Patrick Twumasi

Patrick Twumasi

Personal information
Date of birth	(1994-05-09) 9 May 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Obuasi, Ghana
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Beitar Jerusalem (on loan from Pafos)
Number	27
Youth career
	Red Bull Ghana
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	Spartaks Jūrmala	31	(16)
2013	→ Astana (loan)	11	(6)
2014	→ Amkar Perm (loan)	6	(0)
2014	→ Astana (loan)	11	(10)
2015–2018	Astana	101	(32)
2018–2020	Alavés	11	(0)
2019–2020	→ Gaziantep (loan)	26	(6)
2020–2022	Hannover 96	22	(3)
2022–2023	Maccabi Netanya	40	(14)
2023–	Pafos	23	(3)
2024–	→ Beitar Jerusalem (loan)	8	(4)
International career‡
2017–	Ghana	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 November 2017

Patrick Twumasi (born 9 May 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Israeli club Beitar Jerusalem, on loan from Cypriot club Pafos. He made two appearances for the Ghana national team in 2017.

Club career

Spartaks Jūrmala

Born in Obuasi, Patrick Twumasi joined the Latvian Higher League club Spartaks Jūrmala from Red Bull Ghana prior to the 2012 Latvian Higher League season. Soon he established himself as a first eleven player, scoring 10 goals in 22 league appearances and becoming the team's top scorer and divided seventh top scorer of the championship. In the beginning of the 2013 season, Twumasi scored six goals in the first nine matches and was named Latvian Higher League player of the month in May 2013. ^[1]

Loans

In July 2013, Twumasi joined the Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Astana on loan from Spartaks Jūrmala. ^[2] He scored six goals in 11 matches during the loan spell and later returned to Spartaks Jūrmala.

Prior to the 2014 season, Twumasi was loaned out to Russian Premier League club Amkar Perm. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 10 March 2014 in a game against Volga Nizhny Novgorod. ^[3]

On 9 July 2014, Twumasi rejoined FC Astana on loan for the rest of the 2014 season. ^[4] Scoring 10 goals in 11 matches he became the club's top scorer and helped Astana win the league.

Astana

Twumasi signed permanently for FC Astana prior to the 2015 season, despite attracting attention from other European clubs. ^[5]

On 27 July 2017, Twumasi signed a new two-year contract with Astana. ^[6]

Alavés

On 27 July 2018, Twumasi signed a four-year deal with La Liga side Deportivo Alavés. ^[7]

Gaziantep

On 16 August 2019, Twumasi signed a one-year loan deal with Turkish Süper Lig club Gaziantep. ^{[8] [9]}

Hannover 96

On 4 September 2020, Twumasi signed a three-year contract with 2. Bundesliga club Hannover 96. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

Maccabi Netanya

On 3 February 2022, Twumasi signed with Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Netanya. ^[13]

Pafos

On 3 August 2023, Pafos announced the signing of Twumasi from Maccabi Netanya. ^[14]

Beitar Jerusalem (loan)

On 23 July 2024, Beitar Jerusalem announced the season-long loan signing of Twumasi from Pafos. ^[15]

International career

Twumasi was called up to the senior Ghana squad by Avram Grant for a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Mauritius in June 2016. ^[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 August 2024

