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Yaw Ihle Amankwah
Personal information
Full name Yaw Ihle Amankwah
Date of birth (1988-07-07) 7 July 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Tønsberg
Youth career
0000–2007 Fana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 Brann[1] 32 (1)
2007 → Fana (loan) 12 (0)
2009 → Alta (loan) [2] 26 (4)
2012–2015 Sandefjord 65 (2)
2016– Tønsberg
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 October 2013

Yaw Ihle Amankwah (born 7 July 1988) is a Norwegian professional footballer, who plays for Norwegian club FK Tønsberg.

Career

Amankwah has a Ghanaian father and a Norwegian mother[3] and was born in Bergen.[4] After playing for Fana IL, Amankwah was bought by Brann in the summer of 2007, but was loaned out to Fana for the rest of the 2007 season.[5] Amankwah made his debut for Brann on 28 June 2008, in 2009 he was loaned out to Alta IF.[6] After playing 30 games for Alta in the 2009 season he returned to Brann in November 2009 to take part in the preparation for the 2010 season.[7]

In January 2012 Amankwah joined Sandefjord Fotball.

After playing in the 2015 Tippeligaen, his contract was due to expire, and as he struggled somewhat with injuries the contract was not renewed. He signed for third-tier club FK Tønsberg.[8]

Personal life

Amankwah is the cousin of Ghanaian defensive midfielder, Emmanuel Frimpong, who formerly played for Arsenal.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Sportsklubben Brann official site". Brann.no. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  2. ^ "Yaw Amankwah". NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian). Bergensavisen. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Fra Ghana til Fana". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). 5 September 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Yaw Amankwah" (in Norwegian). Playerhistory.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Jarle Fredagsvik (18 September 2008). "Setter husverten på sidelinja" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen.no. Retrieved 4 November 2009. [dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Yaw Ihle Amankwah Alta IF" (in Norwegian). Football Lineups. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  7. ^ Roar Lyngøy (4 November 2009). "Amankwah: – Opp til meg selv" (in Norwegian). Fotball.bt.no. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  8. ^ "Amankwah (27) skrev under for 2. divisjonsklubb". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). 23 March 2016. p. 57.
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