Alfred Arthur

Alfred Arthur (born 25 December 1986) is a Ghanaian international football defender.

For the Indian politician, see Alfred Kan-Ngam Arthur.
Alfred Arthur
Personal information
Full name Alfred Arthur
Date of birth (1986-12-25) 25 December 1986
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Left back
Youth career
1999–2002 Rainbow Stars
2002 Goldfields Soccer Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 Godfields Obuasi
2004–2007 Ashanti Gold 56 (0)
2008 Wacker Innsbruck 0 (0)
2008–2009 Jagodina 7 (0)
2009–2010 Ashanti Gold
2010–2013 Berekum Chelsea
2013–2016 Great Olympics
National team‡
2007 Ghana 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 December 2008
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 October 2018

Career

Started with Michael Essien and Ofosu Amoah in a club called Rainbow Stars (Paa Badu Babies) in the Central Region, Ghana and later joined the Goldfields Soccer Academy from where he graduated to join the senior team Ashanti Gold SC[1] where he will play between 2004 and 2007.

In August 2007 was on trial at German 2. Bundesliga club Greuther Fürth,[2] in January 2008 Alfred Arthur joined together with Ghana 2007 goalkeeper Emmanuel Clottey the Austrian Bundesliga team FC Wacker Innsbruck.[3] In August 2008 he joined Serbian SuperLiga club FK Jagodina on a free transfer[4] In Jagodina he played along with another Ghanaian footballer, Kennedy Boateng, but after one year in Serbia he turned back to Ghana.

In summer 2009 he signed with Ghana Premier League club Ashanti Gold SC. After one season, he will move in summer 2010 to another Ghanaian top league club Berekum Chelsea.[5]

National team

He made his debut for the Black Stars in a friendly against Brazil on 27 March 2007, by coming on for the last ten minutes as a substitute.[6] He was part of the Ghana squad at the 2011 African Nations Championship having played the last group match against Niger in the 0-1 defeat and consequent elimination.[7]

Honours
Berekum Chelsea

References
  1. (SPORTS- SOCCER) LOCAL: Arthur claims Milovan spy
  2. Gossip/Transfers: Appiah & Kuffour for EPL? Archived May 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Spielerinformationen - Alfred Arthur Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine on www.fc-wacker-innsbruck.at
  4. Player Profile : Alfred Arthur on www.ghanaweb.com
  5. "Leaders Berekum Chelsea dominate Ghana CHAN squad". Archived from the original on 2011-01-03. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
  6. Player Profile : Alfred Arthur - Ghanaweb.com
  7. Ghana-Niger match report
  8. Alfred Arthur at National-Football-Teams.com
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