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IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Hans Sarpei
- Position: Defender
- Squad number: 2
- Date of birth: 28 June, 1976 (34 years old)
- Height: 5'10" (178cm)
Tournament totals
| Games played | Shots on target | off target |
|---|---|
| 5 Hans Sarpei | 0|0 Hans Sarpei |
| 0 As substitute | 31|44 Total Ghana |
| 20 Most shots on target Diego Forlan | |
| 5 Total Ghana | 12 Most shots off target Asamoah Gyan, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wesley Sneijder |
| Goals | Assists |
|---|---|
| 0 Hans Sarpei | 0 Hans Sarpei |
| 5 Total Ghana | 2 Total Ghana |
| 6 Best Diego Forlan | 4 Best Leo Messi, Bastian Schweinsteiger |
| Fouls by | on | Cards yellow | red |
|---|---|
| 1|3 Hans Sarpei | 1|0 Hans Sarpei |
| 71|47 Total Ghana | 11|0 Total Ghana |
| 20 Most fouls by Mark Van Bommel | 3 Most yellow Victor Caceres, Nigel De Jong, Gregory Van Der Wiel |
| 25 Most fouls on Andres Iniesta |
Ghana games played
- Serbia 0-1 Ghana
Sunday, 13 June Match report - Ghana 1-1 Australia
Saturday, 19 June Match report - Ghana 0-1 Germany
Wednesday, 23 June Match report - United States 1-2 Ghana
Saturday, 26 June Match report - Uruguay 1-1 Ghana
Friday, 2 July Match report
Player Profile
The veteran left-back or defensive midfielder was born in Ghana but raised in Cologne and he has spent his entire career playing in Germany. He started off at Fortuna Cologne before going on to represent Duisburg, Wolfsburg and current club, Bayer Leverkusen. He has found it a struggle to make it into the Leverkusen team this season and started only three games.
He has been a Ghanaian international for the past decade, but after making his debut in 2000 he fell out of favour with a succession of coaches and went almost five years without a call-up. Recalled in time for the 2006 World Cup, he was named in the squad, but did not make an appearance in Germany.
After another absence, this time of two years, he returned to the Ghana side in November 2009 and played at the Africa Cup of Nations. He has competed in 10 out of Ghana’s 11 games at the last two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.
Sarpei, who is the oldest member of the squad, is a qualified car mechanic. His older brother Edward used to play in the Bundesliga with Cologne.
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