Joseph Anang
Squad number 12 · St Patrick's Athletic
Their 2026 World Cup
Joseph Anang travelled to the 2026 World Cup with Ghana, wearing number 12, without ever getting on the pitch. His side played 4 matches (1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats) and bowed out in the round of 32, beaten by Colombia 1-0.
The goalkeeping job went to L. Zigi (2 matches, 135′).
Another 4 players in the Ghana squad ended up the same way, without a single minute. The full run is on the Ghana team page.
Biography
Joseph Tetteh Anang (born 8 June 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic and the Ghana national team.
Early life Born in Teshie, a suburb of Ghana's capital city Accra, Anang moved to England in his teenage years, following his parents leaving Ghana for a better life, Before playing as a goalkeeper, he played as a centre-back.
Anang began playing in the youth team for Danbort in his native Ghana, before moving to Ghana Premier League club Wa All Stars. He went on trial with West Ham United, ultimately signing for the club as an academy scholar in July 2017. He had to wait until March 2018 to play for the club's under-18 team, having not gained international clearance, during which he also trained with the first team alongside goalkeeper Adrián. Anang signed his first professional contract with West Ham on 1 July 2018. During his time with the club, he became close friends with fellow Ghanaian Mohammed Kudus when he signed from Ajax in 2023.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · text adapted from the article.
See all the tournament stats on the World Cup data hub.
Photo: --Steindy (talk) 16:20, 29 August 2019 (UTC) · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)