{"id":410525,"date":"2017-08-08T21:16:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T21:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/08\/tony-baffoe-joins-bundesliga-legends-network\/"},"modified":"2017-08-08T21:16:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T21:16:00","slug":"tony-baffoe-joins-bundesliga-legends-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/08\/tony-baffoe-joins-bundesliga-legends-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Baffoe joins Bundesliga Legends Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday,  8 August 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-08-08<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/48144699.295.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Baffoe\" title=\"Tony Baffoe\" width=\"295\" height=\"354\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Anthony Baffoe, Former Black Stars defender<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150106940086186\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150106940086186\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1502226960_636_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former Black Stars defender, Anthony Baffoe, has been chosen as one of 9 former Bundesliga players to be part of the newly-formed Bundesliga Legends Network.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of the initiative was done on Monday in Germany and the group of former players will be used to promote the Bundesliga\u2019s brand and values around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Baffoe, now the General Secretary of the Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG), the leading players player-welfare body in Ghana, was born in Germany in 1965 due to his father\u2019s work as a diplomat and went on to play in the league.<\/p>\n<p>He was the third player of African origin to play in the league and he featured for 1. FC K\u00f6ln, Rot-Weiss Oberhausen, Stuttgarter Kickers, S.C. Fortuna K\u00f6ln and Fortuna D\u00fcsseldorf. He played 199 matches and scored 19 goals.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed his gratitude to the Bundesliga for the gesture in a tweet from his account on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Baffoe will be joined by either former players in the Bundesliga Legends Network.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThey are Lothar Matthaus (Germany\u2019s most capped player);<\/p>\n<p>Pavel Pardo (One of the two Mexican players in the German league);<\/p>\n<p>Steve Cherundolo (leading American appearance-maker in the Bundesliga);<\/p>\n<p>Bum-Kun Cha (the most successful Asian professional in Bundesliga history);<\/p>\n<p>Wynton Rufer (the German league\u2019s most successful import from Oceania);<\/p>\n<p>Paolo Sergio (One of the most successful Brazilians to play in Germany);<\/p>\n<p>Jorg Albertz (formerly of Fortuna D\u00fcsseldorf and Hamburg SV);<\/p>\n<p>Jiayi Shao (The most successful Chinese player in Bundesliga history).<\/p>\n<p>These former players will be the Bundesliga\u2019s ambassadors in their respective countries and geographical zones.<\/p>\n<p>This season\u2019s Bundesliga starts on August 18.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 62 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Tuesday, 8 August 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-08-08 Anthony Baffoe, Former Black Stars defender &#13; Former Black Stars defender, Anthony Baffoe, has been chosen as one of 9 former Bundesliga players to be part of the newly-formed Bundesliga Legends Network. 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