Personal information | |||
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Full name | Amidu Salifu | ||
Date of birth | September 20, 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–2010 | Vicenza | ||
2011–2012 | Fiorentina | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2011 | Vicenza | 8 | (0) |
2011–2020 | Fiorentina | 15 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Catania (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2013–2015 | → Modena (loan) | 53 | (1) |
2015 | → Perugia (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2016 | → Brescia (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Mantova (loan) | 28 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Vicenza (loan) | 18 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Arezzo (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Al-Salmiya (loan) | 15 | (2) |
2020–2021 | Petrolul Ploiești | 9 | (0) |
2022 | Kelantan United | 5 | (1) |
International career | |||
2012 | Ghana U-20 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 February 2022 |
Amidu Salifu (born September 20, 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as midfielder.
Salifu started his youth career with Italian club Vicenza Calcio and made his debut with the senior squad in the 2010–11 Serie B season before going on to sign for ACF Fiorentina in January 2011. He made eight league appearances for the biancorossi prior to his transfer.
Following his transfer to the Florence-based club, Salifu was hardly utilized as a first team member. The young midfielder made his Serie A debut for Fiorentina on 23 April 2011 in a match against Cagliari, when he came on as a 90th minute substitute for former club captain, Adrian Mutu. [1] He would eventually go on to make an additional 12 appearances throughout the 2011–12 Serie A season, before being loaned to Calcio Catania in June 2012. He has made 11 appearances in all competitions for the club since his arrival, generally serving as a reserve for the likes of Sergio Almirón, Francesco Lodi, and Marco Biagianti.
In the summer of 2019, he moved to Kuwaiti club Al-Salmiya on loan. [2]
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