Raphael Dwamena

Raphael Dwamena

Dwamena in 2015.
Personal information
Full name Raphael Dwamena
Date of birth (1995-09-12) 12 September 1995
Place of birth Nkawkaw, Ghana
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 FC Zürich
Number 11
Youth career
2011–2014 Red Bull Ghana
2014 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Red Bull Salzburg 0 (0)
2014–2016 → Liefering (loan) 27 (6)
2016–2017 Austria Lustenau 20 (18)
2017– FC Zürich 18 (14)
National team‡
2017– Ghana 3 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:35, 12 June 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 July 2017

Raphael Dwamena (born 12 September 1995) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss club FC Zürich.

Playing career

Early years

Born in Nkawkaw, Dwamena played and trained with the Red Bull Ghana developmental program. At the International Tournament in Croix, France in 2013, Dwamena helped the RB Ghana U17 team to a silver medal performance, and was named the tournament's Best Player.[1] Before returning to Ghana, Dwamena and his teammate, David Atanga, first traveled to Austria for a one-week trial with FC Red Bull Salzburg.[2]

Dwamena joined the Salzburg youth team in January 2014,[3] and immediately made an impact on the U18 squad. In one tournament in June, he racked up seven goals in four games. Although Salzburg finished in third, he won the Golden Shoe.[4]

Professional career

In July 2014, Dwamena was promoted to FC Liefering, the Salzburg farm team playing in the Austrian Football First League. He made his professional debut on 18 July, where in the 82nd minute of a 3-0 win over Hartberg, Dwamena was substituted in for Nikola Dovedan. He was one of six Liefering players making their professional debuts that day.[5] He played in one more game that season.

During the 2015–16 season, Dwamena made his first start for Liefering on 21 August against Wiener Neustadt. He played the 90 minutes in place of Smail Prevljak.[6] On 18 September, in his fifth straight start, Dwamena scored his first professional goal. He scored from outside the box off a cross from Hwang Hee-chan in the 73' of a 4-1 win over Austria Klagenfurt.[7][8]

After a phenomenal half-season with Austria Lustenau, scoring 18 goals in 20 games, he was signed by FC Zürich on 27 January 2017.[9]

FC Zurich

Raphael Dwamena moved to FC Zürich ON 27 January 2017. He made an immediate impact on his new club by scoring 12 goals in 18 matches helping them win the 2016–17 Swiss Challenge League and promoted back to the Swiss Super League.[10]

For his first match in Super League he scored two goals against Grasshopper Zurich.

International Career

Dwamena didn't get the chance to play for the youth national teams of his country Ghana. Raphael Dwamena was called into the senior team as part of the 30 man squad for the 2017 African Cup of Nations but was dropped from the 23-man squad.[11]

Raphael Dwamena made his debut on the 11 June 2017 in an African Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi of which he scored a brace to mark the new era of youngsters being introduced into the national team.[12]

International goals

Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first.[13]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 11 June 2017 Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana  Ethiopia 4–0 5–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2. 5–0

Honours

Club

Liefering

FC Zurich

References

  1. ↑ "Red Bull claim silver and individual awards in Croix". Ghana Football Association. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "RB Ghana U17 becomes second again". Red Bull Ghana. 21 May 2013. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Liefering verjüngt den Kader weiter". fussball-imnetz.at (in German). 17 June 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Sturm, Michael (9 June 2014). "Sechste Finalniederlage bei siebter Mainzer Teilnahme in Ergenzingen". tagblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Liefering zum Auftakt souverän - und erster Tabellenführer!". FC Red Bull Salzburg (in German). 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "FC Liefering 0 - 1 SC Wiener Neustadt". weltfussball.at (in German). 21 August 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  7. ↑ Frimpong, Akyereko (18 September 2015). "Ghanaian youth forward Ralph Dwamena scores to power Liefering to victory in Austria". ghanasoccernet.com. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "FC Liefering gewinnt auch gegen Klagenfurt". FC Red Bull Salzburg. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Der FC Zürich verpflichtet Stürmer Raphael Dwamena". 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  10. ↑ Osei, S.K. "Goal machine: Meet Raphael Dwamena, the Ghanaian striker with 30 goals in Europe this season". Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  11. ↑ "FEATURE: Dropping Majeed Waris and Raphael Dwamena is a demonstration of technical and tactical bankruptcy by Avram Grant - GHANAsoccernet.com". social_image. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  12. ↑ "Black Stars two-goal hero Raphael Dwamena grateful to Kumasi fans - GHANAsoccernet.com". social_image. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  13. ↑ "Dwamena, Raphael". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
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