Arvin Appiah
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Arvin Amoakoh Appiah[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 5 January 2001||
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Nacional (on loan from Almería) | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2018 | Nottingham Forest | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Nottingham Forest | 6 | (0) |
2019– | Almería | 54 | (2) |
2020 | Almería B | 4 | (0) |
2021 | → Lugo (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2022 | → Tenerife (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2023 | → Málaga (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2023–2024 | → Rotherham United (loan) | 20 | (0) |
2024– | → Nacional (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2016–2017 | England U16 | 4 | (1) |
2017–2018 | England U17 | 10 | (3) |
2018–2019 | England U18 | 11 | (3) |
2019 | England U19 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:41, 2 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:39, 17 November 2019 (UTC) |
Arvin Amoakoh Appiah (born 5 January 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Portuguese club Nacional, on loan from Spanish club Almería.
Club career
[edit]Nottingham Forest
[edit]Appiah made his professional debut for Nottingham Forest on 30 October 2018, appearing as an 85th-minute substitute and scoring a goal in a 3–2 loss in a fourth round EFL Cup game against Burton Albion.[3]
On 23 January 2019, Appiah penned a four-and-a-half-year contract extension with Forest.[4]
Almería
[edit]On 2 September 2019 Appiah signed for Spanish Segunda División side Almería on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £8 million.[5][6][7]
On 1 February 2021, Appiah moved to fellow second division team CD Lugo, on a loan deal until the end of the season.[8] Upon returning, he was mainly a backup option as the Rojiblancos achieved promotion to La Liga as champions.
On 1 September 2022, Appiah was loaned to CD Tenerife in the second level for the season.[9] On 30 December, however, his loan was cut short,[10] and he moved to fellow second tier side Málaga CF on 9 January, also in a temporary deal.[11]
On 25 August 2023, Appiah returned to England when he joined Championship club Rotherham United on a season-long loan deal.[12] On 30 July of the following year, he moved to Portuguese Primeira Liga side Nacional also on loan for one year.[13]
International career
[edit]In May 2018, Appiah scored for England U17 against Italy in the group stage of the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[14] The hosts were eliminated by the Netherlands at the semi-final stage on a penalty shootout with Appiah successfully converting his spot kick.[15]
In October 2018, Appiah scored for the England U18s against Sweden.[16] In March 2019, Appiah received his first call-up for the England U19s for the 2019 U19 EURO Elite Qualifying Round[17] and made his U19 debut as a 66th minute substitute during the 4–1 win over Czech Republic at St. George's Park.[18]
Personal life
[edit]Appiah was born in Amsterdam, before moving to Nottingham in England when he was six-years old.[19] Appiah is of Ghanaian descent.[20][21]
Appiah's older brother Nathaniel is also a footballer. A defender, he came through the ranks at Rochdale.[22]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 2 March 2024[23]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Nottingham Forest | 2018–19 | EFL Championship | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | |
2019–20 | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
Almería | 2019–20 | Segunda División | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
2020–21 | Segunda División | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
2021–22 | Segunda División | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
2022–23 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 53 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 4 | ||
Almería B | 2020–21 | Tercera División | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
CD Lugo (loan) | 2020–21 | Segunda División | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
CD Tenerife (loan) | 2022–23 | Segunda División | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
Málaga CF (loan) | 2022–23 | Segunda División | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Rotherham United (loan) | 2023–24 | EFL Championship | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
Career total | 111 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 5 |
- ^ Appearances in Segunda División play-offs
References
[edit]- ^ "Club list of registered players as at 18th May 2019" (PDF). efl.com. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "Arvin Appiah profile". Official Nottingham Forest Website. 29 August 2018. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Burton Albion 3-2 Forest". Official Nottingham Forest Website. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Appiah signs new contract". Official Nottingham Forest Website. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Arvin Appiah: Nottingham Forest winger joins Almeria for £8m". BBC Sport Website. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Appiah leaves for Spain". www.nottinghamforest.co.uk.
- ^ "Arvin Appiah, una de las perlas del fútbol inglés, ficha en el Almería | Almería - Web Oficial". Arvin Appiah, una de las perlas del fútbol inglés, ficha en el Almería | Almería - Web Oficial.
- ^ Cofán, David (1 February 2021). "Arvin Appiah, nuevo jugador del Lugo" [Arvin Appiah, new player of Lugo]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Arvin Appiah agrees loan move to CD Tenerife until end of season". UD Almería. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ "Arvin Appiah finaliza su vinculación contractual con el CD Tenerife" [Arvin Appiah ends his contractual relationship with CD Tenerife] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "Appiah, aceleración y alta velocidad para las bandas" [Appiah, acceleration and high speed for the wings]. Málaga CF (in Spanish). 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "SIGNING | MILLERS SECURE WINGER ON LOAN". www.themillers.co.uk. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "Arvin Appiah loaned out to CD Nacional de Madeira". UD Almería. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "European Under-17 Championship: England fight back to beat Italy 2-1". BBC Sport. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "England 0-0 Netherlands". UEFA. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Goals from John-Jules, Anjorin, Appiah and Laird seal big win at St. George's Park". The Football Association. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "A 21-STRONG SQUAD HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR ENGLAND U19S' ELITE EURO QUALIFIERS AT SGP". The Football Association. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "YOUNG LIONS MAKE A WINNING START TO THEIR U19 EURO QUALIFIERS AT ST. GEORGE'S PARK". The Football Association. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ "Arvin Appiah hopes to return from England trip with goals and a trophy - and as a better player for Nottingham Forest". Nottinghamshire Live Website. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ https://footballghana.com/i-am-physically-and-technically-ready-for-nottingham-forest-challenge-ghanaian-youngster-arvin-appiah[permanent dead link]
- ^ Ghanaian youngster Appiah pops up on the rader of Bundesliga clubs atlfmonline.com [dead link]
- ^ "Nathaniel Appiah on His Footballing Family". Rochdale AFC. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ Arvin Appiah at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- Arvin Appiah at BDFutbol
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Amsterdam
- Footballers from Nottingham
- English men's footballers
- English expatriate men's footballers
- England men's youth international footballers
- Dutch men's footballers
- English people of Ghanaian descent
- Sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
- Dutch sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
- Dutch emigrants to England
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- UD Almería players
- UD Almería B players
- CD Lugo players
- CD Tenerife players
- Málaga CF players
- Rotherham United F.C. players
- C.D. Nacional players
- Segunda División players
- Tercera División players
- English Football League players
- Men's association football forwards
- Black British sportsmen
- English expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- English expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal