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Daniel Mills Pappoe (born 30 December 1993) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Colchester United in the League One on loan from Chelsea, mainly as a Centre Back.

Club career
Born in Accra, Pappoe arrived at Chelsea at the age of 13. Pappoe is extremely tall, and he was a regular captain of Chelsea's Under-16 and Under-18 teams, making his Under-18 debut at the age of 13.

He suffered a knee injury in early 2008 which kept him out until the start of 2009. With problems at centre-back, he became an immediate regular in the academy team in 2009. As a first-year scholar in 2010-11, Daniel trained almost exclusively with the reserve team, but featured in the FA Youth Cup side, taking over the captaincy from Conor Clifford. Injuries continued to blight his career in the 2011 calendar year as he missed out on the national Reserve League final as well as much of the first half of the 2011-12 season.

When he returned in early 2012, he suffered another serious knee injury in the FA Youth Cup tie away to Norwich sidelined him for much of the year, returning in October. After taking a while to return to full match fitness, he put together a consistent run of games late in the season for the first time in over two years.

International career
Atsu won his first senior cap for Ghana on 1 June 2012 against Lesotho, scoring in the process. He was described by the BBC as an "excellent prospect", whilst ESPN added he was "quick and technically impressive", and a potential future star for his national team.

{| class="wikitable" !colspan="7"|International goals ! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
 * 1. || 1 June 2012 || Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana || || 5–0 || 7–0 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
 * 2. || 8 September 2012 || Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana || 🇲🇼 malawi || 1–0 || 2–0|| 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
 * 3. || 28 January 2013 || Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa || || 2–0 || 3–0 || 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
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 * 3. || 28 January 2013 || Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa || || 2–0 || 3–0 || 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
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 * Correct as of 28 January 2013.