Forson Amankwah

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Forson Amankwah
FC Liefering gegen FC Blau-Weiss Linz (23. Mai 2021) 18.jpg
Amankwah in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-12-31) 31 December 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Ghana
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Norwich City
Number 18
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 WAFA 16 (1)
2021–2024 Red Bull Salzburg 35 (2)
2021–2022 → FC Liefering (loan) 29 (6)
2022–2023 → Rheindorf Altach (loan) 16 (1)
2024– Norwich City 17 (2)
International career‡
2024– Ghana 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:05, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:57, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Forson Amankwah (born 31 December 2002) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Norwich City and the Ghana national team.

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Club 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 adjudged 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]

On 9 August 2024, Amankwah joined Championship club Norwich City for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year deal. [8]

International career

On 22 March 2024, Amankwah made his senior international debut for Ghana, featuring in a friendly against Nigeria. [9]

Career statistics

As of match played 4 January 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
WAFA 2019–20 Ghana Premier League 101————101
2020–21 Ghana Premier League60————60
Total161————161
Red Bull Salzburg 2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 1000—00—10
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga12000—00—120
2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga22220—4 [c] 0—282
Total35220—40—412
FC Liefering (loan) 2020–21 2. Liga 103————103
2021–22 2. Liga193————193
Total296————296
Rheindorf Altach (loan) 2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga17122———193
Norwich City 2024–25 EFL Championship 1720020——192
Career total114124220400012414
  1. ↑ Includes Austrian Cup, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ 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. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Wafa announce 26 man squad list for 2019/2020 Ghana Premier League season". www.ghanaweb.com. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "Contrasting results for Hearts of Oak & Asante Kotoko as Ghana Premier League returns". www.goal.com. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "2019/20 GPL: Amankwah fires WAFA to hard-fought win over Karela". Footy-GHANA.com. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "2020/21 Ghana Premier League: WAFA kid Forson Amankwah named Man of the Match in King Faisal clash". GhanaSoccernet. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  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.
  8. ↑ "Norwich sign RB Salzburg midfielder Forson". BBC. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Nigeria vs. Ghana 2 - 1". soccerway.com. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.


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