Patrick Allotey

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Patrick Allotey

Full name	Patrick Allotey
Date of birth	December 13, 1978
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Date of death	June 27, 2007 (aged 28)
Place of death	Accra, Ghana
Playing position	defender
Youth clubs
	Sagroos Accra
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-2001	Feyenoord Rotterdam Excelsior Rotterdam Feyenoord Rotterdam	2 (0) 7 (0) 3 (0)
National team
	Ghana	0 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Patrick Allotey (December 13, 1978 – June 27, 2007) was a football (soccer) defender from Ghana.

Born in Accra, Allotey played five official matches for Feyenoord Rotterdam. He also served Excelsior Rotterdam. Feyenoord scouted Allotey at the 1995 FIFA Under-17 World Championships in Ecuador where Ghana became World Champions.^[1] He featured in a team with players like Awudu Issaka, Stephen Appiah and Emanuel Bentil. He was one of the best leftfooted footballers Ghana ever produced. Although he was a defender, his surging runs on the flanks made him one of the most sought-after players subsequent to the Ecuador 1995 World under-17 championship.

Even though Allotey only played a few matches for Feyenoord, he is part of their history in the 1990s and 2000s as he was one of the main persons in the FIOD-affaire at Feyenoord. In 1998 the Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Service (FIOD) visited Feyenoord because of suspected fraud. Mainly based on the signings of Aurelio Vidmar, Christian Gyan and Allotey. This became an ongoing scandal in the years to come with chairman Jorien van den Herik as the main suspect. Eventually in 2006 both Feyenoord and Van den Herik were cleared of any charges.^[2]

Allotey died in Accra, Ghana on June 27, 2007.^[3] It was said he was suffering from headaches, collapsed while with friends and was taken to hospital. ^[4] The player was said to be suffering from hypoglycemia, a condition caused by low blood sugar level. For this reason, he had been inactive as far as football was concerned, until his untimely death.^[5]