Chelsea Pappoe joined
Chelsea as a schoolboy at under-12 level. He featured for the
Chelsea reserves during the
2009–10 season while still studying at school. He was the captain of the
FA Youth Cup-winning squad of 2010, though he missed the final through injury. He played nine reserve games, but was
sent off against
Blackpool after lashing out at an opponent. He missed the start of the
2011–12 season with injuries, returning in early 2012, only to suffer another serious injury, where he was ruled out for the remainder of the season. He returned to action with the youth and reserve teams part-way through the
2012–13 season, and featured in the semi-final and final of the
2012–13 NextGen Series, where the Blues finished as runners-up to
Aston Villa. He made his professional debut as an 86th-minute substitute for
Alex Gilbey in a 2–2 draw with
Bradford City on 14 September. However, just four minutes after coming on, he was given a red card for a tackle on former Colchester player
Mark Yeates, becoming the seventh United player to be sent off on their debut. On 31 October 2013, Pappoe's loan at Colchester was terminated due to his opportunities being limited. Following Pappoe's unsuccessful loan spell at Colchester United, he joined
Isthmian Premier League side
Kingstonian on a one-month loan deal.
Post Chelsea career On 4 August 2014, Pappoe along with former Chelsea teammate George Cole, joined the development squad of
Brighton & Hove Albion signing a one-year deal. However, on 30 June 2015, Pappoe was released at the expiry of his short-term deal without making a single appearance for Brighton. On 25 October 2015, Pappoe joined Isthmian Premier Division side
Hampton & Richmond Borough on a non-contract deal. However, after failing to make an appearance under manager
Alan Dowson, Pappoe left the club. On 19 December 2015, Pappoe joined
National League South side
Hemel Hempstead Town on a short-term deal. On the same day, Pappoe made his Hemel Hempstead Town debut in a 2–0 victory over
Oxford City, playing the full 90 minutes. After only making four more appearances, Pappoe made the switch to German side
Berliner AK 07. Although after making only making one appearance, Pappoe returned to England to re-join Hemel Hempstead Town, where he went onto make only four more league appearances. On 9 August 2016, Pappoe joined
League Two side
Crawley Town on a non-contract basis, re-uniting with former
Chelsea Reserves and Academy manager
Dermot Drummy. On 4 October 2016, after almost two months after signing for Crawley, Pappoe was given his debut in a 2–0 victory over
Charlton Athletic in an
EFL Trophy tie, replacing
Mark Connolly with eight minutes remaining. On 11 January 2017, Pappoe joined
Maldives-based side
New Radiant, after failing to impress at Crawley. However, after three weeks of his arrival in the Maldives, his contract with New Radiant was promptly rescinded and he was given ten days notice after the club assessed his performance as poor. It was also confirmed that he had a pre-existing knee injury that he had failed to declare pre-transfer. On 22 August 2017, Pappoe joined
Romanian side
Foresta Suceava although doubts about his fitness status still remain. Pappoe had been playing for
Carshalton Athletic from 15 September to 16 December 2018 on loan from
Dulwich Hamlet. However, on 28 January 2019, he signed permanently for
Carshalton Athletic. After a short-term spell at
Worthing during a disrupted
2021–22 campaign due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, Pappoe joined
Wingate & Finchley in August 2021 and made twenty appearances. In January 2022, he returned to divisional rivals Carshalton Athletic for a third time and went straight into the side for the tie against
Cheshunt. Ahead of the 2022–23 campaign, Pappoe joined
Chipstead. After Appearing 27 times for Chipstead, Pappoe moved to
Southern Combination Premier Division side
Roffey in September 2024, for which he won man of the match on his debut in a 4-1 win over
Shoreham. In his second game for the Boars Pappoe was shown a straight red card for violent conduct, his first in his non-league career, as
Roffey fell to a 3-1 home defeat against
Crowborough Athletic. Pappoe scored his first
Roffey goal on 28 December 2024, in a 3-1 away win against eventual league champions
Hassocks. ==International career==