Eric Ayiah

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Eric Ayiah
Personal information
Full name Eric Ayiah
Date of birth (2000-03-06) 6 March 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger, forward
Team information
Current team
 Trofense
Number 84
Youth career
0000–2018 Charity Stars
2018–2019 Monaco
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2022 Monaco B 42 (7)
2022–2023 Gil Vicente 0 (0)
2023– Trofense 1 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 Ghana U17 15 (12)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Men's football
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Silver medal icon.svg 2017 Gabon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:05, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Eric Ayiah (born 6 March 2000) [1] is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Portuguese Liga 3 club Trofense. [2] [3] [4] [5] He is a former captain of the Ghana U17 Team. [6] [7] He was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation 2017". [8]

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Early and personal life

Ayiah attended Fomena T.I. Ahmadiyya Senior High for his secondary school education. [9] Whilst playing for the Ghana U17 team, Ayiah wore the number 6 jersey as a tribute to Ghana's Independence Day; 6 March, which is coincidentally also his birthday. [10] [8] [1]

Club career

Ayiah started his career in his native Ghana with lower-tier side Charity Stars at the age of ten. [11] [12] He rose through the ranks till he was promoted to the senior team who played in the Ghana Division Two League. [1] In August 2018, he secured a move to AS Monaco after his exploits with the Ghana U17 team at both the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations and 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [13] [14] He signed a five-year deal with the club. [12]

He was linked with several clubs including Porto, AC Milan and Anderlecht of which he apparently rejected their offers and signed for Monaco. [15]

On 1 September 2022, Ayiah signed a three-year contract with Primeira Liga club Gil Vicente. [16]

On 4 October 2023, after terminating his contract with Gil Vicente, Ayiah signed a two-year contract with Liga 3 side Trofense. [17]

International career

Ayiah was the captain for the Ghanaian youth team, the Black Starlets , the Ghana U17 Team. [1] [18] [7]

He served and played as captain at the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations where he came up as second top scorer to clinch the silver boot after scoring four goals and guided the Black Starlets to the silver medal at the competition. [1] He also played in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [1] [19] He was included in Goal's 10 players to watch out of for at the World Cup. [10] He went he score three goals as Ghana reached the quarter-finals. [20]

In December 2016, he was nominated for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Youth Player of the year alongside Ghanaian women's footballer Sandra Owusu-Ansah and eventual winner Nigerian footballer Alex Iwobi. [21] [22] He was again nominated for CAF Youth Player of the year award in 2017. [23] [24] The award was eventually won by Zambian footballer Patson Daka. [25] [26]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 December 2021 [27]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monaco B 2018–19 Championnat National 2 30––0030
2019–20 103––00103
2020–21 61––0061
2021–22132––00132
Career total326000000326

Honours

Ghana U17

Individual

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