| Derrick Appiah | |
| Birth Name: | Derrick Appiah |
| Birth Date: | 19 July 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Modena, Italy |
| Height: | 1.85m (06.07feet) |
| Weight: | 118kg (260lb) |
| Position: | Prop |
| Amatyears2: | 2010−2013 |
| Amatteam1: | Modena |
| Amatteam2: | F.I.R. Academy |
| Years1: | 2013–2015 |
| Years2: | 2015–2017 |
| Years3: | 2016 |
| Years4: | 2016 |
| Years5: | 2017 |
| Years6: | 2017−2018 |
| Years7: | 2018−2021 |
| Years8: | 2021 |
| Years9: | 2021− |
| Years10: | 2022 |
| Clubs1: | Mogliano |
| Clubs2: | Worcester Warriors |
| Clubs3: | →Nottingham |
| Clubs5: | →Edinburgh (loan) |
| Clubs6: | London Scottish |
| Clubs7: | Benetton |
| Clubs8: | →Mogliano |
| Clubs9: | Colorno |
| Clubs10: | →Northern Suburbs |
| Apps1: | 29 |
| Apps2: | 5 |
| Apps3: | 1 |
| Apps4: | 1 |
| Apps5: | 5 |
| Apps6: | 21 |
| Apps7: | 20 |
| Apps8: | 5 |
| Points1: | 15 |
| Points2: | 5 |
| Points3: | 0 |
| Points4: | 0 |
| Points5: | 0 |
| Points6: | 10 |
| Points7: | 5 |
| Points8: | 0 |
| Ru Clubupdate: | 26 Mar 2021 |
| Repyears1: | 2014 |
| Repyears2: | 2017− |
| Repteam1: | Italy U20 |
| Repteam2: | Emerging Italy |
| Repcaps1: | 10 |
| Repcaps2: | 3 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
| Reppoints2: | 0 |
| Ru Ntupdate: | 30 April 2018 |
Derrick Appiah (born 19 July 1994, in Modena) is an Italian rugby union player who plays for Italinan club Colorno in the Top10.[1]
Appiah has featured for Mogliano in Italy's National Championship of Excellence and the Amlin Challenge Cup and has also enjoyed spells with Rugby Parma and Modena Rugby.
On 4 February 2015, Appiah made a move to England with Worcester Warriors in top level competition, which is the Aviva Premiership, starting from the 2015-16 season.[2] On 5 May 2017, Appiah signs for RFU Championship outfit London Scottish ahead of the 2017-18 season.[3] From 2018 to 2021, Appiah played with Italian Pro14 team Benetton.[4]
The prop was a regular for Italy U20s during the 2014 RBS Junior Six Nations campaign, helping Italy to a 32-13 victory over Scotland and a fifth-place finish. Later that year, he helped Italy to a third-place pool finish during the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship - a campaign which saw his country defeat Argentina U20s 29-26.In 2017 he was named in the Emerging Italy squad.[5]