Kwadwo Asamoah

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Kwadwo Asamoah

Asamoah playing for Juventus (2013)
Personal information
Full nameKwadwo Asamoah
Date of birth (1988-12-09) 9 December 1988
Place of birthAccra, Ghana
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing positionPlaymaker / Midfielder
Club information
Current clubJuventus
Number22
Youth career
2005–2006Kaaseman
2006–2007Liberty Professionals
2008Bellinzona
2008→ Torino
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2008–2012Udinese114(8)
2012–Juventus44(2)
National team‡
2006–Ghana[2]59(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 December 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2013

Kwadwo "Kojo" Asamoah[3] (Akan: pronunciation: /ˌkwʌˈdʒoʊ/ /æsæˈmoʊˌɑː/, kwu-JOE ə-sah-MOH-ah; born 9 December 1988 in Accra)[4] is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Juventus in Italy and plays as an attacking midfielder/playmaker for the Ghana national football team.[5]

Asamoah was awarded CAF Most Promising African Player in 2010 and named Ghana Player of the Year twice consecutively for 2012 and 2013.[6][7]

In 2013, Asamoah was ranked as the 27th (twenty-seventh) best footballer in the world by Bloomberg.[8]

Club career

Early career

Asamoah was scouted playing for a local based club, which belongs to Kamara and was recommended by the scout Mr. Charles Mensah Gapson to Alhaji Sly Tetteh, CEO of Liberty Professionals. He joined Swiss club Bellinzona and was loaned to Italian side Torino in the winter of 2007–08.

Asamoah playing for Udinese in 2011

Udinese

In June 2008 Asamoah was signed by Serie A club Udinese. He eventually established himself for both club and country. After some good performances at the 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations, he became a target of top clubs in Europe.[9][10]

Juventus

Asamoah and Udinese teammate Mauricio Isla both joined Juventus in July 2012 on co-ownership agreements, with Juventus paying €9 million for 50% of Asamoah's contract.[11][12] He made his debut on 11 August against Napoli in the Supercoppa Italiana and scored; Juventus went on to win 4–2 after extra time. He started in the Serie A opening match against Parma and made an immediate impact by setting up Stephan Lichtsteiner's goal in a 2–0 win.[13]

International career

On the international level, Asamoah was given his debut for the Ghana national football team, Black Stars in 2006 under manager Claude Le Roy. He also appeared for Ghana at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Statistics

Club statistics

As of 22 December 2013.[14]
Team League Season League Cup1 Europe2 Other Cups3 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Udinese Serie A 2008–09 2022060--282
2009–10 25120----271
2010–11 38210----392
2011–12 3130090--403
Udinese Total 114 8 5 0 15 0 – – 134 8
Juventus Serie A 2012–13 272107011363
2013–14 170105010210
Juventus Total 44 2 2 0 12 0 2 1 57 3
Career totals 15510702702119111
1Includes Coppa Italia.
2Includes UEFA Cup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
3Includes Supercoppa Italiana.

National team

As of 19 November 2013.[2]
Ghana national team
YearAppsGoals
200810
200961
2010180
2011100
2012110
2013133
Total594

Titles and honours

Ghana

Juventus

References

  1. ↑ "Player Profile". Juventus FC. Retrieved 22 January 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Asamoah, Kwadwo". National Football Teams. Retrieved 24 January 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Kwadwo Kojo Asamoah". Schedecalciatori.it. Retrieved 26 March 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Udinese player profile – Asamoah, Kwadwo". udinese.it. Udinese Calcio. Retrieved 24 January 2012. 
  5. ↑ "South Africa". Kick Off. Retrieved 22 April 2009. 
  6. ↑ "Kwadwo Asamoah wins SWAG flagship award". ghanafa.org (Ghana Football Association (GFA)). Retrieved 21 September 2013. 
  7. ↑ "Asamoah wins Goal Ghana Player of the Year 2013 Award". goal.com (Goal.com). Retrieved 26 December 2013. 
  8. ↑ "Messi and Ronaldo joined by Ribery in top three of new list of Europe's top 50 stars". Sky Sports. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013. 
  9. ↑ "Manchester United tracking Udinese's Kwadwo Asamoah". Daily Mail. 3 November 2011. 
  10. ↑ "Asamoah: We want another go in 2014". FIFA.com. 31 December 2011. 
  11. ↑ "Asamoah and Isla move to Juventu". juventus.com. 2 July 2012. 
  12. ↑ "Juventus confirm signing of Ghana's Kwadwo Asamoah". BBC Sport. 2 July 2012. 
  13. ↑ "Asamoah, an instant idol at Juventus. He is first player from Africa who win Seria A title. Stadium". juventus.com. 25 August 2012. 
  14. ↑ "Kwadwo Asamoah Bio, Stats, News". ESPNsoccernet. Retrieved 6 February 2013. 

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