Charles Asampong Taylor
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| Kweku Asampong | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kweku Charles Taylor Asampong | |
| Date of birth | June 17, 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Sefwi, Ghana | |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker,Winger | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1998-2000 2000-2003 2003-2004 2004-2006 2006- |
Great Olympics Accra Hearts of Oak Asante Kotoko Etoile du Sahel Accra Hearts of Oak |
72 (29) 122 (54) 19 (19) ? ( ?) ? (5) |
| National team | ||
 Ghana |
41 (18) | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Kweku "Charles Taylor" Asampong is a Ghanaian football player who was born in Sefwi in the western region in Ghana on June 17, 1981. He was often called tailor, after his uncle who was a tailor, he used to help his uncle with work, he adopted the name Charles Taylor after the former Liberian president.
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[edit] Early Life
His playing career started off at Great Olympics, where he used to polish the shoes of their management, he had a bet with the then chairman Ade Coker that he could play better than the team players, he was asked to play and showed excellent dribbling skills, he later signed for the club.
[edit] Accra Hearts of Oak
He transferred to Accra Hearts of Oak in 2000 where he helped them win the Ghana premier national league in 2000, 2001 and 2002 seasons, the African Champions League in 2000 and the African Super Cup Championship in 2001 where he scored the second goal against Al-Zamalek.
[edit] Asante Kotoko
He controversially transferred from Accra Hearts of Oak to arch rivals Asante Kotoko in 2003 for the then domestic transfer record fee of 400,000,000 cedis (roughly US$42,000). This transfer caused a lot of bitter local sentiment towards Taylor, from which his popularity has never recovered. Taylor joined Etoile du Sahel from Kotoko in 2004 for a fee of US$250,000. After an unsuccessful spell in Tunisia he was loaned to Accra Hearts of Oak in October 2006.
[edit] Talent
Taylor is known for his dribbling skills on the ball, free kicks, pace, shot power, massive influence within the team, two good quick feet, adaptability on both wings and anywhere up front. He brings consistent pressure on defences with his deft touches, superb ball control and an amazing ability to get behind defenders and cross to fellow strikers. His skill has been likened to that of Cristiano Ronaldo. In his best seasons he had an average close to one goal per game in the domestic league. He was once the top goal scorer playing 19 matches and scoring 19 goals. He has been regarded by some as the best local player Ghana has ever produced.
[edit] International Career
He was part of the Ghanaian 2004 Olympic football team that exited in the first round, having finished in third place in group B. He was a silver medallist with Ghana U-20 team at 2001 Africa youth championship in Ethiopia. He currently has forty one caps for the Ghana national football team, known as the Black Stars scoring nineteen goals.
Charles Taylor is currently on a six-month loan at Accra Hearts of Oak and featured for Hearts of Oak in the 2006 Macufe Cup in South Africa. Taylor featured once for Hearts in 2006/2007 One Touch Premier League against Liberty Professionals but was subtituted in the 30th minute due to injury.
[edit] Clubs
| 2000 - 2003 | Hearts of Oak |
| 2003 - 2005 | Asante Kotoko |
| 2005 - | Étoile du Sahel |
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