Anthony Baffoe

Anthony Baffoe was the first Ghanaian born and raised abroad to play for the Black Stars. His career ran from the Bundesliga to the headquarters of the Confederation of African Football.

Early life

He was born on 25 May 1965 at Bad Godesberg, near Bonn in West Germany, the son of a Ghanaian diplomat. His sister, Liz Baffoe, is a German actress. He came through the youth teams of 1. FC Ringsdorff Godesberg and 1. FC Koln.

Club career

A defender, he made his debut for 1. FC Koln in 1983 and played 74 Bundesliga games in total, most of them for Fortuna Dusseldorf between 1989 and 1992. He also played for Rot-Weiss Oberhausen, Stuttgarter Kickers and Fortuna Koln, then moved to France with Metz (1992 to 1994) and Nice. He finished with spells at Hong Kong Golden, Caracas FC in Venezuela and Obuasi Goldfields, retiring in 2001.

Ghana

He won 25 caps for Ghana between 1991 and 1994 and played at the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations, where Ghana finished runners-up, and at the 1994 tournament.

Football administration

After retiring he presented a youth football TV magazine and Viasat One's Champions League coverage in Ghana, and founded the Professional Footballers Association of Ghana, serving as its general secretary. In February 2006 the Ghana FA made him Director for International Relations for the national team. He has sat on FIFA and CAF committees, served as a FIFA anti-racism ambassador and became a deputy general secretary of the Confederation of African Football.

Family

He is married to the actress Kalsoume Sinare; they have three children. In March 2026 President Mahama appointed her Ghana's Ambassador to Spain.