He began his career in Europe with French side Chamois Niort, subsequently joining Marseille before transferring to Lille on loan.

At Marseille, he was a member of the team's "Magical Trio" along with Jean-Pierre Papin and Chris Waddle, spearheading perhaps Europe's strongest league side of the early 1990s, including a European Cup final defeat in 1991.

Abedi Pele was the only remaining member of the trio still with the side when Marseille defeated Milan in the 1993 Champions League final in Munich.

[9] Abedi Pele signed a two-year contract with Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates and was nominated one of the best foreign players to play in the UAE league.

Abedi Pele scored a goal early in the first half and, after Vincent Guérin had equalised for Europe just before half-time, it was the 1998 African Player of the Year, Mustapha Hadji, who struck Africa's 78th-minute winner in the 2–1 win.

[clarification needed] At present he owns a first division club, called Nania, with the future hopes of nurturing the young talent to augment the fledgling league of the country.

Abedi Pele was embroiled in a serious alleged Second Division Promotion Play-off bribery scandal[12] for which the Ghana Football Association found him and others guilty.

The allegations stem from an astonishing 31–0 victory[14] recorded by his club, Nania FC over a much respected Okwawu United side.

A similarly farcical 28–0 result[15] was recorded in another second division match played between Great Mariners and Tudu Mighty Jets on the same weekend.

The clubs involved in that Second Division Promotion Play-off Zone III match were also investigated and subject to the prospect of stiff penalties and demotions.

Despite his vehement denials,[16] Abedi Pele had been chastised by some members of the Ghanaian media, who were demanding that strong punitive actions be taken against him, by Ghana's football governing body as well as the legal system.