{{short description|Beninese football central defender (born 1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Prince Ofori | image = | fullname = Prince Ofori Yartey | height = {{height|meters=1.83}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|10|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Accra, Ghana | currentclub = TJ Slovan Brvnište | clubnumber = 17 | position = Centre back, Defensive midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Chance for Children Academy | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Liberty Professionals | youthyears3 = 2002–2004 | youthclubs3 = Soleil | years1 = 2005–2006 | clubs1 = Soleil | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2006–2012 | clubs2 = Žilina | caps2 = 12 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2010 | clubs3 = → Petržalka (loan) | caps3 = 15 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2013 | clubs4 = Petržalka | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2014 | clubs5 = Karviná | caps5 = 9 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2015 | clubs6 = Stráža | caps6 = 24 | goals6 = 4 | years7 = 2016– | clubs7 = TJ Slovan Brvnište | caps7 = 109 | goals7 = 3 | pcupdate = 2 June 2020 }}
'''Prince Ofori Yartey''' (born 6 October 1988) is a retired Beninese football central defender who plays for TJ Slovan Brvnište.
He is fluent in Slovak.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VIDEO ŠPort s SP21: Prince Ofori – Mnohí mali väčší talent. Ja som sa presadil, lebo som sa nevzdával |url=https://https//zilina.sp21.sk/a/video-sport-s-sp21-prince-ofori-mnohi-mali-vacsi-talent-ja-som-sa-presadil-lebo-som-sa-nevzdaval |access-date=2025-12-05 |website=Regionálny informačný spravodajský portál pre Žilinský kraj}}</ref>
==Club career== The Ghanaian born defender began his senior career with Liberty Professionals in the Ghanaian Premier League at age seventeen.<ref>[https://www.zilinskyvecernik.sk/clanok/prince-ofori-clovek-moze-tuzit-ale-dolezite-je-to-co-chce-boh/8178/ Prince Ofori: Človek môže túžiť, ale dôležité je to, čo chce Boh] zilinskyvecernik.sk</ref> He signed for Slovak club MŠK Žilina in July 2006. He made his Corgoň Liga debut in the 3–0 away win against Spartak Trnava on 3 October 2006, coming off the bench as a substitute in the 90th minute.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Okamžik… |url=https://mskzilina.esports.cz/clanek.asp?id=FC-Spartak-Trnava-MSK-Zilina-0-3-708 |access-date=2025-12-05 |website=mskzilina.esports.cz}}</ref> Then he was injured at winter training camp. Prince broke the cruciate ligament on knee and had to undergo three surgeries.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-29 |title=Ghančan na Slovensku: V Afrike sme sa rozprávali len o Československu, futbal ma naučil neplánovať |url=https://zivot.pluska.sk/pribehy/ghancan-slovensku |access-date=2025-12-05 |website=Život |language=sk}}</ref> He returned against Tatran Prešov on 5 December 2009. He joined FC Petržalka 1898 on loan for first half of the 2010–11 season and overall played 15 games.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Šport.sk |date=2023-01-06 |title=Bývalý žilinský obranca Prince Ofori dnes pod Dubňom pomáha hráčom z Afriky na ihrisku aj mimo neho |url=https://sport.aktuality.sk/futbal/clanok/byvaly-zilinsky-obranca-prince-ofori-dnes-pod-dubnom-pomaha-hracom-z-afriky-na-ihrisku-aj-mimo-neho-2023042518103165030 |access-date=2025-12-05 |website=Šport.sk}}</ref> In January 2011, he was returned to Žilina.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-02-21 |title=Žilinčania na jar s jasným cieľom - obhájiť majstrovský titul |url=https://sportweb.pravda.sk/futbal/nike-liga/clanok/110780-zilincania-na-jar-s-jasnym-cielom-obhajit-majstrovsky-titul/ |access-date=2025-12-05 |website=Športweb.sk |language=sk-SK}}</ref>
=== After football === At the beginning of the 2022–23 season, Ofori returned to MŠK Žilina as assistant coach to Jaroslav Hynek. He also worked with the youth team, his task was to help African players with adaptation.<ref name=":0" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|prince-ofori/136034}} * [http://www.eurofotbal.cz/hraci/prince-ofori-27917/ Eurofotbal profile] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110725220008/http://www.mskzilina.sk/include/showman-eng.php?id=70 MŠK Žilina profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ofori, Prince}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Accra Category:Men's association football central defenders Category:Beninese men's footballers Category:Beninese expatriate men's footballers Category:Soleil FC players Category:MŠK Žilina players Category:FC Petržalka players Category:TJ Stráža players Category:Slovak First Football League players Category:3. Liga (Slovakia) players Category:4. Liga (Slovakia) players Category:5. Liga players Category:MFK Karviná players Category:Czech National Football League players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Category:Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Category:Beninese expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
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