Peter Ofori-Quaye

Early life Ofori-Quaye is a native of Mamprobi, a suburb of Accra known for producing very sportspeople that are considered talented, including former Ghanaian captain Stephen Appiah, the Saba brothers (Christian Saba and Robert Saba), Ali Jarra, and former world boxing champion Azumah Nelson.

Club career

Kalamata Born in Accra, Ofori-Quaye came to Greece at the age of 15, signing for Kalamata during the Stavros Papadopoulos era of the club. The Papadopoulos era was noted for bringing in talented players from the nation of Ghana with Ofori-Quaye proving to be the most promising player ahead of teammates Samuel Johnson and Derek Boateng.

Olympiacos At the age of 17, Ofori-Quaye signed for Greek champions Olympiacos for a club record of US$3.5 million. Ofori-Quaye attracted much attention from other clubs, scoring key goals including those in the UEFA Champions League against the likes of Rosenborg, Lyon, and Deportivo La Coruna. In the middle of Olympiacos' coach changing crisis, Ofori-Quaye was released by the club in 2003. He won six Greek Championships with the Piraeus based club, a Hellenic Cup, and helped them reach the quarter-finals of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League.

Liberty Professionals After a year away from football, he signed for Ghanaian club Liberty Professionals FC in 2004. In 2005, he returned to Greece signing for OFI where he began to hit good form and was recalled to his national team.

Kiryat Shmona In July 2007 newly promoted Israeli club Kiryat Shmona tried to sign him, but his contract was not approved in the first place with OFI reporting him missing for the past three months. He went on and played 26 matches and scored 4 goals during his only season with the club. In 2010, Ofori-Quaye was on the verge of moving to Ghana and signing for Accra Hearts of Oak but the deal fell through. He spoke against suggestions from the public that he was coming to the end of his career and stated in interviews that he had rather joined the club to restart his career. On 23 October 2011, he scored his only league in a match 3–2 loss to Kumasi Asante Kotoko, after scoring the equalizer in the 44th minute of the match after Nathaniel Asamoah scored for Kotoko. On 6 November 2011, in a match against Aduana Stars, he missed a penalty after he had been fouled in the 35th minute, failing to double their early lead through Richard Addai.

International career

Youth Ofori-Quaye was a member of the Ghana national under-20 football team in the late 1990s. He featured for team during the 1997 and 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. He was named in the 22-man squad for the 1998 African Cup of Nations, where he played two matches with Ghana in the group stages. He also made the squad for the 2000 African Cup of Nations. He played 2 matches as Ghana were eliminated in the quarter-finals by South Africa.

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Honours Olympiacos Super League Greece: 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03 Greek Cup: 1998–99

AEL Limassol Cypriot Cup runner up: 2008–09