Yaw Ihle Amankwah (born 7 July 1988) is a former Norwegian professional footballer.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yaw Ihle Amankwah | ||
| Date of birth | 7 July 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Bergen, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2007 | Fana | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2011 | Brann[1] | 32 | (1) |
| 2007 | → Fana (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Alta (loan) [2] | 26 | (4) |
| 2012–2015 | Sandefjord | 72 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Tønsberg | 19 | (1) |
| 2017–2019 | Hobro IK | 61 | (2) |
| 2019–2022 | Stabæk | 48 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 October 2021 | |||
Career
editAmankwah 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.
After playing in the 2015 Tippeligaen, his contract was due to expire, and as he struggled somewhat with injuries the contract was not renewed. He signed for third-tier club FK Tønsberg.[8]
Amankwah joined Hobro IK in the Danish 1st Division on 24 January 2017.[9] He left the club at the end of the 2018/19 season.[10] In Stabæk he became captain following the autumn 2020 sale of Andreas Hanche-Olsen.
Career statistics
edit- As of 11 October 2021[11]
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brann | 2008 | Eliteserien | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2011 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 1 | ||
| Alta (loan) | 2009 | 1. divisjon | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | 28 | 5 | |
| Total | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 28 | 5 | ||
| Sandefjord | 2012 | 1. divisjon | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 25 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2015 | Eliteserien | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 72 | 2 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 81 | 2 | ||
| Tønsberg | 2016 | 2. divisjon | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 19 | 1 | |
| Total | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 1 | ||
| Hobro | 2016–17 | 1st Division | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 2 | |
| 2017–18 | Danish Superliga | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 0 | |||
| Total | 61 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 63 | 2 | ||
| Stabæk | 2019 | Eliteserien | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 14 | 1 | |||
| Total | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 49 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 258 | 12 | 18 | 1 | – | – | 276 | 13 | ||
Personal life
editAmankwah is the cousin of Ghanaian defensive midfielder, Emmanuel Frimpong, who formerly played for Arsenal.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Sportsklubben Brann official site". Brann.no. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ "Yaw Amankwah". NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian). Bergensavisen. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ a b "Fra Ghana til Fana" [From Ghana to Fana]. Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). 5 September 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ "Yaw Amankwah" (in Norwegian). Playerhistory.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ Jarle Fredagsvik (18 September 2008). "Setter husverten på sidelinja" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen.no. Retrieved 4 November 2009. [dead link]
- ^ "Yaw Ihle Amankwah Alta IF" (in Norwegian). Football Lineups. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ Roar Lyngøy (4 November 2009). "Amankwah: – Opp til meg selv" (in Norwegian). Fotball.bt.no. Archived from the original on 7 November 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ "Amankwah (27) skrev under for 2. divisjonsklubb". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). 23 March 2016. p. 57.
- ^ Hobro IK skriver med norsk prøvespiller Archived 2017-02-05 at the Wayback Machine‚ hikfodbold.dk, 24 January 2017
- ^ Hobro siger farvel til Amankwah og Grønning, bold.dk, 14 June 2019
- ^ "Yaw Ihle Amankwah". altomfotball.no. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
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