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Lee Addy (born 7 July 1990 in Accra) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who played last as a defender for Čukarički FC . He played for Ghana's national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Club career
Red Star Belgrade
At the end of the World Cup he received a call to move to Europe to play with Serbian SuperLiga giants Red Star Belgrade and he signed a contract. Since then he has been a regular centre-back in both, his club and Ghana national team.
Dalian Aerbin
On Wednesday 4 January 2012, Addy completed a three-year deal with newly promoted Chinese Super League side Dalian Aerbin and was handed the squad number 13 after passing a medical test. The move from Serbian club Red Star Belgrade was for a transfer fee of $2.2million.
Dinamo Zagreb
On 10 February 2013 it was announced that Addy had been loaned to Dinamo Zagreb for a year.. He signed for Dinamo Zagreb in January 2014. He ended his Dinamo Zagreb spell in late July 2015.
Čukarički
Addy signed a one-year contract with FK Čukarički on August 31, 2015.
International career
Early career & 2010 African Nations Cup
He began his senior career in 2007 by playing with Nania F.C. but soon after, in 2008 he will move to the ambitious Bechem Chelsea playing in the Ghana Premier League. It was during this period, more precisely on 30 September 2009, that Addy made his debut for the Ghanaian national team as part of a domestic-based team that played a friendly against Argentina. He was part of the Ghana national squad at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations having played 4 matches including the lost final against Egypt. and since then he quickly became a regular player of the national team.
2010 World Cup
Addy was called up by Ghana's national team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup In Ghana's opening game at the 2010 World Cup, he entered as a substitute in a 1–0 win over Serbia. He also played in the 1–1 draw against Australia in the group stage, after which he appeared again as a substitute in the Round of 16 2–1 victory over the United States, but failed the quarter-finals match against Uruguay because of accumulated yellow cards, where Ghana was eliminated in a penalty shoot-out.
Career statistics
- As of 27 June 2012
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Serbia | League | Serbian Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2010–11 | Red Star | SuperLiga | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
| Total | Serbia | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
| China PR | League | FA Cup | Asia | Total | ||||||
| 2012 | Dalian Aerbin | Super League | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
| Total | China PR | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| Career total | 52 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 1 | ||
Honours
Club
Dinamo Zagreb:
Croatian First League: 2012–13
Croatian Supercup: 2013
Individual
- Ghana Premier League: Best central defender of the 2008 season.
National team
- Ghana
- 2010 African Nations Cup: Runner-up