Evans Frimpong
File:Evans Frimpong.jpg Evans Frimpong in action against Argentina powerhouse Boca Juniors | |||
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Evans Frimpong | ||
Date of birth | August 8, 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Detroit City | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2009 | UTB Scorpions | ||
2010–2011 | Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2011 | Reading United | 24 | (5) |
2012–2014 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 69 | (9) |
2015 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 12 | (0) |
2016 | Oklahoma City Energy | 7 | (0) |
2016 | Puerto Rico FC | 8 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Al-Najma | 12 | (3) |
2017 | Jarota Jarocin | 15 | (2) |
2019– | Detroit City | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 28, 2020 |
Evans Frimpong (born August 8, 1989) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Detroit City FC in the National Independent Soccer Association.[1]
Career
Youth
Frimpong began his youth career playing for Liberty Babies FC alongside Kwadwo Asamoah of Juventus F.C., Rabiu Mohammed, Abdul Aziz Tetteh of Lech Poznań and Daniel Agyei. He captained the team at the 2008 Gothia Cup in Sweden where they were runners up, losing to IF Elfsborg in the final. Frimpong also made the shortlist for Ghana's 2007 national U-17 football team .
College and Amateur
Frimpong played college soccer at UTB between 2008 and 2009 before transferring to the University of Delaware, where he played between 2010 and 2011.
Among the honors Frimpong received in 2011 were second team National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-American, first team NSCAA All-South Atlantic Region, Hermann Trophy (National Player of the Year) final 15 semifinalist, CAA Player of the Year and ECAC All-East first team. He ranked among the CAA leaders in scoring, tallying 29 points on 12 goals and five assists in 2011. Overall, he tallied 15 goals during his two-year college career with the Blue Hens.[2]
Professional
Chicago Fire selected Frimpong in the first round (No. 9 overall) of the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft.[3] However, after a brief stint with the club, he was traded to San Jose Earthquakes where he completed his pre-season.
Frimpong joined North American Soccer League club Tampa Bay Rowdies on May 2, 2012 and played a major role in their successful quest to hoist the Soccer Bowl trophy that same year. He signed a two-year contract to stay with the club until the end of the 2014 season. Frimpong finished his 2013 campaign with six goals and in the 2014 season, he scored three goals including a double against New York Cosmos in a performance which earned him a spot on the North American Soccer League team of the week.[4] In 2015, Frimpong joined the Rowdies' archrivals Fort Lauderdale Strikers and helped them to the NASL playoffs with brilliant performances in key games, most notably against his former team, the Tampa bay rowdies, where he delivered the game winning assist to lead the strikers to capture the 2015 Coastal Cup. After a season with the Strikers, he went to Vendsyssel FF in Denmark for trials but later signed with Oklahoma City Energy FC on February 1 for the 2016 season. Frimpong is a versatile player and a clinical finisher when playing in the forward position. His best attributes are speed, aggression, technical dribbling ability and near perfect ball control.
Frimpong was released by Puerto Rico at the end of the 2016 fall season.[5]
Frimpong was signed to Al-najma in 2016 and scored 3 goals in 12 matches for the side, playing an instrumental role in keeping them from relegation that season.
On October 19, 2017, Frimpong signed for Polish club Jarota Jarocin.[6]
Currently, as of August 1st, 2019, Frimpong plays for the newly professional Detroit City FC of NISA.
References
- ^ "Detroit falls to USL Championship side Indy Eleven, 1-0". Detroit City FC. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
{{cite web}}
: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=
(help) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Marcos Senna named to NASL team of the week". Twice a Cosmo. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ^ "PRFC ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO ROSTER HEADING INTO THE OFFSEASON". puertoricofc.com. Puerto Rico FC. November 21, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
- ^ Evans Frimpong piłkarzem Jaroty!‚ jarota.com, October 19, 2017
External links
- Delaware profile
- Tampa Bay profile
- Evans Frimpong at Soccerway
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Ghanaian footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate footballers
- Sportspeople from Accra
- Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's soccer players
- Reading United A.C. players
- Tampa Bay Rowdies players
- Fort Lauderdale Strikers players
- OKC Energy FC players
- Detroit City FC players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate footballers in Poland
- USL League Two players
- North American Soccer League players
- USL Championship players
- National Independent Soccer Association players
- Chicago Fire FC draft picks
- Association football wingers
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Expatriate footballers in Bahrain
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain
- Puerto Rico FC players
- Al-Najma players
- Jarota Jarocin players