Introduction
Daniel Nii Armah Tagoe (born 3 March 1987) is a Ghanaian-Kyrgyz international footballer who plays as an Defender for Dordoi Bishkek in the Kyrgyzstan League. Born in Ghana, he moved to Central Asia in 2007 to play for Dordoi Bishkek. He is also a member of the Kyrgyzstan national football team.
Career
Club
The Ghanaian born Tagoe started his career by Eleven Stoppers and played later for Dansoman United. In 2005 went to Russia to sign for Tatarstan based club KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny. After two years in Russia, he went to Dordoi Bishkek where he played five seasons and acquired Kyrgyzstani citizenship. In 2009 he won the best Kyrgyzstan Player of the Year award, as the 23-year-old was instrumental to Dordoi Bishkek success that season. Other honors Tagoe has collected at Dordoi include three Kyrgyzstani national titles; 2009, 2011 and 2012, and two runner up medals; 2010 and 2013. He has also collected three runner up medals at the AFC Prsedent's Cup to his name; 2008, 2009 and 2010.
On 30 August 2016, Tagoe signed for Al-Hala in the Bahraini Premier League, returning to Dordoi Bishkek in December 2016, signing a two-year contract with the club.
International career
Tagoe has three national appearances for Kyrgyzstan so far to his name. He joined fellow Ghanaians David Tetteh and Elijah Ari as well as Cameroonian Claude Maka Kum as African-born players representing Kyrgyzstan on the international stage.
International appearances
| Kyrgyzstan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 13 | 0 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 7 June 2016
Honors
Club
- Dordoi Bishkek
- Kyrgyzstan League (6); 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014
- Kyrgyzstan Cup (4): 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
- Kyrgyzstan Super Cup (4): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- AFC President's Cup (1): 2007