Razak Pimpong

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Razak Pimpong
Razak Pimpong
Personal information
Full name Razak Pimpong
Date of birth December 30, 1982 (1982-12-30) (age 25)
Place of birth    Accra, Ghana
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Midfielder, forward
Club information
Current club Aalesunds FK
Number --
Youth clubs
 ?
-1999		 Golden Tulip
Accra Great Olympics
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000-2005
2006-2007
2007
2008		 FC Midtjylland
F.C. Copenhagen
Viking F.K.
Aalesunds FK		 00 (22)
21 0(0)
11 0(2)   
National team2
2002-present Ghana 09 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of August 10, 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of October 4, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Razak Pimpong (born December 30, 1982) is a Ghanaian football player who plays for the Norwegian Premier League team Aalesunds FK. He has played nine games for the Ghanaian national team, and represented Ghana at the 2004 Summer Olympics footballtournament as well as the 2006 world cup in Germany .

[edit] Biography

Brought from Ghana to Denmark by FC Midtjylland, and made his debut for the team in 2000. He was part of the Ghanaian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, having finished in third place in group B. In July 2005, he agreed a move to league rivals F.C. Copenhagen (FCK) from January 2006.

Pimpong did not find initial success at FCK. His first, and only goal, for FCK came on April 2006, when he scored the deciding goal of the 2006 Royal League Final. He came on in the 69th minute; scored the only goal of the game in the 89th minute; before he was sent off in injury time for overtly celebrating his goal.

He was called up for the Ghanaian squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, due to several fine performances for FCK. At the World Cup, Pimpong showed the dribbling skills that earned him a transfer to FCK, but did not score any goals and missed some vital chances.

In 2007, Pimpong was transferred to Norwegian Tippeligaen club Viking F.K. for a sum reported to be around 4 million Norwegian Kroner. [1] He signed a contract keeping him at the club until 2010.[2]


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