Shamo Quaye
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 22 October 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Tema, Ghana | ||
Date of death | 30 November 1997 | (aged 26)||
Place of death | Tema, Ghana | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Soccer Angels | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1993 | Hearts of Oak | ||
1993–1995 | Al-Qadisiyah | 50 | (7) |
1995–1996 | Hearts of Oak | ||
1996–1997 | Umeå | ||
International career‡ | |||
1988–1997 | Ghana | 41 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 August 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 August 2008 |
Medal record | ||
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Men's association football | ||
Representing Ghana | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1992 Barcelona | Team competition |
Shamo Quaye (22 October 1971 – 30 November 1997) was a Ghanaian professional footballer who was a member of the men's national team that won bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Career
[edit]He played for Hearts of Oak in his native country. At the time of death he was playing for Umeå FC in Sweden, but he was in his home country with the national team. During practice Quaye was hit in the face. He died two days later from sudden complications.
External links
[edit]- Shamo Quaye at National-Football-Teams.com
- Shamo Quaye at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Shamo Quaye at Olympics.com
- Shamo Quaye at Olympedia (archive)
Categories:
- 1971 births
- 1997 deaths
- Footballers from Tema
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Ghana men's international footballers
- Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Ghana
- Olympic bronze medalists for Ghana
- Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players
- Al Qadsiah FC players
- Umeå FC players
- Saudi Pro League players
- Allsvenskan players
- Olympic medalists in football
- Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Association football players who died while playing
- Men's association football midfielders
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Sport deaths in Ghana
- African Olympic medalist stubs
- Ghanaian sportspeople stubs
- Ghanaian football midfielder stubs