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Prince Tagoe (born 9 November 1986) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a forward and is currently working as a sports television panellist along with Charles Taylor on Angel TV sports programme. Born in Accra, Ghana, Tagoe played for Accra-based team Hearts of Oak from 2004 to 2005, where he won the Ghana Premier League in 2004 and the CAF Confederation Cup also in 2004. Helping Hearts of Oak to the league title, he scored 18 goals to win the top goal scorer of the league that season. He went on and played in Asia for Saudi Arabian sides Ittihad, UAE side Al Shabab and Ettifaq FC also in Saudi Arabia. He secured a 3-year deal to Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim in 2009 but only played 20 league matches and scored 2 goals. In 2011, he joined Serbian club Partizan where he scored 12 times (nine league and three cup goals), as the club won the double, winning the 2010–11 Serbian SuperLiga and 2010–11 Serbian Cup. At international level, Tagoe represented Ghana 36 times and scored seven goals. He featured at two African Cup of Nationals finals, in 2006 and in 2012. He was also a member of the Black Stars at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. during his playing time with Hearts of Oak, he was nicknamed the ''Prince of goals'' due his striking prowess. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article