Arvin Amoakoh Appiah (born 5 January 2001) is an English professional

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who plays as a winger for Spanish club

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Club career

Nottingham Forest

Appiah made his professional debut for

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on 30 October 2018, appearing as an 85th-minute substitute and scoring a goal in a 3–2 loss in a fourth round

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game against

Burton Albion Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third level of the English football league system. The club moved its home g ...

. On 23 January 2019, Appiah penned a four-and-a-half-year contract extension with Forest.

Almería

On 2 September 2019 Appiah signed for Spanish

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side

on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £8 million. On 1 February 2021, Appiah moved to fellow second division team

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...

, on a loan deal until the end of the season. Upon returning, he was mainly a backup option as the ''Rojiblancos'' achieved promotion to

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as champions. On 1 September 2022, Appiah was loaned to

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez L� ...

in the second level for the season. On 30 December, however, his loan was cut short, and he moved to fellow second tier side

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system, following the ...

on 9 January, also in a temporary deal. On 25 August 2023, Appiah returned to England when he joined

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club

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on a season-long loan deal. On 30 July of the following year, he moved to Portuguese

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side

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also on loan for one year.

International career

In May 2018, Appiah scored for England U17 against

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in the group stage of the

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. The hosts were eliminated by the

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at the semi-final stage on a penalty shootout with Appiah successfully converting his spot kick. In October 2018, Appiah scored for the England U18s against

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. In March 2019, Appiah received his first call-up for the England U19s for the 2019 U19 EURO Elite Qualifying Round and made his U19 debut as a 66th minute substitute during the 4–1 win over

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at St. George's Park.

Personal life

Appiah was born in

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, before moving to

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in England when he was six-years old. Appiah is of Ghanaian descent. Appiah's older brother Nathaniel is also a footballer. A defender, he came through the ranks at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Appiah, Arvin 2001 births Living people Footballers from Amsterdam English men's footballers English expatriate men's footballers England men's youth international footballers Dutch men's footballers English people of Ghanaian descent Sportspeople of Ghanaian descent Dutch sportspeople of Ghanaian descent Dutch emigrants to England Nottingham Forest F.C. players UD Almería players UD Almería B players CD Lugo players CD Tenerife players Málaga CF players Rotherham United F.C. players C.D. Nacional players Segunda División players Tercera División players English Football League players Primeira Liga players Men's association football forwards Black British sportsmen 21st-century Black British people English expatriate sportspeople in Spain English expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal 21st-century English sportsmen 21st-century Dutch sportsmen