{{Short description|German-Ghanaian footballer (born 1976)}} {{For|the footballer born in 1998|Hans Nunoo Sarpei}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Hans Sarpei | image = Hans Sarpei 2019.jpg | caption = Sarpei in 2019 | fullname = Hans Adu Sarpei<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Ghana |publisher=FIFA |page=13 |date=21 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2019}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|6|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Tema, Ghana | height = 1.78 m | position = Full-back | currentclub = | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1996 | youthclubs1 = Chorweiler | youthyears2 = 1996–1997 | youthclubs2 = Preußen Köln | youthyears3 = 1997–1998 | youthclubs3 = Winfriedia Mülheim | years1 = 1998–2000 | clubs1 = Fortuna Köln | caps1 = 44 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2000–2001 | clubs2 = MSV Duisburg | caps2 = 20 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2001–2007 | clubs3 = VfL Wolfsburg | caps3 = 139 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2001–2007 | clubs4 = VfL Wolfsburg II | caps4 = 1 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2007–2010 | clubs5 = Bayer Leverkusen | caps5 = 42 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2008–2009 | clubs6 = Bayer Leverkusen II | caps6 = 3 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2010–2012 | clubs7 = Schalke 04 | caps7 = 9 | goals7 = 0 | totalcaps = 258 | totalgoals = 3 | nationalyears1 = 2000–2010 | nationalteam1 = Ghana | nationalcaps1 = 36 | nationalgoals1 = 1 }}
'''Hans Adu Sarpei''' (born 28 June 1976) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a full-back.
He also was a long time regular for the Ghana national team. Sarpei most recently played for his country at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
==Club career== Sarpei was born in Tema. He was with VfL Wolfsburg for six seasons, where he extended his contract until 30 June 2007 in February 2004. He joined Wolfsburg in 2001 and made over 130 appearances for the Wolves. At the end of the 2006–07 Bundesliga season, then Wolfsburg manager Klaus Augenthaler decided not to renew Sarpei's contract.
On 18 May 2007, Sarpei moved to Bayer Leverkusen on a free transfer signing a two-year deal.<ref>{{cite news | date=18 May 2007 | url=https://www.kicker.de/bayer-holt-sarpei-365808/artikel | title= Bayer holt Sarpei | publisher=Kicker | access-date = 18 May 2007 | language = de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | date=19 May 2007 | url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/artikel.php?ID=124303 | title= Sarpei heads to Leverkusen | publisher=ghanaweb.com | access-date=19 May 2007}}</ref>
==International career== Sarpei was a member of the Ghana national team. As such, he participated at the 2006 World Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He also received call-ups for the 2006 African Cup of Nations and the 2010 African Cup of Nations squads.{{cn|date=July 2023}}
==Media career== In 2016, it was announced that Sarpei would be a host on the Netflix reality show ''Ultimate Beastmaster''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/ultimate-beastmaster-netflix-competition-series-sylvester-stallone-dave-broome-1201769095/|title=Netflix Orders Global Competition Series 'Ultimate Beastmaster' from Sylvester Stallone, Dave Broome|last=Prudon|first=Laura|work=Variety|date=9 May 2016|access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref>
He portrayed Balthasar in the 2015 film ''3 Türken und ein Baby''.
==Personal life== Sarpei, who also has a German passport, moved to Germany from Ghana with his parents, when he was a child.<ref>{{cite news | date=1 January 2005 | url=http://www.hanssarpei.de/menu/laufbahn.asp | title=Hans Sarpei: Meine Laufbahn | publisher=www.hanssarpei.de | access-date=1 January 2005 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041217221427/http://www.hanssarpei.de/menu/laufbahn.asp | archive-date=17 December 2004 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> His older brother, Edward, is a former Bundesliga player for 1. FC Köln, currently playing for BP Worringen.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/soccer//player.php?ID=44 | title = Ghanaweb Profile – Edward Sarpei | publisher = ghanaweb.com | access-date = 28 December 2009}}</ref> Sarpei enjoys his large Facebook followership which recoined various Chuck Norris facts on him.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://fussball.zdf.de/ZDFsport/inhalt/14/0,5676,8349358,00.html?dr=1/ | title = Warum Hans Sarpei auf Facebook Kult ist ... | language = de | publisher = ZDF.de | access-date = 10 March 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Honours== '''Schalke 04''' *DFB-Pokal: 2010–11
'''Ghana'''
* Africa Cup of Nations: runner-up 2010; third place: 2008
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.hanssarpei.de/menu/home.asp}} {{in lang|de}} * {{Fussballdaten|sarpeihans|Hans Sarpei}}
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