Prince Tagoe

He secured a 3-year deal to Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim in 2009 but only played 20 league matches and scored 2 goals.

Prince Tagoe (born 9 November 1986) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who last played as a striker for Chittagong Abahani and is currently working as a sports television panellist along with Charles Taylor on Angel TV sports programme.

Born in Accra, Ghana, Tagoe played for Accra-based team Hearts of Oak from 2004 to 2005, where he won the Ghana Premier League in 2004 and the CAF Confederation Cup also in 2004.

Helping Hearts of Oak to the league title, he scored 18 goals to win the top goal scorer of the league that season.

He went on and played in Asia for Saudi Arabian sides Ittihad, UAE side Al Shabab and Ettifaq FC also in Saudi Arabia.

He later joined Accra Hearts of Oak in 2004 and went on loan to Ittihad FC in Saudi Arabia before joining Al Shabab in UAE.

Tagoe joined Hearts of Oak on a one-year loan deal from Midtjylland-Maamobi.

It was during his time at the Accra-based team that his prominence grew both at the national and continental level.

He struck a hat-trick in Hearts of Oak's 5–1 demolition of Cameroon side Sable de Batie in the maiden CAF Confederation Cup in 2004, which helped to push the club to the top their group, qualify and set up an all Ghanaian final against their fierce rivals Kumasi Asante Kotoko.

In the final, he played in both legs as Hearts defeated their archrivals during a marathon 8–9 penalty shoot-out to win after the two legs ended 2–2 on aggregate.

While playing on loan for Hearts of Oak, Tagoe became the Ghana Premier League top scorer with 18 goals in 2005 at the age of 19.

He featured at two African Cup of Nationals finals, in 2006 and in 2012.

In January 2006, Tagoe was close to sign for German club Mainz 05, but the transfer failed.

He eventually moved to Saudi Arabian side Ittihad.

In September 2007, he scored a brace in a 5–1 victory over Al Qadsiah.

After six months, Tagoe moved to another Middle East country, this time to United Arab Emirates and signed for Al Shabab.

This prompted Midtjylland-Maamobi to report Tagoe to FIFA as they believed the club had loaned him to Ittihad.

After a year and 10 league goals for Al Shabab, Tagoe returned to Saudi Arabia to play for Ettifaq.

He spent two years with Ettifaq, performing especially well during the 2009 AFC Champions League with eight goals in six matches.

On 9 June 2009, Tagoe signed a three-year contract with Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim, before being released from his contract on 1 August after only 51 days due to heart issues.

Tagoe's lawyer contested the dismissal as a second opinion did not yield evidence of a heart condition.

On 20 August, Tagoe was resigned to Hoffenheim after an announcement that his earlier release had contravened FIFA regulations.

He was originally unable to play in the Bundesliga as his playing license was revoked when it was revealed that the original documentation of his physical examinations had been faked.

As a result of the falsification of the data, Deutsche Fußball Liga requested further medical examinations in order to assess Tagoe's fitness.

On 21 October, DFL announced the health issue was not significant enough to warrant the cancellation of his contract and that the player could be in a position to have his license reinstated pending the results of the final test in December 2009.

This medical test showed that he was fit and had not a cardiac defect.

He was also a member of the Black Stars at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

during his playing time with Hearts of Oak, he was nicknamed the Prince of goals due his striking prowess.

Born in Accra,Ghana.

Tagoe started out at local club Tudu Mighty Jets.

He made his senior debuts with Midtjylland-Maamobi in the lower national league.

On 11 January 2010, he had his playing license reinstated and was eligible to play for his club.

Finally, Tagoe made his debut for the club on 30 January 2010, coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute for Boris Vukčević, in a league match versus Schalke 04.

He scored his first goal for the club in the DFB-Pokal quarter-finals against Werder Bremen on 9 February.

His first Bundesliga goals came on 1 May 2010 against Eintracht Frankfurt, when he came from the bench and scored a brace for a 2–1 away victory.

In 2011, he joined Serbian club Partizan where he scored 12 times (nine league and three cup goals), as the club won the double, winning the 2010–11 Serbian SuperLiga and 2010–11 Serbian Cup.

At international level, Tagoe represented Ghana 36 times and scored seven goals.

On 31 January 2011, Tagoe joined Serbian club Partizan on loan until the end of the 2010–11 season, with a view to a permanent deal.

He marked his competitive debut scoring a brace in a league match against Inđija.

Tagoe also scored a goal in the next two rounds against Hajduk Kula (away) and OFK Beograd (home).