| Derrick Appiah | |
| Birth Name: | Derrick Appiah |
| Birth Date: | 19 July 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Modena, Italy |
| Height: | 1.85m (06.07feet) |
| Weight: | 118kg (260lb) |
| Ru Position: | Prop |
| Ru Amateuryears: | 2010−2013 |
| Ru Amateurclubs: | Modena F.I.R. Academy |
| Ru Clubyears: | 2013–2015 2015–2017 2016 2016 2017 2017−2018 2018−2021 2021 2021− 2022 |
| Ru Clubcaps: | 29 5 1 1 5 21 20 5 |
| Ru Clubpoints: | (15) (5) (0) (0) (0) (10) (5) (0) |
| Ru Clubupdate: | 26 Mar 2021 |
| Ru Nationalyears: | 2014 2017− |
| Ru Nationalteam: | Italy U20 Emerging Italy |
| Ru Nationalcaps: | 10 3 |
| Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) (0) |
| Ru Ntupdate: | 30 April 2018 |
Derrick Appiah (born 19 July 1994, in Modena) is an Italian rugby union player who plays for Italinan club Colorno in the Top10.[1]
Appiah has featured for Mogliano in Italy's National Championship of Excellence and the Amlin Challenge Cup and has also enjoyed spells with Rugby Parma and Modena Rugby.
On 4 February 2015, Appiah made a move to England with Worcester Warriors in top level competition, which is the Aviva Premiership, starting from the 2015-16 season.[2] On 5 May 2017, Appiah signs for RFU Championship outfit London Scottish ahead of the 2017-18 season.[3] From 2018 to 2021, Appiah played with Italian Pro14 team Benetton.[4]
The prop was a regular for Italy U20s during the 2014 RBS Junior Six Nations campaign, helping Italy to a 32-13 victory over Scotland and a fifth-place finish. Later that year, he helped Italy to a third-place pool finish during the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship - a campaign which saw his country defeat Argentina U20s 29-26.In 2017 he was named in the Emerging Italy squad.[5]