footballer
  Kevin-Prince Boateng
  Charles Asampong Taylor
  Bernard Dong Bortey
  Issac Dogboe, world champion boxer
  Vida Opoku
  Azume Adams
  Lydia Mato
  Juliana Kakraba
  Winnifred Ntumi
  Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah
  Abigail Kwarteng
  Habiba Atta Forson
caption: Isaac Dogboe
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