Forson Amankwah

Forson Amankwah

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*
Years	Team	Apps	(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.

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 11 January 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		League cup [b]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
WAFA	2019–20	Ghana Premier League	10	1	—		—		—		—		10	1
	2020–21	Ghana Premier League	6	0	—		—		—		—		6	0
	Total		16	1	—		—		—		—		16	1
Red Bull Salzburg	2021–22	Austrian Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		1	0
	2022–23	Austrian Bundesliga	12	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		12	0
	2023–24	Austrian Bundesliga	22	2	2	0	—		4 [c]	0	—		28	2
	Total		35	2	2	0	—		4	0	—		41	2
FC Liefering (loan)	2020–21	2. Liga	10	3	—		—		—		—		10	3
	2021–22	2. Liga	19	3	—		—		—		—		19	3
	Total		29	6	—		—		—		—		29	6
Rheindorf Altach (loan)	2022–23	Austrian Bundesliga	17	1	2	2	—		—		—		19	3
Norwich City	2024–25	EFL Championship	17	2	1	0	2	0	—		—		20	2
Career total			114	12	5	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	125	14

1. Includes Austrian Cup, FA Cup
2. Includes EFL Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

FC Liefering

• Austrian Football Second League runner-up: 2020–21

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.

External links

• Forson Amankwah at National-Football-Teams.com