Bismark Ampofo

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Bismark Ampofo
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-08-04) 4 August 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Inter Turku
Number 17
Youth career
0000–2023 Rumark Football Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023– Inter Turku 24 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 April 2024

Bismark Ampofo, nicknamed Opoku (born 4 August 2002) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, playing as a midfielder for Finnish Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku. He is a product of Ghanaian Rumark Football Academy. [1] [2]

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Club career

Inter Turku

A few weeks prior to the starting of the 2023 Veikkausliiga season, Ampofo moved to Finland and signed a contract with Inter Turku, on a one-year deal with an option to extend it. [3] He made his Veikkausliiga debut on 5 May 2023, in away game against SJK. [4]

After a promising start to the season, Ampofo became a regular in the starting line-up of the team, and in July 2023, his contract was extended until the end of 2025. [5] [6] Ampofo scored his first Veikkausliiga goal on 7 August 2023, in a 4–1 away victory against KTP. [7] He also scored the winning goal on 26 August 2023, in a 2–1 home victory against Lahti. [8] After his first season with Inter Turku, Ampofo was named The Best Player of the Season by the supporters of the club. [9] [10]

Career statistics

As of 26 April 2024. [11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] OtherContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Inter Turku 2023 Veikkausliiga 2222000—242
2024 Veikkausliiga20007 [lower-alpha 2] 0—90
Total242207000332
Career total242207000332

Honours

Inter Turku

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References

  1. ↑ Ahola, Harri (3 June 2023). "Puolivahingossa Turkuun päätynyt keskikenttämies on noussut puskista päälliköksi, kun Inter porskuttaa voittojen tiellä". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish).
  2. ↑ "FC Interin Ampofo viihtynyt hyvin Turussa - "Olen todella nauttinut Veikkausliigasta tähän asti"". Veikkausliiga (in Finnish). 30 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "VALENTIN PUROSALO JA BISMARK AMPOFO SOPIMUKSIIN INTERIN KANSSA". Inter Turku (in Finnish). 18 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "SJK VS. INTER TURKU 2 – 1". soccerway. 5 May 2023.
  5. ↑ Jussila, Joonas (5 July 2023). "Interin ghanalaisonnistuja jatkaa turkulaisseurassa pitkään - " Hän on noussut suuresta tuntemattomuudesta hyväksi liigapelaajaksi nopeasti"". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish).
  6. ↑ "BISMARK AMPOFO JATKAA INTERISSÄ". Inter Turku (in Finnish). 5 July 2023.
  7. ↑ Jyrkilä, Jorma (7 August 2023). "Turkulaiset potkivat päähän kunnon kundeja Kotkassa - Inter kukisti KTP:n 4-1". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish).
  8. ↑ "Inter onnistui tiukan paikan edessä". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 26 August 2023.
  9. ↑ TOMMI JYRY PALKITTIIN ANNELIN POKAALILLA – BISMARK AMPOFO ULTRABOYZ-PELAAJAN POKAALILLA, Inter Turku, 31 October 2023
  10. ↑ Interin kausi jätti keskinkertaisen maun, mutta onnistujiakin löytyi, aamuset.fi, 5 November 2023
  11. ↑ B.AMPOFO, soccerway
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