Ibrahim Dossey

Dossey was born in Accra, Ghana. He started his career with local club Accra Hearts of Oak. In 2000, he was brought to Romania by his former coach at Accra, Petre Gavrilă, where he played for several clubs, including FC Brașov, Rapid București, and Pandurii Târgu Jiu

Dossey was part of Ghana's U-23 team that won Africa's first Olympic football medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Dossey was married to a Romanian woman named Ioana, with whom he had a daughter, Jennifer-Ștefania (born 2004), who is a triple jumper for Romania. Dossey signed with FCM Târgovişte two days before he crashed his car on 13 September 2008 near Breaza, Prahova County, and fell into a coma. His wife and daughter were not injured in the accident. He remained in a coma for nearly three months before dying at Bagdasar Arseni Hospital in Bucharest on 9 December 2008, at the age of 36. He was buried in Hârşova, Romania, on 10 December.

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Bogdan Lobonţ: "I cannot believe it! I had hoped that Dossey's medical condition would improve. I am sad, Romanian football has lost a valuable goalkeeper. God rest his soul!" Ioan Neculaie (the owner of FC Brașov): "I met Dossey only as a player for the club I own, but I can say about him that I never heard anyone saying bad things about him. His character was an example. It is unbelievable."