Lawrence Adjei

Lawrence Adjei-Okyere (born 23 March 1979) is a Ghanaian former footballer[2] who played as a midfielder.

Lawrence Adjei
Personal information
Full name Lawrence Adjei-Okyere
Date of birth (1979-03-23) 23 March 1979
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2000 Obuasi Goldfields 68 (23)
2000–2001 Asante Kotoko 16 (10)
2001 FC Spartak Moscow 1 (0)
2002 Arminia Bielefeld 5 (1)
2002–2003 SV Eintracht Trier 05 15 (8)
2003–2007 Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club 29 (6)
2007 Hohhot Black Horse[1] 5 (0)
2008 Sporting Clube de Goa 21 (2)
2008–2010 Sporting Club de Bangui 26 (8)
International career
2001–2005 Ghana 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Adjei started his footballing career at Obuasi Goldfields. He scored the only goal for Goldfields in the first leg of the 1997 CAF Champions League Final.[3]

He joined Russian team Spartak Moscow in the summer of 2001.[4] In January 2002, he moved to Arminia Bielefeld in Germany[5]

In 2005, he won the 2004 CAF Confederation Cup with Accra Hearts of Oak [6] He played in the 2005 CAF Super Cup but was sent off.[7]

He played in India from January to June 2008 with Sporting Clube de Goa and scored his first goal for them against East Bengal Club on 6 January 2008.[8] He then moved to Central African Republic team Sporting Club de Bangui.

References
  1. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Adjei, Lawrence". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. Lawrence Adjei at kicker (in German)
  3. Joe Aggrey (December 2, 1997). Graphic Sports: Issue 654 December 2-8 1997. Graphic Communications Group. p. 6.
  4. "European summer round-up". BBC Sport. July 23, 2001. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  5. "Top scorers/latest transfers". BBC Sport. January 3, 2002. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  6. "TODAY IN HISTORY: Hearts beat Kotoko to win Confederations Cup". Ghana Sports Online. January 9, 2015. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  7. "Enyimba (Ngr) - Hearts of Oak (Gha) 2-0 (0-0,0-0) (aet)". www.cafonline.com. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012.
  8. "Adjei goal sinks East Bengal". The World Game. Special Broadcasting Service. January 6, 2008. Retrieved August 16, 2008.


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