Dominic Adiyiah

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Dominic Adiyiah
Personal information
Full name Dominic Adiyiah
Date of birth 29 November 1989 (1989-11-29) (age 22)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Arsenal Kyiv
(on loan from A.C. Milan)
Number TBA
Youth career
2000–2007 Feyenoord Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2006–2007 Feyenoord Academy
2007–2008 Heart of Lions
2008–2010 Fredrikstad 8 (0)
2010– Milan 0 (0)
2010–2011 → Reggina (loan) 13 (1)
2011 → Partizan (loan) 6 (0)
2011–2012 → Karşıyaka (loan) 8 (0)
2012– → Arsenal Kyiv (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2008–2009 Ghana U-20 7 (8)
2009– Ghana 16 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 February 2012.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2011

Dominic Adiyiah (born 29 November 1989) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who plays as a striker for Ukrainian Premier League club Arsenal Kyiv, on loan from A.C. Milan of Italy.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

Adiyiah began his career in the Feyenoord Academy, which he joined when he was only 10 years old.[1] He spent seven years in Gomoa Fetteh, where the Academy is based, before transferring to Heart of Lions in January 2007. After making his debut in the Ghana Premier League with the club based in Kpandu, at the end of the 2007–08 season he was named Most Exciting Player of the league.[2]

[edit] Fredrikstad (2008–2010)

In August 2008, Adiyiah made the move to Europe, being signed by Norwegian top flight club Fredrikstad for a fee of only £100k (approx. €125k as of that date).[1] He made his debut for the club in an away match against Aalesund, on 30 August.[3] He went scoreless in four appearances during the 2008 season, as the team finished second in the league.

The following season he scored twice during the training camp, but has not scored in the four league matches he appeared.[4] He also made his debut in the Europa League, in the second leg of the third qualifying round against Lech Poznań.[5]

[edit] Milan (2010–present)

In late October 2009, after impressing in the U-20 World Cup, Adiyiah was reported to be close to joining Serie A club Milan. Speculation increased as Fredrikstad announced they had received a bid €500k for the young striker from a big European club.[6] The rumour was eventually confirmed by Milan CEO Adriano Galliani on 1 November,[7] and six days later the Ghanaian signed his new contract, as he had passed routine medical examinations.[8]

The move was ratified on 2 January 2010, the first day of the winter transfer window. However Adiyiah was still not able to play, since he was called-up by the Ghana national team to take part in the African Nations Cup.[9] Upon his return, a month later, he also secured an Italian work permit, which he was still lacking, thus becoming definitively eligible to play.[10] Despite this, he was never selected by head coach Leonardo during the remainder of the 2009–10 season.

[edit] Partizan

Subsequently, Adiyiah was sent to Serbian SuperLiga club Partizan on another loan deal until the end of the season[11] where he joined his national teammate Prince Tagoe.

[edit] Karşıyaka S.K.

In the 2011 summer transfer window he signed a loan-deal with Karşıyaka who play in Bank Asya 1. Lig, Turkey's second-tier league.[12]

[edit] Arsenal Kyiv

However, in February 2012 he was called back from Karşıyaka, due to lack of playing time and loaned to Ukrainian Premier League side Arsenal Kyiv.[13]

[edit] International career

[edit] Ghana U-20

Adiyiah started to be called-up by the Black Satellites in 2008, making his debut on 30 March, in a match against Niger,[14] and also participating in the WAFU U-20 Championship.[15] The following year, he was part of the squad that won the African Youth Championship.[16][17] His successful 2009 was not over: in October, he took part also in the U-20 World Cup held in Egypt;[18] as the team went on winning the trophy, he was awarded the Golden Shoe for the topscorer with 8 goals in 7 games and was also named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.[19]

[edit] Ghana

Adiyiah earned his first call-up with the Black Stars on 3 November 2009, shortly after the U-20 triumph, for a World Cup qualification match against Mali, to be played on 15 November.[20] However he was left as an unused substitute.[21] He did make his senior debut three days later though, in a friendly against Angola.[22] In January 2010, he was part of the Ghanaian team that reached the final at the African Nations Cup. Despite making only two substitute appearances, he showed glimpses of a player for the future.[23]

In June of the same year, Adiyiah was called-up to take part in the upcoming World Cup, to be played in South Africa.[24] He made his debut in the competition during the last match of the group stage against Germany, coming off the bench for the final minutes.[25] After being left as an unused substitute in the round of 16, he was sent on in the quarter-finals against Uruguay. In the very last minute of extra time, an Adiyiah's header was saved on the line by Uruguyan striker Luis Suárez, who palmed the ball away with both his hands, resulting in a penalty kick for Ghana and Suarez being sent off. However, Asamoah Gyan smashed the penalty against the bar and the game went to the shootout. Adiyiah took the fourth penalty with his team trailing 2–3, but had his shot saved; Sebastián Abreu seized the chance by subsequently scoring the deciding penalty for Uruguay.[26]

[edit] Honours

[edit] Individual

[edit] Club

Fredrikstad
Partizan

[edit] Country

Ghana U-20
Ghana

[edit] Statistics

As of 14 February 2012.

Team Season Domestic
League		 Domestic
Cup		 Continental
Competition1		 Other
Tournaments2		 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Feyenoord Academy 2006–07 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Heart of Lions 2007–08  ?  ? 0 0 – 1[30] 1  ?  ?
Fredrikstad 2008 4 0 0 0 0 0 – 4 0
2009 4 0 0 0 1 0 – 5 0
Total 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
Milan 2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Reggina 2010–11 13 1 2 1 – – 15 2
Partizan 2011 6 0 2 0 – – 8 0
Karşıyaka 2011–12 8 0 0 0 – – 8 0
Arsenal Kyiv 2012 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Career Total 35+ 1+ 4 1 1 0 1 1 41+ 3+

1Continental competitions include the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
2Other tournaments include the GHALCA President's Cup.[31]

[edit] References

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  2. ^ a b William Quarmine (2008-07-05). "Top of the Onetouch Premier League Class". GhanaFoot.WordPress.com. Football Made in Ghana. http://ghanafoot.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/top-of-the-onetouch-premier-league-class/. Retrieved 2010-02-23. 
  3. ^ "Tippeligaen: Aalesunds FK – Fredrikstad FK". TransferMarkt.co.uk. Transfer Markt. 2008-08-30. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/spielbericht/918273/aalesunds-fk_fredrikstad-fk/aufstellung/index.html. Retrieved 2010-02-23. [dead link]
  4. ^ "Tippeligaen 2009 Dominic Adiyiah" (in Norwegian). FredrikstadFK.no. Fredrikstad FK. http://www.fredrikstadfk.no/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showPlayer/p,19/pid,480/Itemid,460/. Retrieved 2010-02-23. 
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  6. ^ Adam Scime (2009-10-29). "Milan on verge of signing under-20 Ghana star Dominic Adiyiah". Goal.com. http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2009/10/29/1591855/milan-on-verge-of-signing-under-20-ghana-star-dominic. Retrieved 2010-02-23. 
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  29. ^ Serbian Cup matches at Transfermarkt
  30. ^ "Ghana 2007/08". rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/gha08.html. Retrieved 11 August 2010. 
  31. ^ Sammy Heywood Okine (24 April 2008). "President's Cup Match fixed for Republic Day". The Statesman. http://www.thestatesmanonline.com/pages/news_detail.php?section=1&newsid=6263. Retrieved 11 August 2010. 

[edit] External links


FC Arsenal Kyiv – current squad
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