Date of Birth: 4/27/1985

Country: USA

Hometown: Huber Heights, OH

College and Amateur

Born in Dayton, Ohio, Sarkodie played college soccer at the University of Cincinnati, where he majored in accounting. While at college Sarkodie also played in the USL Premier Development League for the Indiana Invaders and the Cincinnati Kings.

Professional

Sarkodie signed his first professional contract in 2008, playing for the Cleveland City Stars in the USL Second Division, and helping them to the USL-2 championship. Following the title game, Sarkodie played two games for the Colorado Rapids reserve team, and signed a brief professional contract to play with the team during the playoffs, but he never made a senior appearance for the team and was waived on March 3, 2009.

On March 26, 2009 the Rochester Rhinos announced the signing of Sarkodie to a one-year contract.
 

Personal

Sarkodie's parents are from Ghana. He has two younger brothers who also played soccer at the collegiate and professional level: Ofori Sarkodie at Indiana University and Kofi Sarkodie who's with Houston Dynamo.