{"id":417519,"date":"2017-09-12T15:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T15:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/12\/asante-kotoko-midfielder-michael-akuffu-joins-ethiopian-side-mekelle-ketema-fc\/"},"modified":"2017-09-12T15:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T15:30:25","slug":"asante-kotoko-midfielder-michael-akuffu-joins-ethiopian-side-mekelle-ketema-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/12\/asante-kotoko-midfielder-michael-akuffu-joins-ethiopian-side-mekelle-ketema-fc\/","title":{"rendered":"Asante Kotoko midfielder Michael Akuffu joins Ethiopian side Mekelle Ketema FC"},"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, 12 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-09-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/94657507.295.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Akuffu3\" title=\"Michael Akuffu3\" width=\"295\" height=\"213\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Michael Akuffu<\/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=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1505230225_500_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Asante Kotoko midfielder Michael Akuffu has joined Ethiopian topflight club Mekelle Ketema FC, GHANASoccernet.com can exclusively report.<\/p>\n<p>The club announced on Facebook page on Monday the experienced defensive midfielder has signed one-year deal with them.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old was a member of the Ghana team that reached the final of the 2014 Championship of African Nations (CHAN).<\/p>\n<p>He has also had stint with Finnish side FC Popa, ASEC Mimosas in Ivory Coast and Al Ansar in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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