Elvis Baffour

Elvis Kyei Baffour (born 7 February 1999) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Slovenian club Rogaška.[1] He previously played for Liberty Professionals and AS Soliman.[2]

Elvis Baffour
Personal information
Full name Elvis Kyei Baffour
Date of birth (1999-02-07) 7 February 1999
Place of birth Kumasi, Ghana
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Rogaška
Youth career
Rainbow FC
Liberty Professionals
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Liberty Professionals 34 (13)
2020–2023 AS Soliman 62 (8)
2023– Rogaška 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 September 2023

Club career

Rainbow FC

Baffour was born in Kumasi and played for Kumasi-based lower-tier side Rainbow FC before joining Liberty Professionals in 2017.[3][4][5]

Liberty Professionals

Baffour started his professional career with Dansoman-based club Liberty Professionals. He made his Ghana Premier League debut during the 2018 season, on 25 March 2018 in a 3–1 loss to West African Football Academy (WAFA), playing the full 90 minutes.[6] On 11 April 2018, he scored his debut goal by scoring the only goal in a match against Ashanti Gold to grant Liberty their second victory in four days after going on a losing streak in three matches.[7] The season was cut short due the Anas Number 12 Expose which caused the dissolution of the Ghana Football Association. Baffour finished the season with eight appearances and a goal.[2]

During the 2019 GFA Normalization Competition, Baffour played 11 matches and scored 4 goals for the Scientific Soccer Boys.[2][5] He established himself as a fan favourite within this period.[5] He scored 8 goals and provided 4 assists in his 15 league appearances for the Dansoman-based club during the 2019–20 season before the league was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ending the season as the club's top goalscorer and the fourth joint league top scorer.[2][8][9] At the end of these truncated season, he was linked with a move to the United Arab Emirates giants Al Ain,[10][11] however he joined Tunisian side AS Soliman instead.[12] In his three-year stay with the club, he played 34 league matches, scored 13 goals and provided 4 assists.[2]

AS Soliman

On 12 October 2020, Baffour joined Tunisian side AS Soliman. He signed a three-year contract with the club after passing his medicals.[3][4][9] On 18 December 2020, he made his debut by playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 victory over Etoile du Sahel.[13] He scored his first goal for the club on 31 January 2021 by opening the scoreline in the 37th minute in an eventual 1–1 draw against CS Sfaxien.[14][15]

International career

Baffour has earned call-ups to the Ghana under-20 and under-23 teams.[12]

References
  1. "Ghana – E. Baffour – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. "Elvis Kyei Baffour – Soccer player profile & career statistics". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  3. "Elvis Kyei-Baffour joins AS Soliman from Liberty Professionals". MyNewsGh. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  4. "Liberty Professionals striker Elvis Kyei-Baffour completes move to Tunisian outfit AS Soliman". GhanaSoccernet. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  5. "Official: Liberty Professionals poster-boy Elvis Kyei-Baffour joins Tunisian club AS Soliman". The Ghana The Guardian. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  6. "Match Report of Liberty Professionals FC vs West Africa Football Academy SC – 2018-03-25 – Zylofon Cash Premier League". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  7. "Match Report of Liberty Professionals FC vs Ashanti Gold SC – 2018-04-11 – Zylofon Cash Premier League". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  8. "Ghana Premier League 2019/2020 – Results, fixtures, tables and stats". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  9. "OFFICIAL: Striker Elvis Kyei-Baffour Joins Tunisian Side A.S Soliman". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  10. "Elvis Kyei Baffour leaves Liberty Professionals to sign 'bumper' deal with UAE giants Al Ain". Kick Ghana. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  11. "Liberty Professionals star Elvis Kyei Baffour jets off to UAE to seal Al Ain FC move". GhanaWeb. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  12. Osman, Abdul Wadudu (28 September 2020). "Liberty Professional youngster Elvis Kyei Baffour joining Tunisian side AS Soliman". Football Made in Ghana. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  13. "Soliman vs. Etoile du Sahel – 18 December 2020 – Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  14. "Elvis Kyei Baffour scores debut goal for AS Soliman". Kick Ghana. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  15. "Soliman vs. CS Sfaxien – 31 January 2021 – Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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