Michael Helegbe
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Michael Kafui Helegbe is a Ghanaian
footballer, who is currently playing with Liberty Professionals.
second division side En Avant de Guingamp
where he signed a three and a half year contract beginning January 2007. The Ghana
ian midfielder left Guingamp after two years in August 2009 to join Belgian second division club KV Oostende on a one-year deal On 29 September 2010 announced his return to Ghana
and signed with Liberty Professionals F.C..
against Austria
on 24 March 2007 at the UPC-Arena
, Graz
, Austria
. He was the captain of the Ghana
ian Olympics
football
team.
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
footballer, who is currently playing with Liberty Professionals.
Career
Helegbe started his professional career with the Liberty Professionals club of the Ghanaian Premier League and signed a 6 months contract for SK Brann (Norway) on 21 April 2005 with the option of extension for another two years and joined back on 1 July 2005. He currently plies his trade with FrenchFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
second division side En Avant de Guingamp
En Avant Guingamp
En Avant de Guingamp is a French association football club based in the commune of Guingamp. The club was founded in 1912 and currently play in Ligue 2, the second level of French football, having won promotion from the Championnat National following the 2010–11 season. Guingamp plays its home...
where he signed a three and a half year contract beginning January 2007. The Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
ian midfielder left Guingamp after two years in August 2009 to join Belgian second division club KV Oostende on a one-year deal On 29 September 2010 announced his return to Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
and signed with Liberty Professionals F.C..
International
Helegbe earned his first national cap playing for the Ghana national football teamGhana national football team
The Ghana national football team, popularly known as the Black Stars, is the national association football team of Ghana and is controlled by the Ghana Football Association...
against Austria
Austria national football team
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on 24 March 2007 at the UPC-Arena
UPC-Arena
The UPC-Arena in Graz, Styria, Austria, is the home of the football clubs SK Sturm Graz and Grazer AK.- History :...
, Graz
Graz
The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. He was the captain of the Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
ian Olympics
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
team.
Clubs
- 1992-1996 : SS Marseille Model Football Academy (Juvenile football club Ghana).
- 2003-2004 : Liberty Professionals (Ghana).
- 2004-2005 : Liberty Professionals (Ghana).
- August 2005-December 2005 : SK Brann (Norway) on loan.
- January, 2006-December 2006 : Liberty Professionals (Ghana).
- January, 2007-August 2009 : En Avant de Guingamp (France).
- August, 2009–present : KV Oostende (Belgium)