Benjamin Fadi (born 16 March 1995) is a

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ian

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, playing as a

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Career

Heart of Lions

Fadi started his professional career in his native Ghana at

Heart of Lions Heart of Lions Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Kpandu, Volta. The club competed in the Glo Premier League, being relegated in 2015. The club is a 2-time Winner of the GHALCA top 4 Competition in 2005 and 2009 re ...

in the

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. For his first season he played 13 matches and scored four times. For his second season he played five times and scored once in the premier league before leaving the club.

Malmö FF

On 20 December 2012 it was announced that Fadi would transfer to Swedish side

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

. He signed his contract with the club on 16 March 2013, the day he turned 18 years old. This was because he was unavailable to play competitive football for the club until his 18th birthday. Fadi signed a four-year contract lasting until the end of the 2016 season. Fadi made his

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

debut for Malmö FF in an away fixture against

Syrianska FC Syrianska Football Club, also known as Syrianska FC or simply Syrianska, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Södertälje in Stockholm County. The club was founded by Aramean people, Syriac-Aramean immigrants ...

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on 20 June 2013. After failing to make a mark during his first three years of his four-year contract, Fadi was released before the start of the 2016 season.

Loan spells

Malmö FF confirmed on 21 February 2014 that Fadi would be on loan to

Superettan Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rel ...

side

IFK Värnamo IFK Värnamo is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Värnamo. The club plays in the Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. The most famous player from the club is Jonas Thern, who was captain of the Swede ...

for the duration of the 2014 season. During the season Fadi saw regular play as he made 26 appearances during the loan spell, scoring five times, helping the team to a mid-table finish. On 23 January 2015 Malmö FF confirmed that Fadi would move to newly relegated

Mjällby AIF Mjällby Allmänna Idrottsförening, also known simply as Mjällby AIF, Mjällby or (especially locally) MAIF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Hällevik in Sölvesborg Municipality. The club is affiliated to Blekinge Fo ...

on loan for the 2015 season. Fadi failed to impress at Mjällby, and spent most of his time there on the bench, as the club was relegated from

FK Karlskrona

On 8 March 2016 it was announced that he would play the upcoming season for

FK Karlskrona FK Karlskrona is a Swedish football club located in Karlskrona. Background The club was formed on 31 October 2012, as a result of the merger of Lyckeby GoIF and Karlskrona AIF. Karlskrona AIF was formed in 1968 as a result of the merger of Salt ...

of the Swedish Division 2.

Career statistics

:''As of 27 November 2018.''

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* * * * 1995 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Ghana men's under-20 international footballers Men's association football forwards Malmö FF players IFK Värnamo players Mjällby AIF players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Heart of Lions F.C. players Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen {{Ghana-footy-forward-stub