Samuel Kuffour

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Samuel Kuffour
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Samuel Kuffour (2010)
Personnel
Surname Samuel Osei Kuffour
birthday 3rd September 1976
place of birth Kumasi ,  Ghana
size 178 cm
position Defense
Juniors
Years station
1983-1990 Fantomas Kumasi
1990-1991 King Faisal Babes
1991-1993 Torino FC
1993-1994 FC Bayern Munich
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1994-2005 FC Bayern Munich 175 (7)
1996 →  1. FC Nürnberg  (loan) 12 (1)
2005-2008 AS Roma 21 (0)
2006-2007 →  AS Livorno  (loan) 18 (0)
2008 Ajax Amsterdam 2 (0)
2009 Asante Kotoko SC
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1992-1996 Ghana Olympia 7 (0)
1993 Ghana U20 6 (1)
1993 Ghana U17 5 (0)
1993-2008 Ghana 59 (3)
1 Only league games are given.

Samuel Osei "Sammy" Kuffour (born September 3, 1976 in Kumasi ) is a former German- Ghanaian soccer player . He played mostly as a center-back but was also used as a right full-back from time to time. He had his greatest successes with FC Bayern Munich , with whom he won the Champions League once and the German championship and the DFB Cup several times.

societies

Kuffour played from the age of seven to fourteen with Fantomas Kumasi in his hometown and in 1990 moved to local rivals King Faisal Babes . In 1991 he got the chance to move abroad and joined the youth department of Turin FC . He played there for two years until Bayern Munich signed him. From 1993 to 2005 he played for the German record champions, from 1994 in the first team. On October 29, 1994, Kuffour made his debut at 2-2 in the home game against VfB Stuttgart , against whom he also scored his first Bundesliga goal on October 15, 1997 with the 3: 3 goal. In retrospect, Kuffour described the early departure from home as a difficult step. Shortly before the second half of the 1995/96 season , he was loaned to the second division club 1. FC Nürnberg until the end of the season. In January 2001, FC Barcelona showed great interest in the then 24-year-old, but Bayern manager Uli Hoeneß described the Ghanaian as "not for sale".

He achieved his greatest successes with FC Bayern: He lost the Champions League final against Manchester United in 1999 , but won it in 2001 in Milan against FC Valencia . In the following game for the World Cup against the counterpart from South America, the Boca Juniors , Kuffour contributed with his goal to 1-0 after extra time to win the title. In addition, he won six German championships, four times the DFB Cup and five times the League Cup. The Ghanaian has scored seven goals in 175 Bundesliga games. After signing Lúcio in the summer of 2004, Kuffour was only center-back number five behind Robert Kovač , Martin Demichelis , Thomas Linke and the Brazilian world champion. Thus it became apparent that the company would soon be leaving. In December 2004, Middlesbrough FC's interest in Kuffour was announced, but a change did not materialize.

For the 2005/06 season he moved to the Italian first division club AS Roma , where he received a three-year contract. After a good start, in which Roma fans compared to the Brazilian icon Aldair, things quickly went downhill. The 2006/07 season played Kuffour on loan from league rivals AS Livorno . He was last active in the European Cup for Livorno .

After half a year without playing for AS Roma, Kuffour moved to the first division club Ajax Amsterdam in January 2008 , where he was scheduled for the resigned Jaap Stam . Kuffour was unable to close the gap, which is why he left Ajax after only two appearances in six months. After a month without a club, the change to FK Chimki in the Russian Premjer League was announced as fixed, but this turned out to be newspaper duck; thereupon Kuffour's advisor Giuseppe dello Russo finally announced the end of Kuffour's career in early September 2008. Kuffour himself stated that he had just taken time out and was still looking for a new club. In April 2009 he finally signed a contract with Asante Kotoko , the former champion of the Ghana Premier League , with whom he finally ended his career after the three-month contract period.

