Elvis Kyei Baffour

Elvis Kyei Baffour (born 7 February 1999) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as winger for Tunisian side AS Soliman.[1] He previously played for Liberty Professionals.[2]

Elvis Kyei Baffour
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-02-07) 7 February 1999
Place of birth Ghana
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 AS Soliman
Number 14
Youth career
Liberty Professionals
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Liberty Professionals 34 (13)
2020– AS Soliman 50 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 February 2023

Club career

Rainbow FC

Baffour was born in Kumasi and he played for Kumasi-based lower-tier side Rainbow FC before joining Liberty in 2017.[3][4][5]

Liberty Professionals

Baffour started his professional career with Dansoman-based club Liberty Professionals. He made his Ghana Premier League debut during the 2018 Ghana Premier League season. He made his debut on 25 March 2018 in a 1–3 loss to West African Football Academy (WAFA), in the process playing the full 90 minutes.[6] On 11 April 2018, he scored his debut goal by scoring the only goal in a match against Ashanti Gold to grant Liberty their second victory in 4 days after going on a losing streak in 3 matches.[7] The season was cut short due the Anas Number 12 Expose which caused the dissolution of the GFA. Due to that, he finished the season with 8 matches and a goal.[2]

During the 2019 GFA Normalization Competition, played 11 matches and scored 4 goals for the Scientific Soccer Boys.[2][5] He established himself as a fan favourite within this period.[5] He scored 8 goals and provided 4 assists in his 15 league appearances for the Dansoman-based club during the 2019–20 season before the league was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ending the season as the club's top goal scorer and 4th joint league top scorer.[2][8][9] At the end of these truncated season, he was linked with a move to UAE giants Al Ain,[10][11] however he joined Tunisian side AS Soliman.[12] In his 3-year stay with the club he played 34 league matches scored 13 goals and made 4 assists.[2]

AS Soliman

On 12 October 2020, Baffour joined Tunisian side AS Soliman. He signed a 3-year contract with the club after passing his medicals.[3][4][9] In a 2–1 victory over Etoile du Sahel on 18 December 200, he made his debut by playing the full 90 minutes of the game.[13] He scored his debut goal for the club on 31 January 2021 by opening the scoreline in the 37th minute in an eventual 1–1 draw against CS Sfaxien.[14][15]

International career

Kyei Baffour has earned call-ups to the Ghana U-20 and U-23 teams.[12]

References
  1. "Ghana – E. Baffour – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  2. "Elvis Kyei Baffour – Soccer player profile & career statistics". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. "Elvis Kyei-Baffour joins AS Soliman from Liberty Professionals". MyNewsGh. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Liberty Professionals striker Elvis Kyei-Baffour completes move to Tunisian outfit AS Soliman". GhanaSoccernet. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  5. "Official: Liberty Professionals poster-boy Elvis Kyei-Baffour joins Tunisian club AS Soliman". The Ghana The Guardian. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  6. "Match Report of Liberty Professionals FC vs West Africa Football Academy SC – 2018-03-25 – Zylofon Cash Premier League". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  7. "Match Report of Liberty Professionals FC vs Ashanti Gold SC – 2018-04-11 – Zylofon Cash Premier League". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  8. "Ghana Premier League 2019/2020 – Results, fixtures, tables and stats". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  9. "OFFICIAL: Striker Elvis Kyei-Baffour Joins Tunisian Side A.S Soliman". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  10. "Elvis Kyei Baffour leaves Liberty Professionals to sign 'bumper' deal with UAE giants Al Ain". Kick Ghana. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  11. "Liberty Professionals star Elvis Kyei Baffour jets off to UAE to seal Al Ain FC move". GhanaWeb. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  12. Osman, Abdul Wadudu (28 September 2020). "Liberty Professional youngster Elvis Kyei Baffour joining Tunisian side AS Soliman". Football Made in Ghana. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  13. "Soliman vs. Etoile du Sahel – 18 December 2020 – Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  14. "Elvis Kyei Baffour scores debut goal for AS Soliman". Kick Ghana. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  15. "Soliman vs. CS Sfaxien – 31 January 2021 – Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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