Alex Addai
Personal information
Full name Alexander Sena Kudjoe Addai[1]
Date of birth (1993-12-20) 20 December 1993
Place of birth Stepney, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Leatherhead
Youth career
0000–2010 Tottenham Hotspur
2010–2013 Blackpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Carshalton Athletic 11 (1)
2013–2014 Whitehawk 10 (2)
2014 → Crawley Down Gatwick (loan) 4 (0)
2014–2015 Kingstonian 28 (1)
2015–2016 Grays Athletic 10 (0)
2016 → Wingate & Finchley (loan) 15 (3)
2016–2018 Merstham 58 (12)
2018–2021 Cheltenham Town 56 (4)
2020–2021 → Maidenhead United (loan) 5 (1)
2021 → Solihull Moors (loan) 10 (1)
2021 Torquay United 4 (0)
2021–2022 Hemel Hempstead Town 9 (1)
2022 Kingstonian 11 (0)
2022–2023 Sittingbourne 9 (0)
2022 → Margate (loan) 3 (0)
2022–2023 → Faversham Town (loan) 5 (0)
2023– Leatherhead 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:57, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Alexander Sena Kudjoe Addai (born 20 December 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays for Leatherhead as a winger.

Club career

Addai started his career in the Tottenham Hotspur youth system. He joined Blackpool in 2010 and was given his first professional deal ahead of the 2012–13 season.[3] He then played for a number of non-league sides Carshalton Athletic, Whitehawk,[2] Crawley Down Gatwick,[4] Kingstonian,[5] Grays Athletic[6] and Wingate & Finchley[7] before joining Merstham in July 2016. In his final season at the club, Addai racked up nine goals in thirty-nine league appearances.[8]

Addai returned to league football with a move to League Two side Cheltenham Town in May 2018, on a one-year contract.[9] He made his professional home debut against Crawley Town, however Cheltenham lost the game 1–0.[10] Addai played frequently throughout the season and signed a new one-year deal in April 2019, with an option for a further year that would be triggered by appearances, when then led to his contract being extended into the 2020-21 season.[11][12] On 20 November 2020, Addai joined Maidenhead United on a one-month loan.[13] In April 2021, he joined Solihull Moors on loan until the end of the season.[14] He made 10 appearances on loan at Solihull Moors, scoring 1 goal.[2] He was released by Cheltenham Town at the end of the season.[15] He signed for Torquay United in September 2021.[16] On 10 December 2021, Addai joined Hemel Hempstead Town after his short-term contract with Torquay United came to an end.[17] On 22 February 2022, Addai returned to former club Kingstonian.[18] In June 2022, Addai joined Sittingbourne.[19] On 26 November 2022, Addai joined Margate on a one-month loan deal,[20] before joining Faversham Town on loan in December.[21] In February 2023, he joined Leatherhead.[22]

Personal life

Born in England, Addai is of Ghanaian descent.[23]

Career statistics

As of 4 July 2021[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Carshalton Athletic 2013–14[24] Isthmian League Premier Division 11100—00111
Whitehawk 2013–14[2] Conference South 10200—00102
Crawley Down Gatwick (loan) 2013–14[25] Isthmian League Division One South 4000—0040
Kingstonian 2014–15 Isthmian League Premier Division 28140—4[lower-alpha 1]0361
Grays Athletic 2015–16[26] 10021—6[lower-alpha 2]1[lower-alpha 3]182
Wingate & Finchley (loan) 2015–16[27] 15300—00153
Merstham 2016–17 19361—6[lower-alpha 4]0314
2017–18 39900—4[lower-alpha 5]0439
Total 681282001619215
Cheltenham Town 2018–19[28] League Two 21032204[lower-alpha 6]1303
2019–20[2] 25432104[lower-alpha 7]1337
2020–21[2] 10030203[lower-alpha 6]0180
Total 56494501128110
Maidenhead United (loan) 2020–21[2] National League 5100001[lower-alpha 8]061
Solihull Moors (loan) 2020–21[2] National League 101000000101
Career total 207252075032326534
  1. ↑ Three appearances in the Alan Turvey Trophy, one in the FA Trophy
  2. ↑ Three appearances in the Alan Turvey Trophy, two appearances in the FA Trophy, one in the Essex Senior Cup
  3. ↑ One goal in the FA Trophy
  4. ↑ Three appearances in the Alan Turvey Trophy, three in the FA Trophy
  5. ↑ Two appearances in the Alan Turvey Trophy, two in the FA Trophy
  6. 1 2 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  7. ↑ Three appearances and one goal in EFL Trophy, one appearance in League Two playoffs
  8. ↑ Appearances in FA Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Cheltenham Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 17. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Alex Addai at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Ormerod heads for Pool exit". Blackpool Gazette. 22 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "John Maggs signs 13 new players at Crawley Down Gatwick". Crawley Observer. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Alex Addai". Kingstonian F.C. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Alex Addai signs for the Blues". Grays Athletic F.C. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Addai goes out on loan". Grays Athletic F.C. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Appearances - Alex Addai". Football Web Pages. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Alex Addai: Cheltenham Town sign winger from non-league". BBC Sport. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "Cheltenham Town 0–1 Crawley Town". BBC Sport. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Alex Addai: Cheltenham Town forward agrees new one-year contract". BBC Sport. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  12. ↑ Joyce, Richard (29 May 2020). "Players update as four extend their stays". Cheltenham Town F.C. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "Loan Signing | Addai Added". Maidenhead United F.C. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021 – via pitchero.com.
  14. ↑ Palmer, Jon (8 April 2021). "Loan move for Cheltenham Town forward". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  15. ↑ Palmer, Jon (14 May 2021). "Cheltenham Town retained list: Four offered new deals". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  16. ↑ "United Sign Winger Alex Addai". 14 September 2021.
  17. ↑ @hemelfc (10 December 2021). "Anyone fancy a signing? The Tudors are delighted to announce that 27-year old forward Alex Addai has joined the club ahead of tomorrow's fixture against Slough. Previously of Cheltenham Town Alex brings a wealth of league experience and quality to Mark Jones squad Welcome Alex!" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 January 2022 – via Twitter.
  18. ↑ "Addai signs!". Kingstonian FC. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  19. ↑ @SittingbourneFC (14 June 2022). "𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙎𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 ✍️ We are delighted to announce the signing of former Cheltenham Town & Hemel Hempstead winger Alex Addai. Welcome Alex 🤝 To see what Alex can do, take a look here 👉https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SenE4TaLeOA (Credit Sport Montage Productions) #SittingbourneFC" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 June 2022 – via Twitter.
  20. ↑ "PLAYER NEWS : Addai Joins Blues On Loan". www.margate-fc.co.uk. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  21. ↑ Tucker, Craig (28 December 2022). "Hythe Town manager Steve Watt says Ramsgate deserved their Boxing Day win at Reachfields". Kent Online. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  22. ↑ "SQUAD UPDATE". leatherheadfc.com. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  23. ↑ "Performance of Ghanaian Players Abroad: Yartey sparkles, Ache strikes as Antwi hits brace as 20 players score 23 goals abroad – Ghana Sports Online". 12 August 2019.
  24. ↑ "1st - Statistics - Carshalton Athletic FC". Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  25. ↑ "Crawley Down Gatwick | Appearances | Alex Addai | 2013-2014 | Football Web Pages". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  26. ↑ "Statistics: Grays Athletic". www.graysath-online.com. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  27. ↑ "Wingate & Finchley | Appearances | Alex Addai | 2015-2016 | Football Web Pages". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Alex Addai in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
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