Dennis Gyamfi
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dennis Gyamfi[1] | ||
Date of birth | 30 December 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Leiderdorp, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Youth career | |||
Hanworth Sports | |||
–2016 | Brentford | ||
2016–2020 | Leicester City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2023 | Dinamo Zagreb II | 27 | (1) |
2023–2024 | Den Bosch | 41 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:20, 2 August 2024 (UTC) |
Dennis Gyamfi (born 30 December 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right back.
Gyamfi grew up in England and is a product of the Leicester City and Brentford academies. He began his senior career with Dinamo Zagreb II in 2020 and transferred to Den Bosch in 2023.
Club career
[edit]Youth career and Dinamo Zagreb II
[edit]A right back, Gyamfi began his career with spells in the youth systems at English clubs Hanworth Sports, Brentford and Leicester City.[3][4] At the end of the 2019–20 season, he turned down the offer of a three-year professional contract with Leicester City and became a free agent.[3] Gyamfi signed a 3+1⁄2-year contract with Croatian First League club Dinamo Zagreb on a free transfer in December 2020.[5][6] He made 26 Croatian Second League appearances and scored one goal for the reserve team prior to its disbandment at the end of the 2021–22 season.[7][8]
In July 2022, Gyamfi joined League One club Cheltenham Town on trial and made four pre-season friendly appearances, but was not offered a contract.[9] He failed to win a call into a Dinamo Zagreb matchday squad during the first half of the 2022–23 season and departed the Stadion Maksimir in January 2023.[7][10]
Den Bosch
[edit]Following a successful trial spell,[11][12] Gyamfi signed a 2+1⁄2-year contract with Eerste Divisie club Den Bosch on 31 January 2023.[10] He made 42 appearances over the course of poor 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons for the club.[7][13][14] Gyamfi's contract was terminated by mutual consent on 1 August 2024.[15]
International career
[edit]Gyamfi is eligible to play for Netherlands, Ghana and England at international level.[3] In November 2019, Gyamfi was named in the Netherlands U19 squad as a standby for two friendly matches.[16] He did not win a call into either matchday squad.[17][18]
Personal life
[edit]Born in the Netherlands of Ghanaian descent, Gyamfi moved to Hounslow with his parents at age seven in 2009.[4][19] He is fluent in the Dutch language.[10] His brothers Gideon, Johnson and Pierluigi also became footballers.[3][20] Gyamfi attended Loughborough College.[21]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 10 May 2024
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dinamo Zagreb II | 2020–21[7] | Croatian Second League | 6 | 0 | ― | 6 | 0 | |
2021–22[7] | Croatian Second League | 20 | 1 | ― | 20 | 1 | ||
Total | 26 | 1 | ― | 26 | 1 | |||
Den Bosch | 2022–23[7] | Eerste Divisie | 15 | 0 | ― | 15 | 0 | |
2023–24[7] | Eerste Divisie | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
Total | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
Career total | 67 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "2019/20 Retained List of Players" (PDF). premierleague.com. p. 19. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ Dennis Gyamfi at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c d Fifield, Dominic. "Dennis Gyamfi: Earthquakes in Zagreb and following in Dani Olmo's Dinamo footsteps". The Athletic. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Dinamo se pojačao wunderkindom iz Premier lige, a mladi Nizozemac je progovorio o ovom velikom transferu: 'Nisam dvojio ni sekunde'". tportal.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- ^ Palmer, Jon (6 July 2022). "Dinamo Zagreb wing-back to appear for Robins". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "Dennis Gyamfi novi igrač Dinama". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Dennis Gyamfi at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- ^ "Službeno: Od sljedeće sezone bez drugih momčadi prvoligaških klubova u Drugoj HNL". Nacional (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ Palmer, Jon (19 July 2022). "New wing-back starts for Robins". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ a b c "Dennis Gyamfi tekent contract bij FC Den Bosch". FC Den Bosch (in Dutch). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "FC Den Bosch huurt Schotse verdediger Ibane Bowat (20) van Fulham". de Gelderlander (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Ryan Leijten staat ook in het thuisduel met MVV nog aan de kant bij FC Den Bosch" (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "Tables – Eerste Divisie – Netherlands – Results, fixtures, tables and news". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ "Tables – Eerste Divisie – Netherlands – Results, fixtures, tables and news". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "FC Den Bosch neemt afscheid van Dennis Gyamfi en Rhino Goutier". FC Den Bosch (in Dutch). 1 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Onder 19: Stekelenburg selecteert twintig spelers". www.onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Gelijkspel Onder 19 in hoogstaand oefenduel met Tsjechië". www.onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Onder 19 maakt er tegen Mexico opnieuw een spektakel van". www.onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Dennis Gyamfi ambassadeur voor Jeugdfonds Sport & Cultuur". FC Den Bosch (in Dutch). 8 December 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Ghanaian teen midfielder Gyamfi scores for Leicester in a Premier League game". Ghana Sports Online. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "College alumni will have a big say in the story of the new football season". Loughborough College. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
External links
[edit]- Dennis Gyamfi at Soccerbase
- Dennis Gyamfi at onsoranje.nl
- Dennis Gyamfi at the Croatian Football Federation
- Living people
- Dutch men's footballers
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Sportspeople from Leiderdorp
- Dutch people of Ghanaian descent
- Dutch emigrants to England
- English expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- Eerste Divisie players
- FC Den Bosch players
- 2001 births
- Dutch expatriate men's footballers
- English expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia