Personal information | |||
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Full name | Charles Buaku Atsina Junior | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 24 March 1989||
Place of birth | Takoradi, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Pistoiese | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2011 | Virtus Vecomp Verona | ||
2011–2012 | Alcorcón | 5 | |
2013–2014 | VfL Bochum II | ||
2014–2015 | TuS Ennepetal | 22 | (5) |
2015–2016 | KäPa | 12 | (4) |
2017 | Panevėžys | 20 | (7) |
2017–2018 | Vllanzia | 15 | (5) |
2018 | Kastrioti | 9 | (1) |
2019–2020 | Hibernians | 9 | (0) |
2021–2023 | Uerdingen 05 | 27+ | (8+) |
2024– | Pistoiese | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 January 2024 |
Charles Buaku Atsina Junior is a Ghana-born Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie D club Pistoiese.
Born on 24 March 1989, he grew up in Italy where he started his football academy in Verona. In 2012, he joined Spanish side Alcorcón. [2]
In 2013, he moved to VfL Bochum II.
In 2015, he joined Tus Ennepetal and became the only player to score five goals in a game during the first round of the German Kreispokal. [3] [4] On 28 July 2013, he became the first Ghanaian and Italian footballer to score eight goals in 60 minutes during a tournament of Rodemann cup in Bochum, Germany. His team beat DJK Adler Dahlhausen 1923 e.V. 13–1 in the Rodemann Cup. [5] [4] [6] [2]
On 14 October 2017, he signed a contract with Albanian club Vllanzia brought in by manager Armando Cungu. [7]
In August 2019, he signed a contract with Maltese Premier League club Hibernians F.C. [8]
In August 2021, he returned to Germany to play for Uerdingen 05. [9]
Following a successful deal with Serie D club Pistoiese, [10] Atsina officially signed a six-month contract with the club on 18 January 2024. [11] [12]