Personal information | |||
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Full name | Charles Kwame Takyi[1] | ||
Date of birth | 12 November 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | FC St. Pauli | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2000 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | ||
2000–2003 | FC Schalke 04 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2003–2004 | Schalke 04 II | 20 | (3) |
2004–2006 | Hamburger SV II | 54 | (1) |
2005–2006 | Hamburger SV | 1 | (0) |
2006–2008 | FC St. Pauli | 57 | (13) |
2008–2009 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 29 | (3) |
2009– | FC St. Pauli | 58 | (12) |
National team‡ | |||
2000 | Germany U15 | 5 | (0) |
2001 | Germany U16 | 7 | (2) |
2002 | Germany U17 | 2 | (1) |
2011– | Ghana | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:52, 2 January 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
Charles Kwame Takyi (born 12 November 1984 in Accra) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for FC St. Pauli, and the Ghana national team.[2] He holds both a Ghanaian passport and a German passport.
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Takyi was born in Accra, but moved with his parents to Berlin when he was five years old.[3] He started playing for Tennis Borussia Berlin and joined the FC Schalke 04 youth-squad when he was 15 years old.[3]
Takyis first senior season was with FC Schalke 04 II, the reserve team of FC Schalke 04, in 2003. Although making 21 appearances for the team and scoring three goals, [4] Takyi never managed to get into the professional squad. After one year at Schalke, he left the Gelsenkirchen team and joined Hamburger SV.
Like in Schalke, Takyi was a member of Hamburgs second team, known as Hamburger SV II. Takyi became a key member in his first season with the team, appearing in 28 of 36 possible games, 27 times as a starter.[5] For the 2005-06 season, Takyi became a member of the senior besides playing for HSV II. He made his Bundesliga debut on 10 December 2005 against Hertha BSC Berlin, coming in as a substitute for Guy Demel in the 71st minute.[6] It was the only first league game Takyi made during his time at Hamburg. With HSV II, he finished in 13th place at the end of the 2005-06 season and avoided relegation with the club.[7]
While playing for Germany at youth levels, Takyi expressed his favor to play for his birth country. The Ghana Football Association applied to FIFA for a nationality switch of Takyi in November 2011.[8] In October 2011, it was reported that Takyi was giving permission to play for Ghana.[9][10] He was first called up for the national team in November 2011 for the friendlies against Gabon and Sierra Leone.[11] Takyi made his debut for the Black Stars in the friendly against Gabon on 14 November 2011.[12]
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