Yaw Ihle Amankwah

Yaw Ihle Amankwah
Personal information
Full nameYaw Ihle Amankwah
Date of birth7 July 1988
Place of birthBergen, Norway
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Sandefjord
Number3
Youth career
–2007Fana
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2011Brann[1]32(1)
2007Fana (loan)12(0)
2009Alta (loan) [2]26(4)
2012–Sandefjord65(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 October 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).

Yaw Ihle Amankwah (born 7 July 1988) is a Norwegian professional footballer, who plays for Norwegian club Sandefjord.

Career

Amankwah has a Ghanaian father and a Norwegian mother[3] and was born in Bergen.[4] After playing for Fana IL, Amankwah was bought by Brann in the summer of 2007, but was loaned out to Fana for the rest of the 2007 season.[5] Amankwah made his debut for Brann on 28 June 2008, in 2009 he was loaned out to Alta IF.[6] After playing 30 games for Alta in the 2009 season he returned to Brann in November 2009 to take part in the preparation for the 2010 season.[7]

In January 2012 Amankwah joined Sandefjord Fotball.

Personal life

Amankwah is the cousin of Ghanaian defensive midfielder, Emmanuel Frimpong, who formerly played for Arsenal.[3]

References

  1. "Sportsklubben Brann official site". Brann.no. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  2. "Yaw Amankwah". NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian). Bergensavisen. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Fra Ghana til Fana" [From Ghana to Fana]. ba.no (in Norwegian) (Bergensavisen). 5 September 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  4. "Yaw Amankwah" (in Norwegian). Playerhistory.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  5. Jarle Fredagsvik (18 September 2008). "Setter husverten på sidelinja" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen.no. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  6. "Yaw Ihle Amankwah Alta IF" (in Norwegian). Football Lineups. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  7. Roar Lyngøy (4 November 2009). "Amankwah: – Opp til meg selv" (in Norwegian). Fotball.bt.no. Retrieved 4 November 2009.