# Alfred Arthur
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{{short description|Ghanaian footballer (born 1986)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{for|the Indian politician|Alfred Kan-Ngam Arthur}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alfred Arthur
| image =
| fullname = Alfred Arthur
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|12|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Accra](/source/Accra), [Ghana](/source/Ghana)
| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| position = [Left back](/source/Left_back)
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1999–2002
| youthyears2 = 2002
| youthclubs1 = Rainbow Stars
| youthclubs2 = Goldfields Soccer Academy
| years1 = 2003
| years2 = 2004–2007
| years3 = 2008
| years4 = 2008–2009
| years5 = 2009–2010
| years6 = 2010–2013
| years7 = 2013–2016
| clubs1 = Godfields Obuasi
| clubs2 = [Ashanti Gold](/source/Ashanti_Gold_SC)
| clubs3 = [Wacker Innsbruck](/source/FC_Wacker_Innsbruck)
| clubs4 = [Jagodina](/source/FK_Jagodina)
| clubs5 = [Ashanti Gold](/source/Ashanti_Gold_SC)
| clubs6 = [Berekum Chelsea](/source/Berekum_Chelsea)
| clubs7 = [Great Olympics](/source/Accra_Great_Olympics_F.C.)
| caps1 =
| caps2 = 56
| caps3 = 0
| caps4 = 7
| goals1 =
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2007
| nationalteam1 = [Ghana](/source/Ghana_national_football_team)
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 10 December 2008
| ntupdate = 3 October 2018
}}
'''Alfred Arthur''' (born 25 December 1986) is a [Ghana](/source/Ghana)ian international [football](/source/Association_football) defender.
==Career==
Started with [Michael Essien](/source/Michael_Essien) and Ofosu Amoah in a club called Rainbow Stars (Paa Badu Babies) in the [Central Region, Ghana](/source/Central_Region%2C_Ghana) and later joined the Goldfields Soccer Academy from where he graduated to join the senior team [Ashanti Gold SC](/source/Ashanti_Gold_SC)[{{Cite web |url=http://www.ghanadistricts.gov.gh/news/?read=20222 |title=(SPORTS- SOCCER) LOCAL: Arthur claims Milovan spy |access-date=2009-10-09 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234924/http://www.ghanadistricts.gov.gh/news/?read=20222 |url-status=dead }}] where he will play between 2004 and 2007.
In August 2007 was on trial at German 2. Bundesliga club [Greuther Fürth](/source/Greuther_F%C3%BCrth),[[http://www.myghanaonline.com/home.php?id=1189&type=news Gossip/Transfers: Appiah & Kuffour for EPL?] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503144354/http://www.myghanaonline.com/home.php?id=1189&type=news |date=May 3, 2008 }}] in January 2008 Alfred Arthur joined with Ghana 2007 goalkeeper [Emmanuel Clottey](/source/Emmanuel_Clottey) the [Austrian Bundesliga](/source/Austrian_Football_Bundesliga) team [FC Wacker Innsbruck](/source/FC_Wacker_Innsbruck).[[http://fc-wacker-innsbruck.at/index.php?option=com_joomleague&func=showPlayer&p=1&pid=401&Itemid= Spielerinformationen - Alfred Arthur] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175609/http://fc-wacker-innsbruck.at/index.php?option=com_joomleague&func=showPlayer&p=1&pid=401&Itemid= |date=2016-03-03 }} on www.fc-wacker-innsbruck.at] In August 2008 he joined [Serbian SuperLiga](/source/Serbian_SuperLiga) club [FK Jagodina](/source/FK_Jagodina) on a free transfer[[http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/soccer/player.php?ID=527 Player Profile : Alfred Arthur] on www.ghanaweb.com] In Jagodina he played along with another Ghanaian footballer, [Kennedy Boateng](/source/Kennedy_Boateng_(footballer%2C_born_1989)), but after one year in [Serbia](/source/Serbia) he turned back to Ghana.
In summer 2009 he signed with [Ghana Premier League](/source/Ghana_Premier_League) club [Ashanti Gold SC](/source/Ashanti_Gold_SC). After one season, he moved, in summer 2010, to another Ghanaian top league club [Berekum Chelsea](/source/Berekum_Chelsea).[{{Cite web |url=http://ghanasoccernet.com/2010/12/leaders-berekum-chelsea-dominate-ghana-chan-squad/ |title=Leaders Berekum Chelsea dominate Ghana CHAN squad |access-date=2011-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103185615/http://ghanasoccernet.com/2010/12/leaders-berekum-chelsea-dominate-ghana-chan-squad/ |archive-date=2011-01-03 |url-status=dead }}]
==National team==
He made his debut for the [Black Stars](/source/Ghana_national_football_team) in a friendly against [Brazil](/source/Brazil_national_football_team) on 27 March 2007, by coming on for the last ten minutes as a substitute.[[http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/soccer/player.php?ID=527 Player Profile : Alfred Arthur - Ghanaweb.com]] He was part of the Ghana squad at the [2011 African Nations Championship](/source/2011_African_Nations_Championship) having played the last group match against [Niger](/source/Niger_national_football_team) in the 0–1 defeat and consequent elimination.[[http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/19.pdf Ghana-Niger match report]]
==Honours==
;Berekum Chelsea
*[Ghana Premier League](/source/Ghana_Premier_League): [2010–11](/source/2010%E2%80%9311_Ghanaian_Premier_League)[{{NFT player|pid=21425|name=Alfred Arthur}}]
== References ==
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==External links==
* {{NFT}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130222051235/http://www.srbijafudbal.net/jagodina/arthur.htm Alfred Arthur]}} stats from Serbia at Srbijafudbal
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Category:1986 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Accra
Category:Ghanaian men's footballers
Category:Ghana men's international footballers
Category:Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
Category:FK Jagodina players
Category:Serbian SuperLiga players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
Category:Ashanti Gold S.C. players
Category:Berekum Chelsea F.C. players
Category:2011 African Nations Championship players
Category:Ghana men's A' international footballers
Category:21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen
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