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| Full name | Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1990-12-02)2 December 1990 (age 34) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Berekum, Ghana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2006 | Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Berekum Arsenal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Berekum Arsenal | 19 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | →Asante Kotoko (loan) | 18 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | →Recreativo (loan) | 22 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2020 | Udinese | 170 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | →Bursaspor (loan) | 18 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | →Verona (loan) | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Verona | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Qingdao FC | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Accra Great Olympics | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Ghana U-20 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2017 | Ghana | 78 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 December 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 December 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (born 2 December 1990), knownmononymously asBadu (/bɑːˈduː/bah-DOO), is a Ghanaian professionalfootballer who played as amidfielder. He has earned 78 caps for theGhana national team.[3]
Born inBerekum,Bono Region, Badu began his career at a local clubBerlin F.C. before later signing forBerekum Arsenal.[4] Badu was announced in theGhana Premier League All Star Team[4] on 21 May 2007.
On 11 July 2008, Badu left Berekum Arsenal, signing a one-year loan contract withAsante Kotoko.[5]
Badu had trials in England withMiddlesbrough in August 2008[6] and atWolverhampton Wanderers three months later.[7][8]
Badu then signed on 16 April 2009, a six-month loan contract withRecreativo de Huelva, on loan from Berlin FC.[9][10]Reuters quoted a source from a Berlin FC official, that the loan cost Recreativo about €30,000 (US$40,000),[11] whileAssociated Press reported his new club holds an option for a contract between 30 June 2012 and the loan would be effective until the opening of 2009 summer transfer window.[12] His contract with the Spanish clubRecreativo de Huelva was dissolved in September 2009 and he moved back toAsante Kotoko.[13]
In November 2009,BBC andSky Sports announced the ItalianSerie A sideUdinese Calcio would sign Badu in January 2010[14][15] and on 28 January 2010, theUdine club announced on its official site the permanent signing of the player from Berlin FC.[16] Badu received his first team call-up againstA.C. Milan on 12 February, but did not play. After a successive "appearances" as unused sub, he replacedPaolo Sammarco on 28 March 2010 againstFiorentina, which Udinese lost 1–4.
Badu became a regular in2011–12 season, replacing departedGökhan Inler in new 4–1–4–1 or4–4–1–1 formation againstArsenal. Badu was one of the cover of attacking midfielderGiampiero Pinzi along with countryman,Kwadwo Asamoah.
In August 2017, he joined TurkishSüper Lig clubBursaspor onloan for the 2017–18 season.[17] He was injured whilst on loan, and returned to first-team action with Udinese in March 2019, after 11 months out.[18]
On 13 July 2019, Badu signed toHellas Verona on loan with an obligation to buy.[19] He was hospitalised in August with blood clots on his lungs,[20] but was cleared to play in December 2019.[21] He featured in 10 matches on loan at the club.
After the 2019–20 season Hellas Verona activated their obligation to sign him on a two-year deal from Udinese after playing for the Udine-based club for 10 years and playing in 193 matches in all competitions, scoring 10 times and making 11 assists.[22][23] He was not included in Verona's 2020–21 Serie A squad. On 2 January 2021, he announced that he terminated his Verona contract and retired from playing.[24]
In July 2022, 13 years after playing in the Ghana Premier League, Badu made a return to the league and signed for Nungua-based clubAccra Great Olympics as a free agent.[25][26] He signed a one-year deal with the club ahead of the 2022–23 season.[25] He made his debut on 17 August 2022 againstBechem United, in a 5–4 penalties loss after a goalless draw in regulation time in the 2022 GHALCA G6.[27]
He played in all matches as Olympics went on to win the GHALCA G6 at the end of the tournament after defeating Bechem United by 2–0 in the final.[28][29] On 9 September 2022, a day to the commencement of the league, he was officially unveiled by the club.[30] After a remarkable five-month tenure, during which he participated in 11 league games and earned the prestigious Man of the Match award twice,[31] he bid farewell to Olympics.[32]
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Badu has represented Ghana atunder-20,under-23 andsenior level. On 22 May 2008, he received his first call-up to the Black Stars.[33] Badu's first senior international appearance came on 8 June 2008 againstLesotho[34] and his first goal againstCongo in June 2011.
On 1 January 2009, he was named in the Black Satellites squad for the2009 African Youth Championship inRwanda.[35][36] Badu played for the Black Stars' domestic based team at the2009 African Championship of Nations inCôte d'Ivoire[37] and represented his team at2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup inEgypt.[38]
Badu scored the winning sudden death penalty on 16 October 2009 in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final againstBrazil. The penalty made Ghana the first African nation to win theFIFA U-20 World Cup.[39]
In 2010, Badu was selected for his firstAfrica Cup of Nations as the Black Stars finished runners-up toEgypt, and went on to appear in the2012 and2013 editions of the tournament, with the team twice recording fourth-placed finishes.[39]
During the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, in agroup match between Ghana andGuinea, Badu flipped up a teammate's pass from just outside thepenalty area and launched a mid-airvolley to score a goal that was later nominated for the 2012FIFA Puskás Award (FIFA's global Goal of the Year award).
After missing the2010 FIFA World Cup through injury,[39] Badu was selected in Ghana's squad for the2014 tournament.[40]
Emmanuel Agyeman-Badu hails fromSeikwa,Bono Region of the Republic of Ghana. He speaks his native language, Koulango, as well as Twi and English. He had his primary and junior high school education at the Seikwa Roman Catholic School and continued at the Nkoranman Senior High School, also at Seikwa. His brotherNana Agyemang-Badu plays forAsante Kotoko.[41] Badu is the nephew ofAsiedu Nketia.[42] He is married to Regiatta Affua Arthur.[43][44][45]
| Ghana | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 0 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 |
| 2010 | 11 | 0 |
| 2011 | 10 | 3 |
| 2012 | 6 | 1 |
| 2013 | 14 | 3 |
| 2014 | 8 | 3 |
| 2015 | 11 | 1 |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 78 | 11 |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 3 June 2011 | Baba Yara Stadium,Kumasi, Ghana |  Congo | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [1] |
| 2. | 2 September 2011 | Accra Sports Stadium,Accra, Ghana |  Swaziland | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [2] |
| 3. | 15 November 2011 | Stade Municipal,Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, France |  Gabon | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly | [3] |
| 4. | 1 February 2012 | Stade de Franceville,Franceville, Gabon |  Guinea | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2012 Africa Cup of Nations | [4] |
| 5. | 10 January 2013 | Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium,Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |  Egypt | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | [5] |
| 6. | 20 January 2013 | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium,Port Elizabeth, South Africa |  DR Congo | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2013 Africa Cup of Nations | [6] |
| 7. | 24 March 2013 | Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana |  Sudan | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | [7] |
| 8. | 10 September 2014 | Stade de Kégué,Lomé, Togo |  Togo | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [8] |
| 9. | 15 October 2014 | Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana | Guinea | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [9] |
| 10. | 31 March 2015 | Stade Sébastien Charléty,Paris, France |  Mali | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly | [10] |
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