Eastern star Baffoe realising professional dream in Hong Kong, as he goes from fixing car lights to FA Cup final
- Noah Baffoe is shelving thoughts over his future until after Eastern’s FA Cup final clash with Sham Shui Po on Saturday
- Striker scored 28 goals in debut Hong Kong campaign, and voted player of the year by fellow pros
Noah Baffoe is aiming for FA Cup glory to cap a perfect season with Eastern, 12 months after juggling football with repairing lights on BMW and Mercedes cars.
The Ghana-born striker has been one of the leading lights of Eastern’s fabulous campaign.
His 28 goals included a double in the dramatic FA Cup semi-final victory over Kitchee, while Baffoe’s sharpshooting qualities were recognised by his fellow professionals, who voted him their player of the year at last week’s end of season awards.
Eastern had to extend Baffoe’s visa, which was expected to expire on May 31, for him to feature in today’s final, against underdogs Sham Shui Po, and the 31-year-old declined to reveal whether the game at Mong Kok Stadium would be his last for the club.
“My head is in the final, then we can see what will happen,” he said. “I am talking with the club, but … Eastern have not won a cup for a long time [since 2021 Sapling Cup], and if we win, the club qualifies for Asian football.
“[Interest from other clubs] would be normal after my season, but all the players in Eastern deserve to have interest. We are just concentrating on winning the cup, and making it a perfect season.”
