Kofi Baah

Kofi Baah (born 23 January 1998) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ghanaian Premier league side Liberty Professionals F.C.

Kofi Baah
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-23) 23 January 1998
Place of birth Ghana
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Liberty Professionals
Number 22
Youth career
Charity Stars
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Liberty Professionals 44 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 2021

Career

Baah started his career with lower-tier side Charity Stars before joining Liberty Professionals. He started his senior career with Liberty Professionals in 2017. On 25 June 2017, Baah made his debut for Liberty, starring in a 1–0 away win against Accra Great Olympics.[1] That season, served as the back-up goalkeeper for Eric Andoh whilst making 4 league appearances.[2] The following season, he featured played more matches featuring in 8 out of 15 league matches before the league was cancelled due to the Anas Number 12 Expose.[2] During the 2019 GFA Normalization Committee Special Competition and 2019–20 Ghana Premier League season, he served as back-up goalkeeper to Ganiwu Shaibu and played two and four league matches respectively.[3][2]

At the end of the 2020–21 season, even though at the end of the season Liberty Professionals were relegated to the Ghana Division One League, Baah was one of their standout performers within the season. He kept 11 clean-sheets in 26 League games only trailing to Razak Abalora of Asante Kotoko and Richard Attah of Hearts of Oak who both kept 12 clean-sheets.[4][5] At the tail end of the season, he was serving as the club captain due to his impressive form.[6]

References
  1. "Match Report of Great Olympics FC vs Liberty Professionals FC - 2017-06-25 - Ghana Premier League - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  2. "Kofi Baah - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  3. "VIDEO: Liberty Professionals goalie Shaibu talks up MOTM heroics in Berekum Chelsea draw". GhanaSoccernet. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Best XI of Players Who Have Been Relegated From the Ghana Premier League - Kickgh.com". www.kickgh.com. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  5. "Match Report: Ashantigold beat Liberty Professionals at home". www.ghanafa.org. Ghana Football Association. Retrieved 2021-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Legon Cities score late to beat Liberty Professionals". www.ghanafa.org. Ghana Football Association. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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