Forson Amankwah

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Forson Amankwah
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Personal information
Date of birth (2002-12-31) 31 December 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Ghana
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Red Bull Salzburg
Number 32
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 WAFA 16 (1)
2021– Red Bull Salzburg 31 (2)
2021–2022 → Liefering (loan) 29 (6)
2022–2023 → Rheindorf Altach (loan) 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:07, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Forson Amankwah (born 31 December 2002) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg.

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Career

Amankwah began his career with WAFA. [2] [3] He made his professional debut in a 2019–20 Ghana Premier League fixture against Karela United on 12 December 2019. [4] [5] He was adjourned man of the match in a 4–3 win match against King Faisal on 15 November 2020 [6]

In February 2021, he joined Austrian Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg and went on loan to FC Liefering.

On 27 June 2022, Amankwah was sent on a one-season loan to Austrian Bundesliga club Rheindorf Altach. [7]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
WAFA 2019–20 Ghana Premier League 101———101
2020–21 Ghana Premier League60———60
Total161———161
Red Bull Salzburg 2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 100000—10
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga1200000—120
2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga182204 [lower-alpha 1] 0—242
Total3122040—372
Liefering (loan) 2020–21 Austrian Football Second League 103———103
2021–22 Austrian Football Second League193———193
Total296———296
Rheindorf Altach (loan) 2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga17122——193
Career total931042400010112
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

FC Liefering

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References

  1. ↑ "F. Amankwah: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "WAFA SC announce squad and jersey numbers for 2019/20 season- Abukari Ibrahim named captain". GhanaSoccernet. 2019-12-28. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  3. ↑ "Wafa announce 26 man squad list for 2019/2020 Ghana Premier League season". www.ghanaweb.com. 2019-12-28. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  4. ↑ "Contrasting results for Hearts of Oak & Asante Kotoko as Ghana Premier League returns". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  5. ↑ "2019/20 GPL: Amankwah fires WAFA to hard-fought win over Karela". Footy-GHANA.com. 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  6. ↑ "2020/21 Ghana Premier League: WAFA kid Forson Amankwah named Man of the Match in King Faisal clash". GhanaSoccernet. 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  7. ↑ "Forson bringt Offensiv-Power nach Altach". SC Rheindorf Altach (in Austrian German). 27 June 2022. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.


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