See also Abédi Ayew PELÉ - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga.
Born: 5-11-1964 Country: Ghana Caps: 77 (W42-D21-L14 – GF107-GA62 – %68.18) Goals: 23 (% 0.30 per match) Age First Cap: 16 yr 270 d 2- 8-1981 vs. Zaire 2-1 Age Last Cap: 33 yr 103 d 16- 2-1998 vs. Congo-Kinshasa 0-1 National Team Career: 16 yr 198 d
Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 2- 8-81 Kinshasa Zaire 2-1 African Cup Qual.
2 13- 2-82 Cotonou Benin 4-0 West Africa Cup
3 15- 2-82 Cotonou Ivory Coast 5-2 West Africa Cup
4 1 1 17- 2-82 Cotonou Niger 2-2 West Africa Cup
5 1 19- 2-82 Cotonou Upper Volta 1-0 West Africa Cup
6 1 23- 2-82 Cotonou Togo 2-1 West Africa Cup
7 1 5- 3-82 Tripoli Libya 2-2 African Nations Cup
8 1 9- 3-82 Tripoli Cameroon 0-0 African Nations Cup
9 1 12- 3-82 Tripoli Tunisia 1-0 African Nations Cup
10 1 19- 3-82 Tripoli Libya 1-1 [1] African Nations Cup
11 1 4- 5-82 Yaoundé Senegal 0-0 International Tourn.
12 1 5- 5-82 Yaoundé Cameroon 0-0 International Tourn.
13 1 7- 5-82 Yaoundé Guinea 0-0 International Tourn.
14 1 2 7- 8-82 Kuala Lumpur Singapore 3-0 Merdeka Cup
15 2 9- 8-82 Kuala Lumpur India 1-0 Merdeka Cup
16 2 11- 8-82 Kelatan Thailand 4-1 Merdeka Cup
17 1 3 17- 8-82 Kuala Lumpur South Korea 1-0 Merdeka Cup
18 3 20- 8-82 Kuala Lumpur Senegal 2-2 Merdeka Cup
19 1 4 11-11-82 Luanda Angola 2-1 Independence Cup
20 1 5 28- 4-83 Addis Ababa Libya 1-0 International Tourn.
21 5 1- 5-83 Addis Ababa Nigeria 1-0 International Tourn.
22 5 27- 9-83 Abidjan Togo 1-1 West Africa Cup
23 5 28- 9-83 Abidjan Liberia 1-0 West Africa Cup
24 5 30- 9-83 Abidjan Ivory Coast 2-0 West Africa Cup
25 5 7- 4-85 Abidja n Ivory Coast 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
26 1 6 14- 4-85 Conakry Guinea 4-1 African Cup Qual.
27 6 21- 4-85 Kumasi Ivory Coast 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
28 1 7 2- 6-85 Seoul Canada 1-2 President's Cup
29 7 14- 7-85 Accra Libya 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
30 7 26- 7-85 Bin Ghashir Libya 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
31 7 18- 8-85 Abidjan Ivory Coast 0-2 African Cup Qual.
32 7 1- 9-85 Kumasi Ivory Coast 0-0 African Cup Qual.
33 7 24- 2-86 Accra Niger 2-0 West Africa Cup
34 7 25- 2-86 Accra Togo 2-2 West Africa Cup
35 1 8 26- 2-86 Accra Liberia 3-0 West Africa Cup
36 8 1- 3-86 Accra Burkina Faso 2-0 West Africa Cup
37 1 9 2- 3-86 Accra Togo 1-0 West Africa Cup
38 9 11- 4-87 Freetown Sierra Leone 0-0 African Cup Qual.
39 9 19- 4-87 Accra Ivory Coast 1-1 African Games Q.
40 9 21- 8-88 Monrovia Liberia 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
41 9 1- 9-90 Kumasi Nigeria 1-0 African Cup Qual.
42 9 14-10-90 Kumasi Burkina Faso 2-0 African Cup Qual.
43 1 10 15- 1-92 Ziguinchor Zambia 1-0 African Nations Cup
44 10 17- 1-92 Ziguinchor Egypt 1-0 African Nations Cup
45 1 11 20- 1-92 Dakar Congo-Brazzav. 2-1 African Nations Cup
46 1 12 23- 1-92 Dakar Nigeria 2-1 African Nations Cup
47 12 30- 8-92 Accra Burkina Faso 3-0 African Cup Qual.
48 12 20-12-92 Accra Algeria 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
49 12 3- 1-93 Libreville Mali 1-1 [2] Gabon Cup
50 1 13 31- 1-93 Kumasi Burundi 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
51 13 26- 2-93 Tlemcen Algeria 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
52 13 14- 4-93 Bochum Germany 1-6
53 1 14 25- 7-93 Monrovia Liberia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
54 14 27- 3-94 Sousse Guinea 1-0 African Nations Cup
55 14 31- 3-94 Sousse Senegal 1-0 African Nations Cup
56 14 3- 4-94 Sousse Ivory Coast 1-2 African Nations Cup
57 14 26-11-94 Pretoria South Africa 1-2 Simba Cup
58 14 23- 4-95 Accra Niger 1-0 African Cup Qual.
59 2 16 25- 5-95 Oslo Norway 2-3
60 1 17 12-11-95 Accra Sierra Leone 2-0
61 1 18 5- 1-96 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 1-1
62 1 19 14- 1-96 Port Elizabeth Ivory Coast 2-0 African Nations Cup
63 1 20 19- 1-96 Port Elizabeth Tunisia 2-1 African Nations Cup
64 1 21 25- 1-96 Bloemfontein Mozambique 2-0 African Nations Cup
65 21 28- 1-96 Johannesburg Zaire 1-0 African Nations Cup
66 1 21 10-11-96 Libreville Gabon 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
67 21 6- 1-97 Lomé Togo 0-4
68 21 12- 1-97 Kumasi Morocco 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
69 21 26- 1-97 Harare Zimbabwe 0-0 African Cup Qual.
70 21 5- 4-97 Freetown Sierra Leone 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
71 21 27- 4-97 Accra Gabon 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
72 21 7- 6-97 Casablanca Morocco 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
73 22 12- 6-97 Seoul Yugoslavia 1-3 Korea Cup
74 1 23 13- 7-97 Accra Zimbabwe 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
75 19 9- 2-98 Ouagadougou Tunisia 2-0 African Nations Cup
76 19 12- 2-98 Ouagadougou Togo 1-2 African Nations Cup
77 19 16- 2-98 Ouagadougou Congo-Kinshasa 0-1 African Nations Cup
[1] Ghana won 5-3 on penalty kicks.
[2] Ghana lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.
NB: the following match was not full A (Iran fielded a youth side) and is therefore
not included here:
20- 2-86 Tehran Iran 0-2 Fajr Cup
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
77 42 21 14 107- 62 105 68.18
Type of Matches and Goals
African Nations Cup 18 6
World Cup Qualifier 15 4
West African Cup 13 3
African Cup Qualifier 10 1
Friendlies 5 4
Other Tournaments 16 5
Total: 77 23
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