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Nii Ayi Welbeck Personal information Full name Nii Aryee Welbeck Date of birth 3 October 1976 Place of birth Takoradi, Ghana Playing position Defender Club information Current club Okwawu United Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† –1995 Okwawu United 1995–1996 FC Winterthur 1996–1997 Çanakkale Dardanelspor 10 (1) 1997–1998 Kallithea 1998–2002 Okwawu United National team 1996-1999 Ghana * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Nii Aryee Welbeck (born 3 October 1976 in Takoradi) is a retired Ghanaian professional footballer who played for several clubs in Europe and the Ghana national football team.
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Career
Welbeck played for Swiss Nationalliga B club FC Winterthur in 1996 and Çanakkale Dardanelspor in the Turkish Süper Lig during the 1996-97 season.[1] He spent the following season with Kallithea F.C. in the Greek second division.[2] Next, he signed with Okwawu United,[3] who 2002 retired.
International
He was part of the Ghana national football team squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics, appearing in two matches.[4] Welbeck played several matches for the senior national team, including qualifiers for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[5]
Coaching career
Welbeck retired 2002 and signed a contract with Okwawu United in the Management.[6]
Personal life
Nii Aryee is the elder brother of the German footballer Nii Armah Welbeck.
References
- ^ Profile at TFF.org
- ^ "Πρωτάθλημα / FOOTBALL LEAGUE / ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ Β' ΕΘΝΙΚΗΣ 1997-98 / 1η αγωνιστική / ΝΙΚΗ ΒΟΛΟΥ ΓΣ ΠΑΕ - ΚΑΛΛΙΘΕΑ ΓΣ ΠΑΕ" (in Greek). Hellenic League. 7 September 1997. http://www.epae.org/match.fds?categ=2&dior_code=24&cal_day=1&game=1&group=0&type=1&pagecode=01.02&langid=1.
- ^ otoko,Okwahu; Oly, RTU Matches Rained Off on www.modernghana.com
- ^ Nii Welbeck – FIFA competition record
- ^ CAF - 1998 FIFA WORLD CUP PRELIMINARIES
- ^ Okwawu sign 3 new players on www.ghanaweb.com
External links
- Where Are These Players Now? - Crusading Guide
- Nii Welbeck at National-Football-Teams.com
Ghana squad – 1996 Summer Olympics Categories:- 1976 births
- Living people
- Ghanaian footballers
- Ghana international footballers
- FC Winterthur players
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Ghanaian expatriates in Switzerland
- Dardanelspor footballers
- Kallithea F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Ghana
- Ghanaian expatriates in Turkey
- Ghanaian football biography stubs
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