Godfred Donsah

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Godfred Donsah
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-06-07) 7 June 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
DC United Agogo
2012–2013 Palermo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2014 Verona 1 (0)
2014–2015 Cagliari 21 (2)
2015–2021 Bologna 67 (4)
2019–2020 → Cercle Brugge (loan) 19 (0)
2020–2021 → Çaykur Rizespor (loan) 24 (1)
2021–2022 Crotone 14 (1)
2022–2023 Yeni Malatyaspor 27 (0)
2023–2024 Şanlıurfaspor 11 (0)
International career‡
2015 Ghana U20 4 (0)
2017– Ghana 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 May 2018

Godfred Donsah (born 7 June 1996) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. [1]

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Club career

Born in Accra, Donsah made his senior debuts with local DC United Agogo before signing a contract with Palermo. [2] Before signing with Palermo, he had trials at A.S. Roma, but nothing came of it. [3] He joined Verona in summer 2013.

Donsah made his first team – and Serie A – debut on 19 April 2014, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 win at Atalanta. [4]

On 17 July 2014, he joined Cagliari [5] for a fee of €2.16 million. [6]

On 24 August 2015, Bologna announced the signing of Donsah on loan with a conditional obligation to buy if Donsah made his debut, [6] [7] for a total fee of €7 million (€2.5M+€4.5M). [8] Donsah signed a four-year contract. [8] Donsah made his debut on 29 August, a match losing to Sassuolo 1–0. [9]

On 1 October 2020, Donsah joined Turkish Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor on loan for the 2020–21 season. [10]

On 27 August 2021, Donsah terminated his contract with Bologna and then moved outright to Crotone, with whom he signed a two-year contract. [11] He left for Yeni Malatyaspor in Turkey in January 2022.

Career statistics

As of 31 May 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hellas Verona 2013–14 Serie A 1000——10
Cagliari 2014–15 Serie A21220——232
Bologna 2015–16 Serie A20200——202
2016–17 13032——162
2017–18 28200——282
2018–19 6010——70
Total674420000716
Career total896620000958

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References

  1. ↑ Godfred Donsah at Soccerway
  2. ↑ Godfred Donsah to sign for Palermo; Ark FM, 25 January 2012 Archived 11 May 2014 at archive.today
  3. ↑ Ghanaian youth defender Godfred Donsah interacts with Hellas Verona fans; Ghana Soccernet, 2 May 2014
  4. ↑ "Atalanta 1–2 Verona". Football Italia. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ufficiale: Godfred Donsah al Cagliari" (in Italian). Hellas Verona F.C. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  6. 1 2 Cagliari Calcio S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2015, PDF purchased from CCIAA (blog that contain id and password to download a copy) (in Italian)
  7. ↑ "Donsah al Bologna" (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 1909. 24 August 2015 [from 2016 updated website]. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  8. 1 2 Bologna F.C. 1909 S.p.A.(financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2016, PDF purchased from CCIAA (blog that contain id and password to download a copy) (in Italian)
  9. ↑ ESPN match report
  10. ↑ "HOŞ GELDİN GODFRED DONSAH". www.caykurrizespor.org.tr. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  11. ↑ "Ghanaian midfielder Godfred Donsah joins Italian side Crotone". www.ghanasoccernet.com.tr. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
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