Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dennis Gyamfi [1] | ||
Date of birth | 30 December 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Leiderdorp, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Den Bosch | ||
Number | 45 | ||
Youth career | |||
Hanworth Sports | |||
–2016 | Brentford | ||
2016–2020 | Leicester City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2023 | Dinamo Zagreb II | 27 | (1) |
2023– | Den Bosch | 38 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:37, 24 March 2024 (UTC) |
Dennis Gyamfi (born 30 December 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right back for Eerste Divisie club Den Bosch.
Gyamfi grew up in England and is a product of the Leicester City and Brentford academies. He began his senior career with Dinamo Zagreb II in 2020 and transferred to Den Bosch in 2023.
A right back, Gyamfi began his career with spells in the youth systems at English clubs Hanworth Sports, Brentford and Leicester City. [3] [4] At the end of the 2019–20 season, he turned down the offer of a three-year professional contract with Leicester City and became a free agent. [3] Gyamfi signed a 3+1⁄2-year contract with Croatian First League club Dinamo Zagreb on a free transfer in December 2020. [5] [6] He made 26 Croatian Second League appearances and scored one goal for the reserve team prior to its disbandment at the end of the 2021–22 season. [7] [8]
In July 2022, Gyamfi joined League One club Cheltenham Town on trial and made four pre-season friendly appearances, but was not offered a contract. [9] He failed to win a call into a Dinamo Zagreb matchday squad during the first half of the 2022–23 season and departed the Stadion Maksimir in January 2023. [7] [10]
Following a successful trial spell, [11] [12] Gyamfi signed a 2+1⁄2-year contract with Eerste Divisie club FC Den Bosch on 31 January 2023. [10] He made 15 appearances during the remainder of a poor 2022–23 season for the club. [7] [13]
Gyamfi is eligible to play for Netherlands, Ghana and England at international level. [3] In November 2019, Gyamfi was named in the Netherlands U19 squad as a standby for two friendly matches. [14] He did not win a call into either matchday squad. [15] [16]
Born in the Netherlands of Ghanaian descent, Gyamfi moved to Hounslow with his parents at age seven in 2009. [4] [17] He is fluent in the Dutch language. [10] His brothers Gideon, Johnson and Pierluigi also became footballers. [3] [18] Gyamfi attended Loughborough College. [19]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dinamo Zagreb II | 2020–21 [7] | Croatian Second League | 6 | 0 | ― | 6 | 0 | |
2021–22 [7] | Croatian Second League | 20 | 1 | ― | 20 | 1 | ||
Total | 26 | 1 | ― | 26 | 1 | |||
Den Bosch | 2022–23 [7] | Eerste Divisie | 15 | 0 | ― | 15 | 0 | |
2023–24 [7] | Eerste Divisie | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
Total | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
Career total | 64 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 1 |
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