Bright Addae

Bright Addae

Personal information
Full name	Bright Christopher Addae[1]
Date of birth	(1992-12-19) 19 December 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Wa, Ghana
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team	Nardò
Number	19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2010	Wa All Stars
2010–2014	Parma	0	(0)
2011	→ Terrassa (loan)
2012–2013	→ Crotone (loan)	12	(1)
2013–2014	→ Gorica (loan)	3	(0)
2014	→ Gubbio (loan)	11	(2)
2014–2019	Ascoli	155	(8)
2019–2020	Juve Stabia	28	(2)
2020–2021	Hermannstadt	29	(2)
2021	Lavello	6	(0)
2021–2022	Bitonto	18	(2)
2022	Cjarlins Muzane	11	(0)
2022–	Nardò	22	(5)
International career^‡
2009	Ghana U20	3	(0)
2010	Ghana	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:47, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Bright Christopher Addae (also spelled Addai; born 19 December 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie D club Nardò.

Club career

Wa All Stars

Born in Wa, Addae began his career with Wa All Stars.^[3]

Parma and loan deals

In November 2009, it was announced that he would be moving to Italian club Parma in the summer of 2010, after signing a four-year contract.^[4] In January 2011, he was loaned to Spanish club Terrassa until the end of the 2010–11 season,^[5] as Parma ran out of non-EU registration quota for signing players from abroad. In August 2011 his contract was finally registered in Lega Serie A. Addae moved on loan to Crotone in July 2012.^[6][7]

He signed on loan for Slovenian club Gorica on 1 July 2013.^[8][9]

On 31 January 2014, he was signed by Gubbio along with Alessandro Gozzi.^[10]

Ascoli

On 17 July 2014, Addae was signed by Lega Pro club Ascoli in a definitive deal on a 2+1 year contract.^[11] Addae and the club confirmed the optional third year on 30 August 2015.^[12] On 2 May 2017, he signed a new two-year contract.^[13] Throughout his 5 years with the club, he played 155 league matches and scored 8 goals.^[1]

Juve Stadia

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Addae joined Juve Stabia in Serie B on a two-year contract.^[14] He made his debut 25 August 2019, after playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 loss against Empoli.^[15] In his only season with the club, he played 28 league matches and scored 2 goals.^[1]

Hermannstadt

On 10 September 2020 he moved to Romania and signed with Hermannstadt.^[16]

International career

Addae made three appearances at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup,^[17] and made his senior international debut for Ghana in 2010.^[3]

Personal life

Addae started a foundation called the Bright Addae Foundation to support the needy, orphans, widows and widowers in Assin Fosu, a town in the Central Region of Ghana. The foundation has also supported The Ghana Skatesoccer Association.^[18]

Honours

Ascoli Picchio F.C. 1898

• Lega Pro: 2014–15

ND Gorica

• Slovenian Football Cup: 2013–14^[3]

Ghana U20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2009^[1]

References

1. Bright Addae at Soccerway
2. Bright Addae at WorldFootball.net
3. Bright Addae at National-Football-Teams.com
4. "Parma Give Ghana Youngster Four-Year Contract". Goal.com. 29 November 2009.
5. "Ghana teenager Addae moves to Terrassa on loan". Ghana Soccernet. 31 January 2011.
6. Kent Mensah (31 July 2012). "Parma loan Bright Addae to Serie B's Crotone". Goal.com.
7. "Addae e Traoré dal Parma" (in Italian). FC Crotone. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
8. Uredništvo (3 July 2013). "Italijan in Ganec v Gorici" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
9. "ZAPISNIK 36 seje Registracijske komisije NZS z dne 03.07.2013" [Press release [N°] 36: NZS Registration Commission on 3 July 2013] (PDF) (in Slovenian). Nogometna zveza Slovenije (NZS). 12 July 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
10. "ADDAE E GOZZI AL GUBBIO IN PRESTITO" (in Italian). AS Gubbio 1910. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
11. "no title". Ascoli Picchio F.C. 1898. Facebook. 17 July 2014.
12. "Ufficiale Petagna dal Milan. Prolunga il contratto Addae" (in Italian). Ascoli Picchio F.C. 1898. 30 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
13. "Addae rinnova fino al 2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Ascoli Picchio F.C. 1898. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
14. OFFICIAL: Ghanaian defender Bright Addae joins serie B side Juve Stabia, ghanasoccernet.com, 2 July 2019
15. "Empoli vs. Juve Stabia - 25 August 2019 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
16. "Bright Addae este la #FCH!" (Press release) (in Romanian). Hermannstadt. 10 September 2020.
17. Bright Addae – FIFA competition record (archived)
18. Osman, Abdul Wadudu (10 August 2020). "Bright Addae Foundation customize Gloves to generate revenue to support It's [sic] operations - Dickson Boadi". Football Made In Ghana. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2021.