Emmanuel Duah (born 14 November 1976) is a
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
ian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
winger.
Club career
Duah was born in
Kumasi
Kumasi is a city and the capital of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is the second largest city in the country, with a population of 443,981 as of the 2021 census. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region ...
, Ghana. After his exploits at the
1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship
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, 15-year-old Duah was bought by
Serie A
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club
Torino FC
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, alongside teammates
Mark Edusei
Mark Edusei (born 29 September 1976 in Kumasi) is a former Ghanaian football midfielder. Throughout his career Edusei moved around a lot, playing for clubs based in six countries.
Career
Early career
Catania
From the 2006–2007 season he play ...
,
Mohammed Gargo
Mohammed Gargo (born 19 June 1975) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Playing career Club Torino
Gargo's performances at the 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship brought him to the notice of European clubs' sc ...
and
Samuel Kuffour
Samuel Osei Kuffour (born 3 September 1976) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Known for his physical power, Kuffour is best remembered for his time with Bayern Munich, whom he represented for over a de ...
. He never appeared officially for the Italians, and also had a very difficult time at his following team,
Standard Liège
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They are one of the most successful clubs in Belgium, having won t ...
in Belgium.
After two years in Turkey with as many clubs, Duah joined
RCD Mallorca
Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, ...
in the Spanish
second division
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, being sparingly used as the
Balearic Islands
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side
promoted to
La Liga
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. His next stop – also in the second level – would be his most productive and steady, as he played five years with
U.D. Leiria
União Desportiva de Leiria (), commonly known as União de Leiria, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Leiria. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pe ...
from
Portugal
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, also attaining promotion in
his debut season with a career-best 11 goals in only 18 games.
Duah was used regularly by Leiria in the following
Primeira Liga
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campaigns, but only appeared in ten matches in
2001–02 (three goals) as the
José Mourinho
José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix (; born 26 January 1963) is a Portuguese professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player, who is currently the head coach of Süper Lig club Fenerba ...
-led team
qualified
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to the
UEFA Intertoto Cup
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after finishing seventh. Subsequently, released he continued in the country, playing two seasons with
Gil Vicente F.C. also in the top flight.
Duah closed out his career in 2008 at nearly 32, after two-year spells in Lebanon and Israel with
Nejmeh
Nejmeh Sporting Club () is a football club based in Manara, a neighbourhood in Ras Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the .
The club was established in Beirut in 1945, and received its license in 1947. Nejmeh have won nine Lebanese Pre ...
and
Hapoel Acre, respectively.
International career
Duah was a member of
Ghana's under-17 team that won the
1991 FIFA World Championship in
Italy
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, scoring his only goal in the tournament in the final against
Spain
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(1–0). In
1993
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* International Year for the World's Indigenous People
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he was again essential as the
under-20s reached the final, losing to
Brazil
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.
A
full international since the age of 18, Duah represented the nation at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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and the
2002
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Africa Cup of Nations
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,
exiting in the quarterfinals in the former competition.
Honours
Club
Torino
*
Coppa Italia
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Juventus is the competition's most successf ...
:
1992–93
União de Leiria
*
Segunda Liga:
1997–98
Nejmeh
*
Lebanese Premier League
The Lebanese First Division (), commonly known as the Lebanese Premier League (), is the top division of the Lebanese football league system. Established in 1934 and organized by the Lebanese Football Association (LFA), the Lebanese Premier Leagu ...
: 2004–05
*
Lebanese Elite Cup
The Lebanese Elite Cup () was a Lebanese football annual cup competition contested by the top six teams of the previous Lebanese Premier League season. Founded in 1996 as the Super League Cup, the first edition was played by the top five finisher ...
: 2004–05
International
Ghana U17
*
FIFA U-17 World Championship
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: 1991
Ghana U20
*
FIFA World Youth Championship
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: Runner-up 1993
References
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1976 births
Living people
Footballers from Kumasi
Ghanaian men's footballers
Men's association football wingers
Segunda División players
Liga Leumit players
Lebanese Premier League players
Torino FC players
Belgian Pro League players
Standard Liège players
Süper Lig players
Adana Demirspor footballers
Eskişehirspor footballers
RCD Mallorca players
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
U.D. Leiria players
Gil Vicente F.C. players
A.D. Ovarense players
Nejmeh SC players
Hapoel Acre F.C. players
Ghana men's under-20 international footballers
Ghana men's international footballers
2002 African Cup of Nations players
Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Ghana
Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon
Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon