Ishmael Addo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | July 30, 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Eleven Wonders | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1999 | Hearts of Oak | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2002 | Hearts of Oak | 71 | (62) |
| 2002 | → SC Bastia (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Maccabi Netanya | 48 | (13) |
| 2004–2005 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 13 | (1) |
| 2005 | → Ergotelis (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 1 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Hearts of Oak | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | East Bengal | 4 | (2) |
| 2011 | Wassaman United | 0 | (0) |
| 2015– | Eleven Wonders | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Ghana U17 | |||
| Ghana U20 | |||
| 2000–2002 | Ghana | 9 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 27, 2010 |
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Ishmael Addo (born July 30, 1982) is a Ghanaian football striker. He is best known for his accomplishments during his career at Ghanaian side Hearts of Oak, but has also spent several years in France, Israel, Greece, Cyprus and India. A diminutive striker with an exceptional turn of pace, Addo's ability to score goals and demoralize the opposition has led to him earning the nickname "baby-faced assassin". Holding the record of overall top scorer in the history of the Ghanaian League (22 goals in a single season), he is considered to be one of the most talented strikers ever to grace the competition. At some point during his career, Addo was named in FIFA's top 100 prospects.
Addo started his professional football career at Ghana's Hearts of Oak in 1998, where he remained for four seasons, in three of which he finished the country's top scorer. During his spell with the club, Addo won the 2000 CAF Champions League and 2001 Super Cup, 4 Ghanaian League championships (1997–98, 1999, 2000, 2001) and two Ghanaian FA Cups (1999, 2000). In his final playing year with Hearts of Oak, Addo broke the Ghanaian League season top-scorer record with 22 goals, thus helping his side win the League and Cup double. During that same season, Addo scored two late, controversial goals for Hearts of Oak to defeat arch-rivals Asante Kotoko 2–1, in a match that was marred by the worst stadium disaster ever to take place in Africa.
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