Charles Amoah

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Charles Amoah
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-02-28) 28 February 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1995 Okwawu United
1995–1996 FC Winterthur
1996–1998 FC Frauenfeld
1998–1999 FC Wil 33 (20)
1999–2001 St. Gallen 56 (37)
2001–2003 Sturm Graz 72 (17)
2003–2004 Austria Salzburg 5 (1)
2004–2006 ASK Kottingbrunn
2006–2007 LASK 1 (0)
Total167(75)
International career
1999–2003 Ghana 15 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles Amoah (born 28 February 1975) is a Ghanaian former footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Born in Accra, Amoah played for Okwawu United, FC Winterthur, FC Frauenfeld, FC Wil, St. Gallen, Sturm Graz, Austria Salzburg, ASK Kottingbrunn and LASK. [1]

Amoah was top scorer in the Swiss Super League during the 1999–00 season, contributing 25 goals to St. Gallen's title-winning season. [2] At St. Gallen he also memorably scored one of the goals and provided an assist as they overturned a 1–0 first-leg deficit to win 2–0 in the second leg and eliminate Premier League side Chelsea from the 2000–01 UEFA Cup. [2] [3]

Following Amoah's successes at St. Gallen, Austrian Bundesliga club SK Sturm Graz paid a transfer fee of 6.5 million Swiss francs (about €4.3 million) to sign him. [2]

He earned 15 caps for the Ghana national team between 1999 and 2003, scoring 10 goals. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Charles Amoah". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Hänni, Tobias (6 October 2012). "St. Gallen – Amoahs "Sweet Home"". St.Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Chelsea crash out of Europe". BBC. 28 September 2000. Retrieved 24 March 2020.


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