Harrison Afful

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Harrison Afful
Personal information
Full name Harrison Afful
Date of birth (1986-06-24) 24 June 1986 (age 26)
Place of birth Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Espérance Sportive de Tunis
Number 26
Youth career
Feyenoord Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2005–2009 Feyenoord Academy 148 (7)
2007–2009 → Asante Kotoko (loan) 68 (3)
2009– Espérance Sportive de Tunis 59 (4)
National team‡
2008– Ghana 30 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 January 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 February 2013

Harrison Afful (born 24 June 1986 in Kumasi) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays as a defender for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Espérance Sportive de Tunis in Tunisia, and the Ghana national team.[1]

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Club career[edit]

Afful is a product of the Feyenoord Academy and had trials with Feyenoord and K.V. Mechelen in the summer of 2008, and in November 2008, he won the One Touch best player award.[2] Afful went out on loan to Asante Kotoko from 2007 to 2009.[3]

Afful played in some friendly matches for Helsingborgs IF but could not firm up a deal,[4] and instead moved to Tunisian side Espérance. In the 2011 CAF Champions League Final Afful came on as a substitute in the second leg, scoring the game's only goal to win the continental title against Wydad Casablanca.[5]

International career[edit]

Ghana national team[edit]

Afful plays at international level for his native Ghana and his first full match was in Ghana's 2–1 loss to Mexico on Wednesday March 26, 2008. He played as left fullback in this match.[6]

2008 African Cup of Nations

Afful was part of the Ghana squad for the 2008 African Cup of Nations which was hosted on his home soil. His debut match was against the Ivory Coast in the 2008 26th MTN African Cup of Nations hosted by Ghana.

International appearances and goals[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played on 27 May 2012.[7]
Team Season Ghana Premier
League		 Ghanaian
FA Cup		 CAF Champions
League		 Ghana
Super Cup		 CAF
Confederation Cup		 Other
Tournaments1		 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals A yellow card A red card
Feyenoord Academy 2005–2006 – –
2006–2007 – –
Total
Asante Kotoko 2007–2008
2008–2009
Total
Team Season CLP-1 Tunisian
President Cup		 CAF Champions
League		 Tunisian
Super Cup		 CAF
Confederation Cup		 Other
Tournaments1		 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals A yellow card A red card
Espérance 2008–2009 – –
2009–2010 2 2 2 1
2010–2011 9 1 1
2011–2012 8 7 1 2 3
Total
Career Total

1Continental and other competitions include:

International[edit]

As of match played on 2 February 2013.[8]
National team Year Apps Goals
Ghana 2008 10 0
2009 7 0
2010 3 0
2011 0 0
2012 5 0
2013 5 0
Total 30 0

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Asante Kotoko
Espérance ST
CAF Champions League Runner-up: 2010

Country[edit]

 Ghana
Africa Cup of Nations Third place: 2008

Individual[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Esperance Profile
  2. ^ Afful best Player
  3. ^ News & Events Feyenoord, Kotoko over Afful’s release
  4. ^ Afful fails to land Sweden deal
  5. ^ "Esperance crowned African champions with win over Wydad". BBC Sport. November 12, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2011. 
  6. ^ "Ghana 1-2 Mexico". soccernet.espn.go.com. ESPN Soccernet. March 26, 2008. Retrieved June 9, 2012. 
  7. ^ "Harrison Afful". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 June 2012. 
  8. ^ "Afful, Harrison". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 9 June 2012. 

External links[edit]


Espérance Sportive de Tunis – current squad
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