Anthony Annan

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Anthony Annan
Anthony Annan 2011-08-03.jpg
Anthony Annan (2011)
Personnel
Surname Anthony Gildas Kofi Annan
birthday July 21, 1986
place of birth Accra ,  Ghana
size 175 cm
position Defensive Midfield
Juniors
Years station
1998-2000 Super Rainbow Stars
2000-2001 Venomous Vipers
2002 SC Adelaide
2003 Sekondi Wise Fighters
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2003-2005 Sekondi Hasaacas
2005-2007 Hearts of Oak SC
2007-2008 Start Kristiansand 11 (0)
2008 →  Stabæk IF  (loan) 12 (0)
2008-2010 Rosenborg Trondheim 57 (0)
2011-2014 FC Schalke 04 12 (0)
2011–2012 →  Vitesse Arnhem  (loan) 21 (0)
2012-2013 →  CA Osasuna  (loan) 6 (0)
2014-2015 HJK Helsinki 7 (0)
2015 TSV 1860 Munich 3 (0)
2015-2016 Stabæk IF
2016 HJK Helsinki
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2007– Ghana 65 (2)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2014/15

2 As of May 15, 2013

Anthony Gildas Kofi Annan (born July 21, 1986 in Accra ) is a former Ghanaian soccer player . The midfielder is versatile and has his strengths especially on the defensive.

He is a second nephew of Kofi Annan , the former Secretary-General of the United Nations .

Career

societies

Annan played for Sekondi Hasaacas until 2005 and then moved to league rivals Hearts of Oak SC . In January 2007 he was signed by the Norwegian first division club Start Kristiansand and completed eleven appearances for the club in his first season. At the end of the season, the club finished penultimate in the table and was relegated to the Adeccoligaen . Annan joined the Stabæk Fotball club for the 2008 season , with whom he became Norwegian champion straight away. He then moved to the Norwegian record champions Rosenborg Trondheim for three seasons , the transfer fee for him was around 1.2 million euros . At Rosenborg BK, Annan developed into a top performer in the team that won the title twice.

In January 2011 Annan moved to the Bundesliga for FC Schalke 04 , with whom he signed a contract until summer 2014. In Gelsenkirchen Annan was supposed to replace midfielder Ivan Rakitić, who had migrated to Spain . He completed nine Bundesliga games in the second half of the season for Schalke. At the end of the season he won the DFB Cup with the team .

Along with Ali Karimi and Angelos Charisteas, Annan was one of the much-criticized and unnecessary transfers of the then head coach Felix Magath . After Magath's dismissal, the cadre began to be downsized in order to save personnel costs. Annan was one of the eliminated players. In August 2011 it was awarded to the Dutch first division club Vitesse Arnheim for one year . Although he was regularly used in Arnhem, both clubs could not agree on a transfer. After the loan ended, Annan returned to Gelsenkirchen.

In August 2012 he was awarded again for the 2012/13 season, this time to the Spanish first division club CA Osasuna . Here he was mostly just a substitute and returned to Schalke at the end of the season. Since his contract expired at the end of the 2013/14 season and there were no specific offers for Annan, he was deported to the second team, which competed in the fourth-class football regional league West . Due to a great shortage of staff in the Schalke squad (some 13 players were missing due to injury) Annan returned to the professional team in the second half of the season. He made his first appearances for Schalke in almost three years, including the second leg in the Champions League round of 16 against Real Madrid . After Annan's contract, which expired in June 2014, was not extended beyond the previous contract period, he joined the Finnish first division club HJK Helsinki with a contract until the end of 2014 . He made his league debut on September 12, 2014 (27th matchday) in a 2-2 home game against Kuopion PS with a substitution for Teemu Tainio in the 58th minute.

In the winter break of 2014/15 Annan moved to the German second division club TSV 1860 Munich on a free transfer . His contract ended at the end of the season. After a short period of non-association, Annan first moved back to Norway to Stabaek IF, and in February 2016 back to HJK Helsinki.

National team

Annan represented his country several times at junior level and was also used in Ghana's Olympic team. On March 20, 2007 he was invited to replace the injured Michael Essien for the first time in the senior national team of Ghana and made his debut in the friendly against Brazil (final score 0: 1) on March 27 at the Råsundastadion . For the Africa Cup of Nations in 2008 in his own country, he was appointed to the 23-man squad. He made his first tournament appearance in the last group game against Morocco and then played on the left side of the defense in all three final round games. Ghana finished the tournament in third place. In the following African Cup of Nations in 2010 in Angola , he won the runner-up title with Ghana. At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Annan played all five tournament games in the defensive midfield of his team, mostly on the side of Kevin-Prince Boateng . In the official tournament report Annan was counted among the four outstanding players in Ghana by the Technical Study Group (TSG) and praised for his good overview of the game and his safe passing game.

Anthony Annan (2009) in the national shirt of Ghana warming up

successes

National team

society

Personal honors

Web links

Commons : Anthony Annan  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Two new additions to Rosenborg BK on September 1, 2008 on UEFA.com
  2. ↑ Next title for Eggen and Rosenborg BK on October 24, 2010 on UEFA.com
  3. ↑ Annan til Schalke 04 ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. www.rbk.no, January 28, 2011 (accessed January 28, 2011)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rbk.no
  4. ↑ Knappen commit Anthony Annan ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from January 30, 2011 on Schalke04.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schalke04.de
  5. ↑ Anthony Annan replaces Ivan Rakitić on January 29, 2011 on UEFA.com
  6. ↑ Anthony Annan moves to Vitesse Arnheim on loan
  7. ↑ Anthony Annan changes to CA Osasuna on loan ( memento of the original from August 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schalke04.de
  8. ^ HJK Helsinki: Contracts for Bancé and Annan on transfermarkt.de, September 3, 2014
  9. ↑ Anthony Annan reinforces the lions. (No longer available online.) In: tsv1860.de. January 26, 2015, archived from the original on January 28, 2015 ; accessed on January 26, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tsv1860.de
  10. ↑ ghanafa.org: Fresh call-ups for Ghana ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed January 28, 2008) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ghanafa.org
  11. ↑ FIFA (Ed.): 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa ™ - Technical Report and Statistics . Zurich 2010, p. 241
personal data
SURNAME Annan, Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Annan, Anthony Gildas Kofi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ghanaian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Accra