| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1971-08-06)6 August 1971 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Ghana | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1995 | Kumapim Star | ||
| 1995–1998 | Goldfields Obuasi | ||
| 1999–2001 | Liberty Professionals | ||
| 2002 | Diyarbakırspor | ||
| International career | |||
| Ghana | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kofi Deblah (born 6 August 1971) is aGhanaian former professional internationalfootballer who played as astriker for Goldfields ObuasiAshanti Gold in theGhana Premier League and theGhana national team.[1][2][3][4][5]
He was a key figure in Goldfields continental football's success in the between 1995 and 1997 including ending the 1995 African Cup of Champions Clubs as the top scorer.[6]
Deblah played for Goldfields Obuasi nowAshanti Gold in the Ghana Premier League and won the top scorer of the league on two occasions, in the 1995–96 season and 1996–97 season.[7]
On 25 March 1995, Deblah scored four goals againstNational Port Authority Anchors (NPA Anchors) in the1995 African Cup of Champions Clubs. He scored ahattrick in six minutes in the 22nd, 24th and 28th and added the fourth in the 76th.[8] At the end of the competition his four goals made him the top scorer even though they were eliminated in thequarter-finals byASEC Mimosas.
On 6 May 1997, Deblah featured in the1997 CAF Champions League and scored an away goal in a 2–1 loss toAl-Hilal,[9][10] which inspired Goldfields to a 2–0 victory at home to secure a place in thegroup stage of the competition. The club finished the competition as runners-up after losing toRaja Casablanca on penalties in thefinals.[11][12]
On 10 June 1997, he scored the winning goal in extra time of theirGhana FA Cup quarter-final fixture to beatCape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs by 2–1 and book a place in the semi-final againstOkwawu United.[13] They however lost the semi-final by a lone goal to Okwawu.[14][15] In July 1997, en route to winning the top scorer for the 1996–97 season, he scored a brace againstBofoakwa Tano to secure a 3–1 league victory.[16]
In 1999, Deblah joinedLiberty Professionals, playing as one of the club's experienced players at the time, scoring several goals in Ghana Premier League,[17] including scoring a second half equalizer againstAccra Great Olympics in May 1999 to salvage a critical point against the Nungua-based club.[18]
Between 1996 and 1998, Deblah was a member of theGhana national team,the black stars, he however made his debut on 17 August 1997 in a1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers group stage match againstSierra Leone.[19]
Goldfields Obuasi
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