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Nana Otto Addo (born 9 June 1975) is a German-born Ghanaian
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manager and former player. He was recently the manager of the
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, and works as a talent coach for Borussia Dortmund.


Early life

Addo was born on 9 June 1975 in Hamburg, West Germany to Ghanaian parents.


Club career


VfL 93 Hamburg

Addo started his career in 1991 in Hamburg playing for Hamburger SV. In 1993 he left
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after playing there for a year to join fellow Hamburg side VfL 93 Hamburg in 1993 where he played 80 league matches and scored 4 goals from 1993 to 1996.


Hannover 96

Addo moved to
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in the ''Regionalliga Nord'' (third German league) in 1996. He made a big impression in a squad that featured stars-to-be Gerald Asamoah and Fabian Ernst. That team ripped through the season scoring more than 100 goals but succumbed to Energie Cottbus in the 1997 promotion playoffs. In 1998, Hannover finally promoted to the
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. In his first season, he scored seven goals in 30 games and was acknowledged as one of the elite players of the league.


Borussia Dortmund

Addo transferred to Borussia Dortmund in 1999 and played more than 75 times for the team, becoming Bundesliga champion in
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. However, he was also hampered by great injury troubles, as he tore his cruciate ligaments three times in this time, the first coming after a German Cup match against SC Freiburg on 15 July 2001. The player had an MRI scan which showed he had torn knee ligaments and underwent surgery on his right knee on 22 July at the Vail, Colorado clinic of world-renowned knee specialist surgeon Dr. Richard Steadman. He healed completely after that, and came back to play the
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for Dortmund against
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on 8 May 2002, which Dortmund lost 3–2 at the Feijenoord Stadion in Rotterdam. On 7 September 2002, Addo tore right knee ligaments for the second time, in a
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qualifier versus Uganda in Kampala. On 24 September 2003, Addo's career was under threat after he re-injured his troublesome right knee for the third time in Dortmund's 2–1 UEFA Cup victory over
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. He started the match, but was replaced after just 38 minutes. After sitting out the whole of 2004, Addo returned to action as a substitute in Dortmund's 1–1 league home draw with
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in the last weekend of January 2005.


Mainz 05

At the beginning of the 2005–06 season he transferred to
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, for whom he did not make an initial impact. However, he played well enough to earn a nomination for the Ghanaian squad who appeared at the
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.


Hamburger SV

On 9 August 2007, Addo signed a three-year contract with hometown Hamburger SV, initially alternating with the reserves and the first team. While at Hamburg, Addo revealed his Hamburger SV goals in an interview with HSVLIVE, also addressing other topics. In 2008, he announced his retirement from playing football at the age of 38.


International career

Although born in Germany, Addo played for the
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for seven years commencing 1999, his debut being a 5–0 rout of
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on 28 February 1999, and he achieved international prominence when he led the nation in the
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. He started for Ghana as right midfielder in the 2006 FIFA World Cup game against the Czech Republic on 17 June 2006 at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, which Ghana won 2–0. In 2006 he played in Ghana's 2–1 win over the United States at the Frankenstadion in Nuremberg.


Style of play

Addo was strong in one-on-one situations, physical, creative, and versatile enough to play on both wings, on the inside and also in the central position, although his main skill was his ability to dribble the ball.


Coaching career

Addo started his coaching career with his former club Hamburger SV in 2009, in the process serving as a youth team coach and an assistant manager till 2015. In December 2013, Addo was appointed as the head
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of the
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and prior to the
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and
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, succeeding Ibrahim Tanko following the
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and
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.


Borussia Dortmund

In April 2019, it was announced that Addo would work for former club Borussia Dortmund as a 'talent coach', having previously held a similar role at
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since 2017. In December 2020, he was promoted to serve as first team assistant coach to
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who had been promoted to interim head coach, following the sacking of head coach Lucien Favre. He won his first trophy as a coach after Dortmund defeated RB Leipzig in the finals of the
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. Following the assignment of Terzić as technical director and appointment of
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as the new head coach, Addo resumed his work as a talent coach.


Ghana

On 25 September 2021, the Ghana Football Association announced that they had appointed Addo as one of two deputies for the new Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac. On 9 February 2022, the Ghana Football Association announced that they had appointed Addo as the interim coach for the
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ahead of the team's
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final play-off matches against Nigeria. On 29 March 2022, he qualified Ghana (on away goals) to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, after drawing 1–1 against the Super Eagles of Nigeria. The Black Stars of Ghana had earlier drawn 0–0 against the Super Eagles on 25 March. In May 2022, Addo was appointed as the head coach until the end of December 2022 alongside maintaining Chris Hughton as technical advisor and
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and Mas-Ud Didi Dramani as assistant coaches, the same set-up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup final play-off matches against Nigeria. Addo won his first match as manager on 1 June after leading Ghana to a 3–0 victory over Madagascar in an 2023 AFCON qualifiers. At the 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament, Ghana went on to lose their first match against Portugal by 3–2, however they won their second group game against South Korea by 3–2. Addo became the first Ghanaian to play for and coach the Ghana national team at the FIFA World Cup. That victory also made Addo the first Ghanaian coach to win a match at the FIFA World Cup. Five days later, Ghana lost to Uruguay and were eliminated from the tournament at the group stages. Prior to the start of the World Cup, Addo had hinted that he would be leaving after the world cup regardless of the outcome. Following their last group match, Addo resigned as the head coach of Ghana and would focus on his other role as a talent coach at Borussia Dortmund.


Managerial statistics


Honours

Borussia Dortmund * Bundesliga: 2001–02 * UEFA Cup runner-up: 2001–02 * DFB-Ligapokal runner-up:
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References


External links

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Otto Addo
on Borussia Dortmund website {{DEFAULTSORT:Addo, Otto 1975 births Living people German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent Citizens of Ghana through descent Ghanaian footballers German footballers Footballers from Hamburg Association football midfielders Ghana international footballers 2000 African Cup of Nations players 2006 FIFA World Cup players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players VfL 93 Hamburg players Hannover 96 players Borussia Dortmund players Borussia Dortmund II players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players Hamburger SV players Hamburger SV II players Ghanaian football managers Hamburger SV non-playing staff Ghana national football team managers FC Nordsjælland non-playing staff Borussia Mönchengladbach non-playing staff Borussia Dortmund non-playing staff Ghanaian expatriate football managers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate football managers in Denmark 2022 FIFA World Cup managers