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{{Short description|Ghanaian footballer (born 1971)}}
{{about|the former Ghanaian national team captain|the youth national team player|Joseph Addo (footballer, born 1990)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name               = Joe Addo
| image               = 
| fullname            = Joseph Addo
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|9|21}}
| birth_place = [[Accra]], [[Ghana]]
| death_date         = 
| height              = 
| position            = [[Defender (association football)|Centre back]]
| youthyears1 = 1989–1990 | youthyears2 =1991–1992
| youthclubs1 = [[Accra Hearts of Oak SC]] | youthclubs2 = [[George Mason University]]
| years1 = 1993–1996 | years2 = 1996 | years3 = 1997 | years4 = 1997–1998 | years5 = 1998–1999 | years6 = 1999–2001 | years7 = 2002–2003 | years8 =2005–2006
| clubs1 = [[VfB Stuttgart]] | clubs2 = [[Sparta Rotterdam]] | clubs3 = [[FSV Frankfurt]] | clubs4 = [[C.F. Os Belenenses|Belenenses]] | clubs5 = [[Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.|Ethnikos Piraeus]] | clubs6 = [[Tampa Bay Mutiny]] | clubs7 = [[MetroStars]] | clubs8 =[[Kitchee SC|Kitchee]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hkfa.com/en/match_result.php?leagueyear_id=1&leagueyear=2005-2006 |title=HKFA |accessdate=2009-01-30}}</ref>
| caps1 = – | goals1 = – | caps2 = – | goals2 = – | caps3 = 7 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = – | goals4 = – | caps5 = 21 | goals5 = 0 | caps6 = 13 | goals6 = 0 | caps7 = 60 | goals7 = 2 | caps8 = 1 | goals8 = 0
| nationalyears1      = 1990–2000
| nationalteam1       = [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]]
| nationalcaps1= 23 | nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1= 2008–present
| managerclubs1= [[West Essex High School]]
}}
'''Joseph <nowiki>''Joe''</nowiki> Addo''' (born 21 September 1971 in [[Accra]]) is a former [[Ghana]]ian [[Association football]] defender and one-time captain of the [[Ghana national football team|Ghana national team]].

==Club career==
Addo went to the United States to attend college and play [[College soccer in the United States|soccer]] at [[George Mason University]] where he was a 1992 [[List of NCAA Division I men's soccer First-Team All-America teams|First Team All American]]. On the club level, Addo played for [[Cagliari Calcio|Cagliari]] in Italy, [[VfB Stuttgart]] and [[FSV Frankfurt]] in Germany, [[Sparta Rotterdam]] in the Netherlands, [[Belenenses]] in Portugal, [[Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.|Ethnikos Piraeus]] in Greece, [[Tampa Bay Mutiny]], [[MetroStars]] in the United States and [[Kitchee]] in Hong Kong.

Joseph Addo features in the book ''The Miracle of Castel di Sangro'' by [[Joe McGinniss]] where it seems a transfer for Joseph from [[FSV Frankfurt]] to [[A.S.D. Castel di Sangro Calcio]] had been agreed, only for the Castel di Sangro's owners to pull out. Joe McGinniss' account asserts that he, the club owners and members of the Castel di Sangro playing staff were unhappy about this, and that the collapse of the transfer was entirely because coach [[Osvaldo Jaconi]] did not want Addo in his squad.

==International career==
Addo played for Ghana at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]. For the senior team, he appeared 44 times, scoring two goals.

==Personal life==
Joe is married to Cynthia Addo and has two children.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
2. ''The Miracle of Castel di Sangro'' by Joe McGinniss published by Sphere in 1999, copyright retained by author

==External links==
*[http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/soccer/pop-up.php?ID=102 Addo at GhanaWeb.com]

{{Ghana Squad 1996 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Ghana squad 1996 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:1971 births]]
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[[Category:Ghanaian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Ghana men's international footballers]]
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[[Category:FSV Frankfurt players]]
[[Category:Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players]]
[[Category:Tampa Bay Mutiny players]]
[[Category:New York Red Bulls players]]
[[Category:Kitchee SC players]]
[[Category:C.F. Os Belenenses players]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers for Ghana]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Footballers from Accra]]
[[Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Hong Kong First Division League players]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany]]
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[[Category:George Mason University alumni]]
[[Category:George Mason Patriots men's soccer players]]
[[Category:Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players]]
[[Category:1996 African Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United States]]
[[Category:Major League Soccer players]]
[[Category:Men's association football central defenders]]
[[Category:All-American college men's soccer players]]
[[Category:Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers]]


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