Nii Lamptey
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Lamptey in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nii Odartey Lamptey | ||
| Date of birth | 10 December 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Tema, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Elmina Sharks (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Young Corners | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1995 | Anderlecht | 30 | (9) |
| 1993–1994 | → PSV (loan) | 22 | (10) |
| 1994–1995 | Aston Villa | 10 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Coventry City | 6 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Venezia | 5 | (0) |
| 1997 | Boca Juniors | 0 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Unión Santa Fe (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Ankaragücü | 10 | (1) |
| 1998–1999 | União Leiria | 7 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Greuther Fürth | 36 | (5) |
| 2001–2002 | Shandong Luneng | 37 | (7) |
| 2003–2004 | Al-Nasr Dubai | ? | (?) |
| 2005–2006 | Asante Kotoko | ? | (?) |
| 2006–2008 | Jomo Cosmos | ? | (?) |
| Total | 169 | (32) | |
| International career | |||
| 1991–1996 | Ghana | 38 | (8) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009 | Sekondi Wise Fighters (assistant coach) | ||
| 2021 | Elmina Sharks (head coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's association football | ||
| Representing Ghana | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| 1992 Barcelona | Team competition | |
Nii Odartey Lamptey (born 10 December 1974) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer and current manager of Elmina Sharks as well as the proprietor of a school in Accra called Glow-Lamp International School. During his career he played as a striker from 1990 until 2008 notably for Aston Villa, PSV Eindhoven, Coventry City and the Ghana national football team.
He is known foremost for his erratic career, in which he became a superstar as a teenager and then suffered a long string of failures which burnt him out well before his time. Lamptey has been used as a byword for a cautionary tale of putting too much pressure on young players to be successful.
He also played for Anderlecht, Venezia, Boca Juniors, Unión Santa Fe, Ankaragücü, União Leiria, Greuther Fürth, Shandong Luneng, Al-Nassr, Asante Kotoko and Jomo Cosmos.