Joseph Afful

{{Short description|Ghanaian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Joey Afful | fullname = Joseph Afful | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|07|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = Accra, Ghana | height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}} | currentclub = Brooklyn Knights | position = Forward | youthyears1 = 2000–2002 | youthyears2 = 2003 | youthclubs1 = St. Francis College | youthclubs2 = Adelphi University | years1 = 2004–2006 | years2 = 2007– | clubs1 = Atlanta Silverbacks | clubs2 = Brooklyn Knights | caps1 = 69 | caps2 = 9 | goals1 = 0 | goals2 = 0 }} '''Joseph Afful''' (born July 30, 1979, in Accra, Ghana) is a soccer player, who plays for the Brooklyn Knights of the USL Premier Development League.

== Career == Afful came to the United States to play college soccer, first with St. Francis College where he was a three time All-Northeast Conference player from 2000 to 2003, and then an Atlantic Soccer Conference player in 2003 with Adelphi University.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/adel/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/Honorsandawards.pdf |title=Adelphi Unviversity soccer |access-date=2009-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204052/http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/adel/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/Honorsandawards.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After college, Afful went on to play with the Atlanta Silverbacks after being released from the New England Revolution<ref>[http://www.atlantasilverbacks.com/news/displaynews.php?id=93&cat=1 AFFUL RETURNS TO SILVERBACKS' BACK LINE] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104100630/http://www.atlantasilverbacks.com/news/displaynews.php?id=93&cat=1 |date=2009-01-04 }}</ref> prior to joining the Knights in 2007.

== Education == Afful has recently received an MBA degree from Adelphi University.

== Personal life ==

Afful became a U.S. citizen in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shannon |first1=Andre |title=Silverbacks defender has allegiance quandary |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution/189790891/ |access-date=25 January 2026 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |date=22 June 2006}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Afful, Joseph}} Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Adelphi Panthers men's soccer players Category:Atlanta Silverbacks FC players Category:Brooklyn Knights players Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Category:Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Category:Ghanaian men's footballers Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Category:Footballers from Accra Category:St. Francis College alumni Category:St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer players Category:A-League (1995–2004) players Category:USL First Division players Category:USL League Two players Category:Men's association football forwards