Danny Amankwaa

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Danny Amankwaa
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Personal information
Full name Danny Kwasi Amankwaa
Date of birth (1994-01-30) 30 January 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Lundby, Denmark
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Brønshøj
Copenhagen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2018 Copenhagen 68 (1)
2018–2019 Heart of Midlothian 13 (0)
2019 SønderjyskE 24 (1)
2020–2023 Hobro 67 (2)
International career
2009–2010 Denmark U16 [1] 7 (0)
2009–2011 Denmark U17 24 (4)
2011–2012 Denmark U18 9 (0)
2012–2013 Denmark U19 9 (2)
2012–2013 Denmark U20 7 (1)
2013–2015 Denmark U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 June 2023, 11:00 (UTC)

Danny Kwasi Amankwaa (born 30 January 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a winger. He previously played for F.C. Copenhagen, Heart of Midlothian and Denmark at youth level.

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He is of Ghanaian descent. [2] [3]

Career

FC Copenhagen

Amankwaa was followed by clubs such as Ajax and Arsenal in 2012, but he wanted to play for FC Copenhagen. [4] He was also on a trial at Chelsea and he revealed in 2012 that he had more trial offers, but he rejected them.

Amankwaa played his first Danish Superliga match on 29 October 2012, when he appeared as a substitute for Martin Vingaard against AC Horsens at Casa Arena Horsens in Horsens. Previously, Amankwaa played in a Danish Cup match on 26 September 2012 against FC Fredericia. [5] His contract was extended in November 2012 until July 2015. [6] Amankwaa scored his first goal for F.C. Copenhagen in the 3–0 Danish Cup win against SønderjyskE on 1 November 2012. [7]

Amankwaa was promoted permanently to the first team in 2013. [8] The contract was extended once again in May 2014 until 2017. [9] He played 9 league matches for the first team in the 2012–13 season, and 15 matches in the second season.

In May 2015, Amankwaa suffered from an achilles tendon rupture and was out for about half a year. [10] He went back on the pitch in October 2015, but just one month later he was back on the sideline again. He injured his meniscus and that resulted in an operation, and was out for the rest of the year. [11] Due to all these injuries, he only played 7 league games in that season.

The injuries continued in the next season and he was operated in October 2016 for a knee injury, [12] which kept him out for the rest of the year. His contract was extended in November 2016 until 2018. [13]

Heart of Midlothian

On 25 January 2018, Amankwaa joined Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) on a free transfer, having been allowed to leave Copenhagen before the end of his contract. [14] He signed an 18-month contract with the Scottish Premiership side. [15]

SønderjyskE

With limited success in Scotland, Amankwaa went home to Denmark, signing a one-year contract with Danish Superliga-side, SønderjyskE. [16] [17] He left the club by the end of 2019. [18]

Hobro IK

Amankwaa remained without club until 31 October 2020, where he signed with Danish 1st Division club Hobro IK for the rest of 2020. [19] After three years, Amankwaa left Hobro in June 2023. [20]

Career statistics

As of 27 January 2018 [21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
F.C. Copenhagen 2012–13 [22] Danish Superliga 902110121
2013–14 [22] Danish Superliga1503010190
2014–15 [22] Danish Superliga2311090331
2015–16 [22] Danish Superliga70110081
2016–17 [22] Danish Superliga801030120
2017–18 [22] Danish Superliga600050110
Total6818200190953
Heart of Midlothian 2017–18 [23] Scottish Premiership 1101000120
2018–19 Scottish Premiership20002040
Career total81192201901113

Honours

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References

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  2. "Danish-born Ghanaian Danny Amankwaa marks Hearts debut in second-half appearance – Ghana Sports Online" . Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. "Hearts: Danny Amankwaa leaves for SonderjyskE in search of first-team football". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  4. FCK-talent: Udlandet må vente‚ bold.dk, 12 September 2012
  5. Profile at football-lineups.com
  6. FCK binder Højer og Awankwaa‚ bold.dk, 30 November 2012
  7. "Teenage-power sender FCK videre – Ekstra Bladet".
  8. "FCK: Der kommer også nye løveunger i år".
  9. FCK skriver med Amankwaa til 2017, bold.dk, 9 May 2014
  10. Nye FCK-problemer: Amankwaa ude et halvt år‚ bold.dk, 27 April 2015
  11. Amankwaa ude resten af 2015‚ bold.dk, 1 November 2015
  12. Danny Amankwaa færdig for 2016‚ bold.dk, 25 October 2016
  13. FCK forlænger med Danny Amankwaa‚ bold.dk, 17 November 2016
  14. "Hearts sign Danish winger Danny Amankwaa". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 25 January 2018. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  15. "Danny Amankwaa Joins Hearts". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian. 25 January 2018. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  16. Danny Amankwaa til SønderjyskE Archived 10 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine , soenderjyske.dk, 10 January 2018
  17. "Hearts: Danny Amankwaa leaves for SonderjyskE in search of first-team football". BBC Sport. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  18. Amankwaa og duo forlader SønderjyskE, bold.dk, 16 December 2019
  19. Hobro IK tilknytter Danny Amankwaa, hikfodbold.dk, 31 October 2020
  20. Hobro siger farvel til Ronnie Schwartz og tre andre: Skal opruste, bold.dk, 1 June 2023
  21. Danny Amankwaa at Soccerbase
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Danny Amankwaa Stats". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  23. "Games played by Danny Amankwaa in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 January 2018.