Otto Addo
Otto Addo in the 2006 World Cup
Otto Addo ( born June 9, 1975 in Hamburg- Hummelsbüttel, Germany ) is a former Ghanaian football player who also has the German citizenship and trains the A- juniors of Hamburger SV since July 1, 2010.
- 3.1 As a player
Career as a player
In the club
Addo, son of a temporarily living in Germany Ghanaian physician, began his career at the age of six years when Hummelsbütteler SV. About the stations Hamburger SV (1991 to 1992) and Bramfelder SV (1992 to 1993), he moved to Oberliga side VfL 93 Hamburg, with which he ascended to the Regionalliga.
After re- descend, he moved in 1996 relegated Hannover 96, for whom he scored 20 goals in 91 games and climb to the 2nd Bundesliga after two years.
In 1999 he moved to the 1st Bundesliga Borussia Dortmund, where he made his debut against TSV 1860 Munich on 17 September 1999. 2002 Addo was German champion with Dortmund. In addition, the team arrived in the same season to the finals of the UEFA Cup. By 2005, he completed due to several ACL tears just 75 games for Borussia, in which he scored eleven goals. Also noteworthy is considered to be goal against FK Austria Vienna, where he scored after a solo run with torn cruciate ligament and was later elected as the goal of the month September 2003.
For the season 2005/ 06 changed Addo 1 FSV Mainz 05, in which he only briefly had a regular place in the right midfield. The running by summer 2007 contract was not renewed after 19 games in two years.
The following season Addo again played for Hamburger SV, in which he was intended for the Second Team. Surprisingly, he was ordered by coach Huub Stevens during the season to the professionals and arrived there four times for use. His last Bundesliga Match of Addo on October 6, 2008, when he came off the bench in the game of HSV against Arminia Bielefeld in the 90th minute for Rafael van der Vaart.
In the National Team
On 28 February 1999 Otto Addo played his first international match for the Ghanaian national team against Eritrea. He took part in the African Cup of Nations 2000, realizing there on 27 January 2000 against Togo his only goal for the national team. After three years without international duty Addo was appointed to the squad for the 2006 World Cup. There he came to two 45 -minute missions. The World Cup match against the United States on 22 June 2006 was also his last assignment for the national team of Ghana.
Career as a coach
After the end of his active career as a player Addo worked as an assistant coach of the A- juniors of Hamburger SV. For the 2010/11 season he was head coach of the team. From April until May 2012, he participated in football instructor course part of the DFB in the Hennes Weisweiler Academy and has since March 27, 2013, the football coach A license.
On September 17, 2013 Addo took over after his release from Thorsten Fink in collaboration with Rodolfo Cardoso as interim coach the Bundesligaelf of HSV. Along the northern derby the coaching team lost although against Werder Bremen 0:2, the team lead with a 1-0 victory over SpVgg Greuther Fürth first knockout round of the DFB Cup.
Achievements
As a player
- Promotion to the Regionalliga: 1994
- Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga: 1998
- German Masters: 2002
- UEFA Cup finalist: 2002
- League DFB Cup finalists: 2003
Social Commitment
Since 2013, Otto Addo committed to Show Racism the Red Card - Germany eV and participated in the campaign "Our team against racism."