^[17]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Spartaks Jūrmala	2012	Latvian Higher League	22	10	0	0	–		–		–		22	10
	2013		9	6	1	0	–		–		–		10	6
	2014		0	0	0	0	–		–		–		0	0
	Total		31	16	1	0	–		–		–		32	16
Astana (loan)	2013	Kazakhstan Premier League	11	6	0	0	–		–		–		11	6
Amkar Perm (loan)	2013–14	Russian Premier League	6	0	0	0	–		–		–		6	0
Astana (loan)	2014	Kazakhstan Premier League	11	10	1	0	–		5	0	–		17	10
Astana	2015	Kazakhstan Premier League	28	6	5	6	–		6	4	1	0	40	16
	2016		28	5	2	0	–		10	1	1	0	41	6
	2017		30	13	1	0	–		12	9	1	0	44	22
	2018		15	8	0	0	–		2	1	1	0	18	9
	Total		101	32	8	6	–		30	15	4	0	143	53
Alavés	2018–19	La Liga	11	0	2	0	–		–		–		13	0
	2019–20		0	0	0	0	–		–		–		0	0
	Total		11	0	2	0	–		–		–		11	0
Gaziantep (loan)	2019–20	Süper Lig	26	6	1	0	–		–		–		27	6
Hannover 96	2020–21	2. Bundesliga	22	3	2	0	–		–		–		24	3
	2021–22		0	0	0	0	–		–		–		0	0
	Total		22	3	2	0	–		–		–		24	3
Maccabi Netanya	2021–22	Israeli Premier League	15	7	0	0	0	0	–		–		15	7
	2022–23		25	7	6	2	3	0	2	0	–		36	9
	Total		40	14	6	2	3	0	2	0	–		51	16
Pafos	2023–24	Cypriot First Division	23	3	1	0	—		—		—		24	3
	2024–25		0	0	0	0	—		1	0	—		1	0
	Total		23	3	1	0	–		1	0	–		25	3
Beitar Jerusalem (loan)	2024–25	Israeli Premier League	0	0	0	0	4	2	—		—		7	2
Career total			282	90	22	8	7	2	38	15	4	0	353	115

International

As of 12 November 2017

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Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ghana	2017	2	0
	Total	2	0

Honours

Astana ^[19]

• Kazakhstan Premier League: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
• Kazakhstan Super Cup: 2015

Maccabi Netanya

• Toto Cup Al: 2022–23 ^[20]

Pafos

• Cypriot Cup: 2023–24 ^[21]

References

1. "Maija labākais spēlētājs Virslīgā - Tvumasi". sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 5 June 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
2. "EXCLUSIVE: Ghanaian youngster Patrick Twumasi joins Kazakh side FK Astana on loan". ghanasoccernet.com. Ghanasoccernet. 21 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
3. "Match Report". Russian Premier League. 10 March 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014.
4. ПАТРИК ТВУМАСИ ВЕРНУЛСЯ В «АСТАНУ». fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana . Retrieved 9 July 2014.
5. "Patrick Twumasi: Ghanaian youth forward confirms Astana stay". ghanasoccernet.com. Ghanasoccernet. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
6. "Патрик Твумаси и Джуниор Кабананга продлили контракты с Астаной". fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
7. "El Deportivo Alavés incorpora al extremo diestro Patrick Twumasi" [Deportivo Alavés sign the right winger Patrick Twumasi] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
8. "TRANSFER - PATRICK TWUMASI GAZİŞEHİR'DE!". GFK. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
9. "Patrick Twumasi sale cedido al Gazisehir Gaziantep". deportivoalaves.com/ (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
10. ""Davon geträumt, in Deutschland zu spielen": Twumasi schließt sich Hannover 96 an". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
11. "Twumasi, traspasado al Hannover" (Press release) (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
12. "NÄCHSTER NEUER FÜR DIE OFFENSIVE: TWUMASI UNTERSCHREIBT FÜR DREI JAHRE" (Press release) (in German). Hannover 96. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
13. "Twumasi verlässt Hannover doch noch". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
14. "PATRICK TWUMASI, JOINS PAFOS FC!". pafosfc.com.cy. Pafos FC. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
15. "פטריק טוומאסי חתם לעונה בבית״ר ירושלים". beitarfc.co.il (in Hebrew). Beitar Jerusalem F.C. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
16. "Breaking News: Partey, Twumasi among trio handed debut Ghana call-ups for Mauritius AFCON clash". ghanasoccernet.com. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
17. Patrick Twumasi at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
18. "Patrick Twumasi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
19. "Патрик ТВУМАСИ". fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
20. "בלי שער שדה: מכבי נתניה זכתה בגביע הטוטו אחרי שניצחה את הפועל באר שבע בפנדלים" [No field goal: Maccabi Netanya won the Toto Cup after beating Hapoel Beer Sheva on penalties]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). 18 January 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
21. Καρτσάκης, Νίκος (18 May 2024). "Ομόνοια - Πάφος 0-3: Έγραψαν ιστορία οι Παφίτες, κατακτώντας το πρώτο Κύπελλο της ιστορίας τους". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 19 May 2024.

External links

• Patrick Twumasi at BDFutbol
• Patrick Twumasi at Soccerway