{{short description|Ghanaian professional footballer (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Michael Tawiah | image = | fullname = Michael Tawiah | height = {{height|m=1.70}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|12|1}} | birth_place = Accra, Ghana | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Ambah FC | youthyears2 = 2008–2009 | youthclubs2 = Tema | years1 = 2009 | clubs1 = Lokomotiv Mezdra | caps1 = 10 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2010–2011 | clubs2 = Levski Sofia | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2011 | clubs3 = → Kaliakra Kavarna (loan) | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2011 | clubs4 = Chernomorets Burgas | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2012–2014 | clubs5 = Lyubimets 2007 | caps5 = 54 | goals5 = 5 | years6 = 2014 | clubs6 = Haskovo | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2015 | clubs7 = Borac Čačak | caps7 = 2 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2016 | clubs8 = Lokomotiv Mezdra | caps8 = 9 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2016 | clubs9 = Pomorie | caps9 = 12 | goals9 = 1 | years10 = 2017 | clubs10 = Vonds Ichihara | caps10 = 14| goals10 = 4 | years11 = 2018–2019| clubs11 = Vereya | caps11 = 8 | goals11 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2009 | nationalteam1 = Ghana U20 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 16 December 2018 | ntupdate = }} '''Michael Tawiah''' (born 1 December 1990) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
==Career== Born in Accra, Tawiah starter playing at the age of 12 at Ambah FC and then he played with Tema.<ref>[http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/soccer/player/614/michael-tawiah Michael Tawiah] at GhanaWeb, Retrieved 31 January 2015</ref> Then he continued his career in Bulgaria with Lokomotiv Mezdra, Levski Sofia and Kaliakra Kavarna.<ref>[http://levski.bg/Levski/info/statistic/showPlayer.do?playerId=171348 Tawiah at Levski's site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806040711/http://levski.bg/Levski/info/statistic/showPlayer.do?playerId=171348 |date=6 August 2010 }}</ref><ref>[https://int.soccerway.com/players/michael-tabia/88071/ Soccerway.com Profile] </ref>
In July 2011, Tawiah joined Chernomorets Burgas after his contract with Levski Sofia was mutually terminated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.novsport.com/news151710_1062.html|publisher=novsport.com|title=Tawiah lef Kaliakra and sign with Chernomorets|accessdate=13 July 2011}}</ref> In September 2011, he was released due to health problems.<ref>{{cite web|title=Димитър Димитров: трябва да подходим максимално концентрирано|url=http://www.chernomoretz.bg/news/381/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80-%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2:-%D0%A2%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B1%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D0%B4%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%85%D0%BE|publisher=chernomoretz.bg|accessdate=11 November 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217140525/http://www.chernomoretz.bg/news/381/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80-%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2:-%D0%A2%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B1%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D0%B4%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%85%D0%BE|archivedate=17 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title="Черноморец" взе играч на "Оксер"|url=http://www.monitor.bg/article?id=306368|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308115500/http://www.monitor.bg/article?id=306368|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 March 2014|publisher=monitor.bg|accessdate=16 December 2012}}</ref> After that Tawiah played in Bulgarian clubs PFC Lyubimets and PFC Haskovo.
On 29 January 2015, Tawiah signed with Serbian Superliga club Borac Čačak.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150221121106/http://www.boracfk.com/?q=node/1194 Pojačanje iz inostranstva]}} at FK Borac Čačak official website, 29 January 2015 {{in lang|sr}}</ref>
On 30 January 2017, Tawiah was released by Pomorie.<ref>{{cite web | title = Поморие се раздели с Тевия и още двама | url = http://football24.bg/novina/168223-pomorie-se-razdeli-s-teviya-i-oshte-dvama | publisher = football24.bg | date = 30 January 2017 | language = Bulgarian}}</ref> In March 2017, he joined Japanese club Vonds Ichihara.<ref>{{cite web | script-title=ja:マイケル タビアン選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ | url = http://vonds.net/2017/03/25/13029/ | publisher = vonds.net | date = 25 March 2017 | language = Japanese}}</ref>
On 25 July 2023 he was arrested for drug distribution in Sunny Beach.<ref>[https://bnr.bg/burgas/post/101856323/bivshiat-futbolist-na-levski-maikal-tevia-e-sred-zadarjanite-v-slanchev-brag Бившият футболист на "Левски" Майкъл Тевия е сред задържаните в Слънчев бряг]</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|michael-tabia/88071}} * {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20150412104528/http://www.srbijafudbal.net/borac/tawiah.htm Michael Tawiah]}} at Srbijafudbal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tawiah, Michael}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Accra Category:Ghanaian men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Category:FC Lokomotiv Mezdra players Category:PFC Levski Sofia players Category:FC Kaliakra Kavarna players Category:FC Lyubimets players Category:FC Haskovo players Category:FK Borac Čačak players Category:OFC Pomorie players Category:Vonds Ichihara players Category:FC Vereya players Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Category:Serbian SuperLiga players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Category:21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen