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Bright Addae
Personal information
Full name Bright Christopher Addae[1]
Date of birth (1992-12-19) 19 December 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Wa, Ghana
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team
 Nardò
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Wa All Stars
2010–2014 Parma 0 (0)
2011 → Terrassa (loan)
2012–2013 → Crotone (loan) 12 (1)
2013–2014 → Gorica (loan) 3 (0)
2014 → Gubbio (loan) 11 (2)
2014–2019 Ascoli 155 (8)
2019–2020 Juve Stabia 28 (2)
2020–2021 Hermannstadt 29 (2)
2021 Lavello 6 (0)
2021–2022 Bitonto 18 (2)
2022 Cjarlins Muzane 11 (0)
2022– Nardò 22 (5)
International career‡
2009 Ghana U20 3 (0)
2010 Ghana 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:47, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Bright Christopher Addae (also spelled Addai; born 19 December 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie D club Nardò.

Club career

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Wa All Stars

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Born in Wa, Addae began his career with Wa All Stars.[3]

Parma and loan deals

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In November 2009, it was announced that he would be moving to Italian club Parma in the summer of 2010, after signing a four-year contract.[4] In January 2011, he was loaned to Spanish club Terrassa until the end of the 2010–11 season,[5] as Parma ran out of non-EU registration quota for signing players from abroad. In August 2011 his contract was finally registered in Lega Serie A. Addae moved on loan to Crotone in July 2012.[6][7]

He signed on loan for Slovenian club Gorica on 1 July 2013.[8][9]

On 31 January 2014, he was signed by Gubbio along with Alessandro Gozzi.[10]

Ascoli

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On 17 July 2014, Addae was signed by Lega Pro club Ascoli in a definitive deal on a 2+1 year contract.[11] Addae and the club confirmed the optional third year on 30 August 2015.[12] On 2 May 2017, he signed a new two-year contract.[13] Throughout his 5 years with the club, he played 155 league matches and scored 8 goals.[1]

Juve Stadia

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Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Addae joined Juve Stabia in Serie B on a two-year contract.[14] He made his debut 25 August 2019, after playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 loss against Empoli.[15] In his only season with the club, he played 28 league matches and scored 2 goals.[1]

Hermannstadt

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On 10 September 2020 he moved to Romania and signed with Hermannstadt.[16]

International career

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Addae made three appearances at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup,[17] and made his senior international debut for Ghana in 2010.[3]

Personal life

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Addae started a foundation called the Bright Addae Foundation to support the needy, orphans, widows and widowers in Assin Fosu, a town in the Central Region of Ghana. The foundation has also supported The Ghana Skatesoccer Association.[18]

Honours

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Ascoli Picchio F.C. 1898

ND Gorica

Ghana U20

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Bright Addae at Soccerway
  2. ^ Bright Addae at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ a b c Bright Addae at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ "Parma Give Ghana Youngster Four-Year Contract". Goal.com. 29 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Ghana teenager Addae moves to Terrassa on loan". Ghana Soccernet. 31 January 2011.
  6. ^ Kent Mensah (31 July 2012). "Parma loan Bright Addae to Serie B's Crotone". Goal.com.
  7. ^ "Addae e Traoré dal Parma" (in Italian). FC Crotone. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  8. ^ Uredništvo (3 July 2013). "Italijan in Ganec v Gorici" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  9. ^ "ZAPISNIK 36 seje Registracijske komisije NZS z dne 03.07.2013" [Press release [N°] 36: NZS Registration Commission on 3 July 2013] (PDF) (in Slovenian). Nogometna zveza Slovenije (NZS). 12 July 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  10. ^ "ADDAE E GOZZI AL GUBBIO IN PRESTITO" (in Italian). AS Gubbio 1910. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  11. ^ "no title". Ascoli Picchio F.C. 1898. Facebook. 17 July 2014.
  12. ^ "Ufficiale Petagna dal Milan. Prolunga il contratto Addae" (in Italian). Ascoli Picchio F.C. 1898. 30 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  13. ^ "Addae rinnova fino al 2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Ascoli Picchio F.C. 1898. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  14. ^ OFFICIAL: Ghanaian defender Bright Addae joins serie B side Juve Stabia, ghanasoccernet.com, 2 July 2019
  15. ^ "Empoli vs. Juve Stabia - 25 August 2019 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Bright Addae este la #FCH!" (Press release) (in Romanian). Hermannstadt. 10 September 2020.
  17. ^ Bright Addae – FIFA competition record (archived)
  18. ^ Osman, Abdul Wadudu (10 August 2020). "Bright Addae Foundation customize Gloves to generate revenue to support It's [sic] operations - Dickson Boadi". Football Made In Ghana. Retrieved 9 June 2021.


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