Samuel Kuffour

Samuel Osei Kuffour (dem born am 3 September 1976) be a Ghanaian former professional footballer wey na he play as a centre-back.

Dem know am for ein physical power, Kuffour be best remembered for ein time plus Bayern Munich, wey he represent for over a decade, wey he win a total of 14 honours, den he play for nearly 250 official matches insyd.

Kuffour appear plus de Ghana national team insyd de 2006 World Cup, as well as insyd five Africa Cup of Nations.

 Club career 

 Bayern Munich 
Dem born am insyd Ghana, na dem bring Kuffour to Europe by Torino FC insyd 1991 aged just 15, after he play junior football for local teams insyd ein native country. He join Bayern Munich insyd 1993 from de Italian club. After a season-long loan spell plus 1. FC Nürnberg insyd de 2. Bundesliga, he make ein breakthru plus de Bavarians.

 Roma 
Kuffour lef Bayern insyd de summer of 2005 wey he sign a three-year deal plus AS Roma insyd a free transfer, thus he return to Italy. He make 21 appearances insyd ein debut season, wey he spend a period of de season away on international duty. Insyd ein second year, na dem loan am to UEFA Cup competitor den fellow Serie A team AS Livorno Calcio. He play ein 89th den last match insyd European cup competitions give Livorno.

 Asante Kotoko den retirement 
Insyd April 2009, Kuffour finally return to Ghana after a 19-year absence, dey see ein career out plus a three-month deal plus Asante Kotoko. He however retire insyd late 2009 widout playing an official match give de club.

Career statistics

Club
+ Appearances den goals by club, season den competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOdaTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBayern Munich1994–95Bundesliga900041—1311996–972202010—2501997–981723050—2521998–991503080—2601999–200018231130—3432000–0123110130103812001–0221030140204002002–032014050103012003–042312070103312004–0570204000130Total1757231741502779—Bayern Munich II1994–95Regionalliga Süd30——301995–9610——102004–0510———10Total10400000  —1. FC Nürnberg (loan)1995–962. Bundesliga12100——121Roma2005–06Serie A2103071—311Livorno (loan)2006–07Serie A1800080—260Ajax (loan)2007–08Eredivisie200000—20Asante Kotoko2009Ghana Premier LeagueCareer total22983018925035311—

International
+ Appearances den goals by national team den year"Samuel Kuffour". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 August 2018.National teamYearAppsGoalsGhana199450199530199690199751199850199920200082200120200210200320200450200510200660Total543

Scores den results dey list Ghana ein goal tally first, score column dey indicate score after each Kuffour goal.

+ List of international goals score by Samuel KuffourNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1  13 July 1997  Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana  Zimbabwe2–1 2–1  1998 African Cup of Nations qualification2  8 April 2000  Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium, Arusha, Tanzania Tanzania 1–0 1–0  2002 FIFA World Cup qualification3  23 April 2000  Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra, Ghana  Tanzania 1–0 3–2  2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours
Bayern Munich
 Bundesliga: 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05
 DFB-Pokal: 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05
 DFB-Ligapokal: 2000, 2004
 UEFA Champions League: 2000–01
 Intercontinental Cup: 2001

Ghana Youth
 FIFA U-17 World Championship: 1991
 Summer Olympic Games: Bronze medal 1992

Individual
 CAF Top 30 Best African Players of All Time
 Ghana Player of de Year: 1998, 1999, 2001
 Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player of de Match Award: 2001
 BBC African Footballer of de Year: 2001
 Africa Cup of Nations: Team of All Tournaments
 IFFHS All-time Africa Men's Dream Team: 2021

 References 

 External links 

 Samuel Kuffour at WorldFootball.net

 Samuel Kuffour at fussballdaten.de (insyd German)
 Samuel Kuffour at National-Football-Teams.com
 2001 Intercontinental Cup gallery

 Samuel Kuffour at Soccerway 
 Samuel Kuffour at Olympedia (archive) 
 Osei KUFFOUR at Olympics.com

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