Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 March 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sekhukhune United | ||
Number | 39 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | Sekondi Hasaacas | ||
2010–2011 | All Stars | ||
2011–2015 | SuperSport United | 53 | (1) |
2014–2015 | → Mpumalanga Black Aces (loan) | 23 | (1) |
2015–2017 | Orlando Pirates | 30 | (0) |
2017 | Helsingborg | 24 | (2) |
2018–2019 | Bidvest Wits | 19 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Black Leopards | 48 | (0) |
2021– | Sekhukhune United | 37 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2012–2016 | Ghana | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 October 2022 |
Edwin Gyimah (born 9 March 1991) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender and midfielder for the Ghana national football team and Sekhukhune United. [1]
Gyimah was born in Sekondi-Takoradi. [2] Before joining SuperSport United in 2011, Gyimah played for All Stars and Sekondi Hasaacas in his home country. [3] Gyimah left SuperSport in 2015 after 1 goal in 53 games, a spell that also included a loan to Mpumalanga Black Aces. [1] After leaving SuperSport, he joined Orlando Pirates. [1] Two years and 30 appearances followed before Gyimah left the club by mutual consent on 16 February 2017. [4] He went on to play one season with Helsingborg in Superettan, the Swedish second tier, before returning to South Africa and Bidvest Wits in early 2018. [5]
Club | Season | League | Cup [lower-alpha 1] | League Cup [lower-alpha 2] | Continental [lower-alpha 3] | Other [lower-alpha 4] | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Orlando Pirates | 2015–16 | South African Premier Division | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
2016–17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
Total | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
Career total | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Ghana | |||
2012 | 1 | 0 | |
2013 | 0 | 0 | |
2014 | 4 | 0 | |
2015 | 1 | 0 | |
2016 | 2 | 0 | |
2017 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 8 | 0 |
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