Kwabena Appiah (Nakhon Ratchasima | Thailand)

Depends if you count Auckland as being part of NZ or not.

Surely if the chance came to play international football, you would make yourself a Kiwi?

The key to this is in bold!

the chance won't come, ever.

When he was signed to the Phoenix he was asked and he was pretty non comital, seemed to be holding out hopes for Australia. 

???????

That's a tough one

Looks like he'll be offered a 1 year extension at CCM:

https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/appiah-to-exte...

So he can continue to develop "running the ball out of play at speed."

I always feel a lot of admiration for obviously limited footballers who nonetheless manage to carve out a professional career. Good on him.

He makes me think that maybe I could have been a pro if I had a cooler name.

See also: Jesse Makarounas and Gol Gol Mebrahtu

You have to go overseas to have Jesus on your team, but yeh there are some awesome names in the A League

Kwabena Appiah has put pen-to-paper ahead of the @ALeague 17/18 campaign ✍️ Congrats, ‘Kabsy’ https://t.co/AuxvmGpqhL #ALeague #CCMFC pic.twitter.com/dq0pIwOJAd

— #CCMFC (@CCMariners) May 28, 2017

Why CCM? Why? 

He's fast

Reminds me of Albany United. No football knowledge of players whatsoever, just very fast.

At the end of last season he was starting to not be totally awful. Having a run of regular game time does help players development, something he never has really had anywhere.

Yes he is, born in NZ of Ghanaian descent 

Can he play for New Zealand, with all the players Hudson called up, surprsed he never got a call. 

I don't think even Hudson was that stupid... but then again there is Dyer but he seems to have come to his senses on that one.

He was probs getting paid to select Dyer.

It's a "dream come true" for Kwabena Appiah ?? Congrats & good luck on the next step of your football journey! Appiah Earns Overseas Transfer ?️ https://t.co/E7UjLcahoD #ALeague #CCMFC pic.twitter.com/TrlXBlFjA2

— Central Coast Mariners (@CCMariners) January 31, 2018

I too dream of being covered in gold one day!

Also, that press release reads just too darn well! You can tell CCM are over the moon at receiving some much needed $ from Korea!

Do we get any of that?

Has he scored a goal yet?

Appiah has actually been decent this season. He is A-league quality for a weak team like CCM and a decent bench option for top teams.

Scored a couple last season.

?? he wasn't A-League quality for a weak team like us!!!

http://www.ultimatealeague.com/player_detail.php?player_id=694

Here are his stats, for a striker with pace, they aren't good so I can't understand how a club can pay to have him. (these don't include FFA Cup stats so he has another two from one game there as well)

Really doubt it as IIRC he came to us as a free agent.  Usually you only get re-sale kick backs in a contract when you're selling a player to another team.

There are the solidarity payments system that probably will trigger some payments but I think he was too old by the time he was signed by us.

Appears to be off to Incheon United

Incheon United are set to sign Central Coast Mariners winger Kwabena Appiah-Kubi. #kleague

— Korea Football News (@KORFootballNews) January 30, 2018

NZ call up beckons!

How’s he managed to pull that one.  Can’t see him lasting long in Korea.

He's been great for CCM lately, but I assume they have only seen him play the last half dozen games. Credit to Paul Okon here

He’s gone to the same team as young Kiwi Lee Ho Jae who’s in the youth setup. I’ll try find updates on him, his  thread is a few pages back

But anyone who has seen him play this season knows he is a lot better. He still doesn't have the finishing and probably never will. There are wingers for good teams who only score a goal every 6 or 7. Appiah could probably get to that sort of ratio for us or CCM.

What are the chances of Appiah appearing in Spain for the Canada match?

well its a closed door game so like the rest of us he won't be able to get in!

Started in there first game. Subbed after 56 minutes.