# Joseph Afful

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{{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](/source/Accra), [Ghana](/source/Ghana)
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}}
| currentclub  = [Brooklyn Knights](/source/Brooklyn_Knights)
| position = [Forward](/source/Striker_(association_football))
|  youthyears1 =   2000–2002 
| youthyears2 =  2003
|  youthclubs1 =   [St. Francis College](/source/St._Francis_College) 
| youthclubs2 =  [Adelphi University](/source/Adelphi_University)
|  years1 =   2004–2006 
| years2 =  2007–
|  clubs1 =   [Atlanta Silverbacks](/source/Atlanta_Silverbacks) 
| clubs2 =  [Brooklyn Knights](/source/Brooklyn_Knights)
| caps1 = 69
| caps2 =  9  
| goals1 =  0  
| goals2 =  0 
}}
'''Joseph Afful''' (born July 30, 1979, in [Accra](/source/Accra), [Ghana](/source/Ghana)) is a  [soccer](/source/football_(soccer)) player, who plays for the [Brooklyn Knights](/source/Brooklyn_Knights) of the [USL Premier Development League](/source/USL_Premier_Development_League).

== Career ==
Afful came to the [United States](/source/United_States) to play [college soccer](/source/College_soccer_in_the_United_States), first with [St. Francis College](/source/St._Francis_College) where he was a three time All-Northeast Conference player from 2000 to 2003, and then an [Atlantic Soccer Conference](/source/Atlantic_Soccer_Conference) player in 2003 with [Adelphi University](/source/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](/source/Atlanta_Silverbacks) after being released from the [New England Revolution](/source/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](/source/The_Atlanta_Constitution) |date=22 June 2006}}</ref>

==References==
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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

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