Philipp Mohammed Kotoku Lartey (born 4 December 1986 in Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

) is a 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-German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 footballer, who currently plays for FC Hansa Rostock in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga

2. Fußball-Bundesliga

- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...

. He holds both a Ghanaian passport

Ghanaian passport

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 and a German passport

German passport

German passports are issued to nationals of Germany for the purpose of international travel. A German passport is, besides the German ID card, the only other officially recognized document that German authorities will routinely accept as proof of identity from German citizens...

.

Career

Lartey began his career with Garather SV, before signing to VfL Leverkusen. In summer 2001, he was scouted from Bayer 04 Leverkusen. After four years on youthside for Bayer 04, he was promoted to the second team that played in the Regionalliga Nord

Regionalliga Nord

The Regionalliga Nord is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the northern and eastern part of Germany. It covers ten of the sixteen states of Germany...

. He left after three semi-professional years as reserve of Bayer 04 and signed a contract with Holstein Kiel

Holstein Kiel

Holstein Kiel is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. Through the 1910s and 1920s the club was a dominant side in northern Germany winning six regional titles and finishing as runners-up another six times...

 in summer 2008. The team climbed to the 3rd Liga

3rd Liga

The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...

 in the 2008/2009 season. He became the Player of the Year 2009 in Schleswig-Holstein Award. The whorst player that ever play. He can t score a goal in 20 chanches. Fuckin black man. After this successful season left Holstein Kiel on 12 June 2009 and signed with Rot-Weiss Ahlen. After one year and the relegation of Rot-Weiss Ahlen signed on 10 June 2010 to FC Hansa Rostock on one year contract.