Today, 22nd August marks exactly one year that popular Ghanaian footballer Manuel Junior Agogo passed on.
Manuel “Junior” Agogo (1 August 1979 – 22 August 2019) was a Ghanaian professional footballer who played as a striker. He was born in Ghana but spent most of his childhood in the UK.
He then moved back to Ghana during his years in secondary school. He began his youth career at Sheffield Wednesday in 1995, moving up to the senior squad in 1997. He played for fifteen different clubs over the next fifteen years, before retiring from professional football in 2012.
He spent most of his playing career in England, with additional spells in the US, Egypt, Cyprus, and Scotland. His longest spell was at Bristol Rovers (2003–2006), where he made 140 appearances before moving to Nottingham Forest.
Agogo played for the Ghana national team between 2006 and 2009. His three goals in the final stages of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations helped Ghana to a third-place finish, adding to the three club honors he earned during his career.
Agogo scored a total of 143 goals during his professional football career. After retiring, he opened his own small group and personal fitness training business.
Agogo suffered a stroke in 2015 which resulted in speech impairment and on August 22, 2019, he passed on.
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