Danny Amankwaa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 January 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Lundby, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | F.C. Copenhagen | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Brønshøj Boldklub | ||
| –2013 | F.C. Copenhagen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012– | F.C. Copenhagen | 61 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | Denmark U-16 | 7 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Denmark U-17 | 24 | (4) |
| 2011–2012 | Denmark U-18 | 9 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Denmark U-19 | 9 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Denmark U-20 | 7 | (1) |
| 2013– | Denmark U-21 | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 November 2015 | |||
Danny Kwasi Amankwaa (born 30 January 1994) is a Danish footballer of Ghanaian descent, playing as striker for the Danish Superliga side F.C. Copenhagen.
Career
FC Copenhagen
Amankwaa was a very attractive player as young, as he was followed by clubs as Ajax and Arsenal in 2012, but he wanted to play for FC Copenhagen.[1] He was also on a trial at Chelsea and he revealed in 2012, that he had more trial offers, but he rejected them.
Amankwaa gained his first Superliga match on 29 October 2012, when he substituted Martin Vingaard against AC Horsens at Casa Arena Horsens in Horsens. Previously, Amankwaa played in a Danish Cup match on 26 September 2012 against FC Fredericia.[2] His contract was extended in November 2012 until July 2015.[3] Amankwaa scored his first goal for F.C. Copenhagen in the 3–0 Danish Cup win against SønderjyskE on 1 November 2012.[4]
Amankwaa was promoted permanently to the first team in 2013.[5] The contract was extended once again in May 2014 until 2017.[6] He played 9 league matches for the first team in the 2012/13 season, and 15 matches in the second season.
In May 2015, Amankwaa suffered from achilles tendon rupture and was out for about half a year.[7] He went back on the pitch in October 2015, but just one mont later, he was back on the sideline again. He injured his meniscus and that resulted in an operation, and was out for the rest of the year.[8] Due to all these injuries, he only played 7 league games in that season.
The injuries continued in the next season. He was operated in October 2016 for a knee injury.[9] This kept him out for the rest of the year. His contract was extended in November 2016 until 2018.[10]
Honours
References
- ^ FCK-talent: Udlandet må vente‚ bold.dk, 12 September 2012
- ^ Profile at football-lineups.com
- ^ FCK binder Højer og Awankwaa‚ bold.dk, 30 November 2012
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ FCK skriver med Amankwaa til 2017, bold.dk, 9 May 2014
- ^ Nye FCK-problemer: Amankwaa ude et halvt år‚ bold.dk, 27 April 2015
- ^ Amankwaa ude resten af 2015‚ bold.dk, 1 November 2015
- ^ Danny Amankwaa færdig for 2016‚ bold.dk, 25 October 2016
- ^ FCK forlænger med Danny Amankwaa‚ bold.dk, 17 November 2016
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- Danish Superliga players
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