Moses Sakyi (born 12 March 1981) is a Ghanaian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Accra Accra (; or ''Gaga''; ; Ewe: Gɛ; ) is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , had a population of ...

, Sakyi made his senior debut with

Liberty Professionals FC Liberty Professionals Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Dansoman, Accra. History Liberty Professionals was founded in 1996 by Accra-based businessmen Felix Ansong and Alhaji Sly Tetteh. The club was one of the earli ...

, where he shared teams with future Chelsea player

Michael Essien Michael Kojo Essien (born 3 December 1982) is a Ghanaian Association football, football coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach at Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland. During his prime he was regarded as on ...

. He went on to compete professionally in a host of countries, representing

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(Turkey),

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(Bulgaria),

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and

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(Portugal). From January 2008 to 2012, other than in Portugal's Segunda Liga, Sakyi played at the professional level in the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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. On 21 June 2013, he was supposed to sign with C.D. Tondela, but nothing came of it, and he met the same fate with

SC Mirandela Sport Clube de Mirandela ''(Mirandela)'' is a Portuguese football club based in the city of Mirandela, in northeast Portugal (Trás-os-Montes region). Background Mirandela currently plays in the Segunda Divisão Zona Norte, which is the third ...

. After two years out of football he joined another Portuguese club, Moura AC.

International career

Sakyi won the first of his two

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for

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on 14 June 2004, in a 0–0 friendly against

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