Moses Sakyi

Moses Sakyi
Personal information
Date of birth	12 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre forward
Youth career
	Iron Breakers
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2000	Liberty Professionals
2000–2001	FC St. Pauli
2002	Yozgatspor
2002–2003	CSKA Sofia
2003	Slavia Sofia
2004	İstanbulspor
2004–2005	Estoril
2005–2006	Olhanense
2006–2007	Estrela Amadora
2008	AEL Limassol
2008–2009	Olhanense
2009	Hangzhou Greentown
2009–2010	Gondomar
2010	Akzhayik
2010–2011	Al Ain
2011	Pinhalnovense
2012	Persib Bandung
2014–2015	Moura
2015–2016	Rio Maior
Total
International career
2004–2007	Ghana
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Moses Sakyi (born 12 March 1981) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a centre forward.

Club career

Born in Accra, Sakyi made his senior debut with Liberty Professionals FC, where he shared teams with future Chelsea player Michael Essien. He went on to compete professionally in a host of countries, representing Yozgatspor, İstanbulspor (Turkey), PFC Slavia Sofia (Bulgaria), S.C. Olhanense and C.F. Estrela da Amadora (Portugal).^[2]

From January 2008 to 2012, other than in Portugal's Segunda Liga, Sakyi played professionally in the Cypriot First Division, the Chinese Super League, the Kazakhstan Premier League and the Indonesia Super League. On 21 June 2013, he was supposed to sign with C.D. Tondela,^[3] but nothing came of it, and he met the same fate with SC Mirandela.^[4] After two years out of football he joined another Portuguese club, Moura AC.^[5]

Sakyi won the first of his two caps for Ghana on 14 June 2004, in a 0–0 friendly against Togo.

^ ^a ^b ^c "M. Sakyi" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
^ Kwame Akoto, Patrick (2 October 2007). "Profile of Moses Sakyi". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 18 November 2007.
^ "Moses assina por uma época" [Moses signs for one season]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 19 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ "S.C. Mirandela: Moses chega esta semana e Ruca já treina" [S.C. Mirandela: Moses arrives this week and Ruca is already training] (in Portuguese). Rádio Brigantia. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
^ "Rio Maior contratou Moses Sakyi… que já jogou na 1ª Divisão Nacional. E na estreia já rendeu um golo" [Rio Maior signed Moses Sakyi… who has already played in the 1st National Division. And he was already good for one goal in his debut] (in Portuguese). Rádio Hertz. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2021.