Kuffour was known for his inconsistencies and dropouts. On good days he was a world-class defender, on bad days he was a threat to the team's success.

National team

He played his first game for Ghana at the age of 17 against Sierra Leone . From March 5 to 20, 1993, he took part in the U-20 World Cup in Australia, played six games up to the final, which was lost 2-1 to Brazil, and scored on March 9, in the second group game (at 2 : 2-draw against Germany ) the 1-0 opening goal and thus his only tournament goal. From August 21 to September 4, 1993 he took part in the U-17 World Cup in Japan, completed all games except for the quarter-finals in the 1-0 victory over Australia, but lost the final 2-1 against Nigeria.

With the Olympic team, he took part in the Olympic soccer tournament in 1992 and 1996 . In the first tournament, in the game for 3rd place (1-0 victory over Australia), he won the bronze medal with the team . He also took part in the African Championships in 1996 , 1998 , 2000 (since 1999 captain of the senior national team ), 2002 , 2006 , with 4th place in 1996 being the biggest success in the national team so far.

Kuffour also participated in the World Cup in 2006 in part, with him in the first group match against Italy underwent a major failure that he followed in his position of Illiasu Shilla was ousted. When the back pass to their own goalkeeper, the ball unlucky enough to shoot-ready striker Vincenzo Iaquinta , who made the preliminary decision of his team with the 2-0 in the 83rd minute.

successes

society

National team

Awards

Others

  • Samuel Kuffour took on German citizenship on March 6, 2005 in order to no longer fall under the non-EU quota .
  • He was only 14 years old when he competed in the 1991 U-17 World Cup.
  • With six evictions (three red cards , three yellow-red cards), he takes third place in the ranking of the “players with the most frequent evictions” in the Bundesliga .
  • He was nominated for “Europe's Footballer of the Year” in 2001 and was among the “Top 30” in the vote for “Africa's best footballer of all time”.

Personal

Kuffour is married to Francisca, with whom he has three children. His youngest daughter died in a swimming accident in 2003. He now lives in the Ghanaian capital Accra , where he takes care of real estate. In his free time he still plays soccer with former Bundesliga professionals Anthony Yeboah and Charles Akonnor .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sammy Kuffour - The King of Ghana. In: YouTube. FC Bayern Munich, accessed April 16, 2020 .
  2. ↑ RP ONLINE: Hoeneß explains the Ghanaians as "not for sale": FC Barcelona interested in Bayern player Kuffour. Retrieved April 16, 2020 .
  3. ^ Matthias Arnhold: Samuel Osei Kuffour - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga . RSSSF.com . January 10, 2020. Accessed January 13, 2020.
  4. ↑ Sammy Kuffour is allowed to go. Accessed April 16, 2020 (German).
  5. ↑ Popular Bayern players. Retrieved April 16, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Trapped in Puberty - Sammy Kuffour's Career Recap. Retrieved April 16, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Marcel Haisma: Samuel Osei Kuffour - Matches in European Cups . RSSSF.com . January 10, 2020. Accessed January 13, 2020.
  8. ↑ ajax.nl: "Kuffour to leave Ajax" ( Memento from July 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on June 28, 2008)
  9. ↑ goal.com: ' Kuffour Off To Russia ' (accessed August 28, 2008)
  10. ↑ goal.com: ' [1] ' (accessed September 3, 2008)
  11. ↑ ghanaweb.com: Sammy Kuffour Finally Joins Asante Kotoko
  12. ↑ Trapped in Puberty - Sammy Kuffour's Career Recap. Retrieved April 16, 2020 .
  13. ↑ UEFA .com: Roma capture Kuffour
  14. ↑ http://www.cafonline.com/news.php?id=975 ( Memento from January 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ↑ tz.de : Kuffour now takes care of real estate , accessed on April 22, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Kuffour, Samuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kuffour, Sammy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ghanaian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd September 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Kumasi , Ghana