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Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu
Personal information
Full name Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Udinese
Number 19
Youth career
?–2006 Berlin
2006–2007 Berekum Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Berekum Arsenal 19 (7)
2008–2009 → Asante Kotoko (loan) 18 (2)
2009 → Recreativo (loan) 0 (0)
2010– Udinese 13 (0)
International career‡
Ghana U-20
Ghana U-23[citation needed]
2008– Ghana 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 2, 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:56, 30 January 2010 (UTC)~

Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (born December 2, 1990 in Berekum) is a Ghanaian international football player, who plays for Udinese.

Career

Badu began his career at Berlin F.C. Brong Ahafo in Berekum, before later signing for Berekum Arsenal.[citation needed] He was announced in the Ghana Premier League All Star Team [1] on 21 May 2007.

Berekum Arsenal & Recreativo de Huelva

Then on 11 July 2008 he left Berekum Arsenal, signing a one year loan contract with Asante Kotoko.[2]

Badu had trials in England with Middlesbrough in August 2008[3] and at Wolves three months later.[4][5][6]

He signed than on 16 April 2009 a six months loan contract with Recreativo de Huelva, on loan from Berlin FC.[7][8][9] Reuters quoted a source from a Berlin FC official, the loan cost Recreativo about €30,000 (US$40,000),[10] while Associated Press reported his new club holds an option for a contract between 30 June 2012 and the loan will effective until the opening of 2009 summer transfer window.[11] His contract with the Spanish club Recreativo de Huelva was dissolved in September 2009 and he moved back to Asante Kotoko.[12]

Udinese

In November 2009 BBC and Sky Sports announced the Italian Serie A side Udinese will sign him in January 2010[13][14] and on 28 January 2010 Udinese Calcio announced the deal in their official site which the Udine club signed him permanently from Berlin FC.[15] He received his first first team call-up against A.C. Milan on 12 February, but did not play. After a successive "appearances" as unused sub, he replaced Paolo Sammarco on 28 March 2010 against Fiorentina, which Udinese lost 1–4.

International career

Agyemang-Badu has represented Ghana at under-20, under-23[citation needed] & senior level. On 22 May 2008 was his first call to the Black Stars [16] His first game was on 8 June 2008 against Lesotho national football team.[17] On 1 January 2009 was named for the Black Satellites[18] for the 2009 African Youth Championship in Rwanda .[19] Badu played for the Local Black Stars at 2009 African Championship of Nations in Côte d'Ivoire[20] and represented his team at 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.[21] Badu scored the winning sudden death penalty on 16 October 2009 in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final against Brazil. The penalty made Ghana the first African nation to win the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Titles and Honours

Youth

Ghana

Personal life

His brother Nana Agyemang-Badu plays currently for Asante Kotoko.[22]

References

  1. ^ http://www.onetouch.com.gh/news/shownewsstory.aspx?catId=7&id=340
  2. ^ PLAYER PROFILE Emmanuel Agyeman-Badu – Ghanaweb
  3. ^ "Middlesbrough invite Agyemang Badu for trial". ghanaweb.com. 2008-08-15. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  4. ^ http://www.wolves.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10307~1451510,00.html [dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Team For Lunchtime Friendly". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. 2008-11-11. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  6. ^ "Salmon Smokes Out Victory". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  7. ^ "El Decano se hace con el ghanés de diecinueve años, Enmanuelle" (in Spanish). Recreativo de Huelva. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  8. ^ "Agyemang-Badu seals Recre move". ghanafa.org/. 2009-04-17. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  9. ^ hansainhamburg (2009-04-16). "Huelva verpflichtet Badu" (in German). transfermarkt. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  10. ^ Rogers, Iain (2009-04-16). "Brief-Soccer-Recreativo sign Ghanaian teenager Badu on loan". Reuters. Retrieved 2010-01-30. {{cite news}}: Text "news" ignored (help)
  11. ^ "Recreativo signs Agyemang-Badu". cbssports.com. Associated Press. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  12. ^ "Badu Doubts Kotoko Stay". allafrica.com. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  13. ^ "Agyemang-Badu signs for Udinese". BBC. 2009-11-25. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  14. ^ "Udinese sign Ghanaian star". Sky Sports. 2009-11-25. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  15. ^ "Badu all'Udinese a titolo definitivo" (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  16. ^ Tomarchio, Cameron (2008-05-22). "Ghana expecting to surprise Socceroos". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  17. ^ http://de.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/matches/round=250418/match=300036631/report.html
  18. ^ [1]
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  20. ^ [3]
  21. ^ FIFA.com – FIFA Player Statistics: Emmanuel AGYEMANG-BADU
  22. ^ Daniel Agbaviade (2007-08-20). "Nana Agyemang Badu declares war on the kotoko family". Asante Kotoko. Retrieved 2010-01-30.

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