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{{short description|Ghanaian footballer}}
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| birth_date          = {{birth date|df=yes|1937|2|23}}
| birth_place         = [[Accra]], [[Ghana]]
| death_date          = {{death date|df=yes|2006|12|29}}
| death_place         = [[Accra]], [[Ghana]]
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| position            = defender
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| clubs1              = [[Accra Hearts of Oak]] 
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| nationalyears1      = 1960-1968
| nationalteam1       = Ghana
| nationalcaps1       = 28
| nationalgoals1      = 2
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'''Charles Addo Odametey''' (23 February 1937 – 29 December 2006) was a Ghanaian [[association football|football]] player.

==Career==
He played as a defender for [[Accra Hearts of Oak]] and was one of the original ''Black Stars'', the [[Ghana national football team]]. He shares the record for the most appearances in a final of the [[African Nations Cup]] having played for the winning team in 1963<ref>Courtney, Barrie; Cruickshank, Mark; Knight, Ken; Mazet, François; Morrison, Neil; Veroeveren, Piet; Stokkermans, Karel. [http://rsssf.com/tables/63a.html "African Nations Cup 1963"]. ''RSSSF'', 15 August 2013. Retrieved on 18 August 2013.</ref> and 1965 (as captain)<ref>Courtney, Barrie; Cruickshank, Mark; Jönsson, Mikael; Knight, Ken; Mazet, François; Morrison, Neil; Stokkermans, Karel. [http://rsssf.com/tables/65a.html "African Nations Cup 1965"]. ''[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]]'', 15 August 2013. Retrieved on 18 August 2013.</ref> and in the 1968 final.

==International==
He played for Ghana in the Olympic games of 1964 and 1968.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/3374029.stm BBC African Nations Cup records]
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ad/charles-addo-odametey-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081850/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ad/charles-addo-odametey-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Charles Addo Odametey}}

{{Ghana squad 1964 Summer Olympics}}
{{Ghana Squad 1965 African Cup of Nations}}
{{Ghana Squad 1968 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Ghana football squad 1968 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:1937 births]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]
[[Category:Ghanaian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Ghana men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers for Ghana]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:1963 African Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:1965 African Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:1968 African Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:Africa Cup of Nations–winning players]]
[[Category:Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players]]
[[Category:20th-century Ghanaian sportsmen]]


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