Daniel Pappoe

Daniel Mills Pappoe (born 30 December 1993) is a footballer who plays as a defender for Carshalton Athletic. He previously played for Crawley Town, Brighton & Hove Albion, Chelsea and Colchester United.

Daniel Pappoe
Personal information
Full name Daniel Mills Pappoe[1]
Date of birth (1993-12-30) 30 December 1993[2]
Place of birth Accra, Ghana[1]
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Carshalton Athletic
Youth career
2006–2013 Chelsea
2014–2015 Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Chelsea 0 (0)
2013 → Colchester United (loan) 2 (0)
2014 → Kingstonian (loan) 13 (0)
2014–2015 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
2015 Hampton & Richmond Borough 0 (0)
2015–2016 Hemel Hempstead Town 5 (0)
2016 Berliner AK 07 1 (0)
2016 Hemel Hempstead Town 4 (0)
2016–2017 Crawley Town 0 (0)
2017 New Radiant 0 (0)
2017 Foresta Suceava 7 (0)
2018–2019 Dulwich Hamlet 6 (0)
2018 → Carshalton Athletic (loan) 12
2019– Carshalton Athletic 43
National team
2013 Ghana U20 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:28, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

Club career

Chelsea

Pappoe joined Chelsea as a schoolboy at under-12 level. He featured for the Chelsea reserves during the 2009–10 season while still studying at school. He was the captain of the FA Youth Cup-winning squad of 2010, though he missed the final through injury.[4]

He played nine reserve games, but was sent off against Blackpool after lashing out at an opponent. He missed the start of the 2011–12 season with injuries, returning in early 2012, only to suffer another serious injury, where he was ruled out for the remainder of the season. He returned to action with the youth and reserve teams part-way through the 2012–13 season, and featured in the semi-final and final of the 2012–13 NextGen Series, where the Blues finished as runners-up to Aston Villa.[4]

Loan spells

Yet to make his Chelsea first-team debut, Pappoe signed on loan with League One club Colchester United on 16 July 2013, teaming up with fellow Chelsea youth-team product Sam Walker in his second loan-spell with the U's.[5] He made his professional debut as an 86th-minute substitute for Alex Gilbey in a 2–2 draw with Bradford City on 14 September. However, just four minutes after coming on, he was given a red card for a tackle on former Colchester player Mark Yeates,[6] becoming the seventh United player to be sent off on their debut.[7] On 31 October 2013, Pappoe's loan at Colchester was terminated due to his opportunities being limited.[8]

Following Pappoe's unsuccessful loan spell at Colchester United, he joined Isthmian Premier League side Kingstonian on a one-month loan deal.[9]

Post Chelsea career

On 4 August 2014, Pappoe along with former Chelsea teammate George Cole, joined the development squad of Brighton & Hove Albion signing a one-year deal.[10] However, on 30 June 2015, Pappoe was released at the expiry of his short-term deal without making a single appearance for Brighton.[11]

On 25 October 2015, Pappoe joined Isthmian Premier Division side Hampton & Richmond Borough on a non-contract deal.[12] However, after failing to make an appearance under manager Alan Dowson, Pappoe left the club.

On 19 December 2015, Pappoe joined National League South side Hemel Hempstead Town on a short-term deal.[13] On the same day, Pappoe made his Hemel Hempstead Town debut in a 2–0 victory over Oxford City, playing the full 90 minutes.[14] After only making four more appearances, Pappoe made the switch to German side Berliner AK 07.[15] Although after making only making one appearance, Pappoe returned to England to re-join Hemel Hempstead Town, where he went onto make only four more league appearances.

