| Elvis Baffour | |
| Fullname: | Elvis Kyei Baffour |
| Birth Date: | 7 February 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Kumasi, Ghana |
| Height: | 1.76 m |
| Position: | Winger |
| Youthclubs1: | Rainbow FC |
| Youthclubs2: | Liberty Professionals |
| Years1: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Liberty Professionals |
| Caps1: | 34 |
| Goals1: | 13 |
| Years2: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs2: | AS Soliman |
| Caps2: | 62 |
| Goals2: | 8 |
| Years3: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs3: | Rogaška |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 20 February 2024 |
Elvis Kyei Baffour (born 7 February 1999) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger.[1] [2]
Baffour was born in Kumasi and played for Kumasi-based lower-tier side Rainbow FC before joining Liberty Professionals in 2017.[3] [4] [5]
Baffour started his professional career with Dansoman-based club Liberty Professionals. He made his Ghana Premier League debut during the 2018 season, on 25 March 2018 in a 3–1 loss to West African Football Academy (WAFA), playing the full 90 minutes.[6] On 11 April 2018, he scored his debut goal by scoring the only goal in a match against Ashanti Gold to grant Liberty their second victory in four days after going on a losing streak in three matches.[7] The season was cut short due the Anas Number 12 Expose which caused the dissolution of the Ghana Football Association. Baffour finished the season with eight appearances and a goal.
During the 2019 GFA Normalization Competition, Baffour played 11 matches and scored 4 goals for the Scientific Soccer Boys. He established himself as a fan favourite within this period. He scored 8 goals and provided 4 assists in his 15 league appearances for the Dansoman-based club during the 2019–20 season before the league was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ending the season as the club's top goalscorer and the fourth joint league top scorer.[8] [9] At the end of these truncated season, he was linked with a move to the United Arab Emirates giants Al Ain,[10] [11] however he joined Tunisian side AS Soliman instead.[12] In his three-year stay with the club, he played 34 league matches, scored 13 goals and provided 4 assists.
On 12 October 2020, Baffour joined Tunisian side AS Soliman. He signed a three-year contract with the club after passing his medicals. On 18 December 2020, he made his debut by playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 victory over Etoile du Sahel.[13] He scored his first goal for the club on 31 January 2021 by opening the scoreline in the 37th minute in an eventual 1–1 draw against CS Sfaxien.[14] [15]
Baffour has earned call-ups to the Ghana under-20 and under-23 teams.