At the end of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Addy received a call to move to Europe to play with Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade and he signed a contract.

On 4 January 2012, Addy completed a three-year deal with newly promoted Chinese Super League side Dalian Aerbin and was handed the squad number 13 after passing a medical test.

The move from Serbian club Red Star Belgrade was for a reported transfer fee of $2.2 million.

[11] He also played in the 1–1 draw against Australia[12] in the group stage, after which he appeared again as a substitute in the Round of 16 2–1 victory over the United States,[13] but couldn't play in the quarter-finals match against Uruguay because of accumulated yellow cards, where Ghana was eliminated in a penalty shoot-out.

[1][16] But when Addy was reported in Ghana's World Cup squad, he had suddenly been five years younger and lists as born on 7 July 1990.