On 9 August 2016, Pappoe joined League Two side Crawley Town on a non-contract basis, re-uniting with former Chelsea Reserves and Academy manager Dermot Drummy.[16] On 4 October 2016, after almost two months after signing for Crawley, Pappoe was given his debut in a 2–0 victory over Charlton Athletic in an EFL Trophy tie, replacing Mark Connolly with eight minutes remaining.[17]

On 11 January 2017, Pappoe joined Maldives-based side New Radiant, after failing to impress at Crawley.[18] However, after three weeks of his arrival in the Maldives, his contract with New Radiant was promptly rescinded[19] and he was given ten days notice after the club assessed his performance as poor. It was also confirmed that he had a pre-existing knee injury that he had failed to declare pre-transfer.

On 22 August 2017, Pappoe joined Romanian side Foresta Suceava[20] although doubts about his fitness status still remain.

Pappoe had been playing for Carshalton Athletic from 15 September to 16 December 2018 on loan from Dulwich Hamlet. However, on 28 January 2019, he signed permanently for Carshalton Athletic.[21]

International career

In 2013, he represented Ghana U20 in the four-team Valais Youth Cup. He played in games versus Kosovo (in their first FIFA recognised match) and Brazil. He was initially named in the FIFA U-20 World Cup squad but was later replaced with Israel-based Baba Mensah.[22]

Personal life

Pappoe was born in Accra, Ghana. He grew up in the Deptford area of South East London. He lived in the Cobham area when he joined the Chelsea Youth Academy as a school boy.

Professional career statistics
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Colchester United (loan) 2013–14[23] League One 2000000020
Kingstonian (loan) 2013–14[24] Isthmian League Premier Division 13000—2[lower-alpha 1]1151
Hemel Hempstead Town 2015–16[25] National League South 9000—0090
Berliner AK 07 2015–16[15] Regionalliga Nordost 1000——10
Crawley Town 2016–17[15] League Two 0000002[lower-alpha 2]020
Foresta Suceava 2017–18[15] Liga II 4000——40
Career total 290000040331
  1. Appearance(s) in Isthmian League Premier Division play-offs
  2. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Colchester United – Player profile". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  2. "Daniel Pappoe – Football Stats – Soccer Base". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  3. "FootballSquads – Colchester United – 2013/14". FootballSquads.co.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  4. "DANIEL PAPPOE". Chelsea FC. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  5. "Chelsea's Daniel Pappoe joins Colchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  6. "Bradford 2–2 Colchester". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  7. "Colchester United – Match details – Bradford City 2–2 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  8. "Pappoe Heads Back". Colchester United Official Website. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  9. "Daniel Pappoe - First team - Kingstonian FC". Kingstonian F.C. (pitchero).
  10. "Chelsea duo sign for under 21s". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 4 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  11. "Brighton's U21 Retained List Announced". Vital BHA. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  12. "Pappoe becomes a Beaver!". Hampton & Richmond Borough Official Site. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  13. "NEW SIGNINGS". Hemel Hempstead Town. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  14. "Oxford City vs. Hemel Hempstead Town". Soccerway. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  15. "D. Pappoe". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  16. "Reds sign Pappoe". Crawley Town Official Site. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  17. "Report: Charlton 0 Reds 2". Crawley Town Official Site. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  18. "Former Chelsea Youth Captain Daniel Pappoe Joins New Radiant SC". Modern Ghana. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  19. Maldivesfootball.com. "Fifth foreign player to join New Radiant - Maldives Football". www.maldivesfootball.com. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  20. "Investitori din Republica Moldova şi Franţa pun umărul să salveze Foresta. Gruparea suceavă a început legitimarea jucătorilor şi vrea un antrenor din Hexagon" (in Romanian). ProSport.ro. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  21. Former Chelsea youth defender Daniel Pappoe joins Non-league club Carshalton Athletic, ghanasoccernet.com, 28 January 2019
  22. "Ghana replaces Pappoe with Baba Mensah". GhanaFA. 19 June 2013. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  23. "Colchester 2013/2014 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 September 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
  24. "Statistics". Kingstonian F.C. Select season required via dropdown menu.
  25. "Statistics". Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. Select season required via dropdown menu.
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