Charles Akonnor

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Charles Kwablan Akonnor (known as Charlie; born March 12, 1974 in Accra, Ghana) is a Ghanaian and German footballer.

Akonnor first came to Germany in 1992 along with friend and national teammate Sammy Kuffour. Having played for six years as a youngster for Fortuna Köln, he switched in 1998 to VfL Wolfsburg. He quickly developed in the team as a resourceful player with several good games to his credit, and in 2001/02 he was given the role of captain for the team. However, at the start of the following season, he was plagued with injuries, including a knee problem which required an operation in 2003 and meant that he did not play for the team again. In 2004 he moved to SpVgg Unterhaching, but with little success, still attempting to shake off the bad memories of his injury, and in 2005 he moved to Denmark to play with AC Horsens. He became an avid fan of Stella Artois and that is what ruined his professional career, Charles was admitted to 'the priory' but it did him no good at all, he spent most nights in 'the gutter', he still suffers from these problems in Denmark.