Prosper Ahiabu

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Prosper Ahiabu
Personal information
Full name Prosper Ahiabu Deyegbe
Date of birth (1999-05-10) 10 May 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Ghana
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 VPS
Number 21
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 WAFA 39 (1)
2020–2021 Liberty Professionals 17 (0)
2021 AS Soliman 4 (0)
2022– VPS 83 (2)
International career
2019 Ghana U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2024

Prosper Ahiabu Deyegbe (born 10 May 1999) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Finnish Veikkausliiga club VPS.

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Career

Ahiabu started his career in his native Ghana with West African Football Academy (WAFA) in January 2018. [1] [2] He later joined a fellow Ghana Premier League club Liberty Professionals in February 2021. [2]

After a short stint in Tunisia with AS Soliman, [3] Ahiabu signed with Vaasan Palloseura (VPS) in Finland on 31 March 2022. [4] His contract with VPS was extended on 4 April 2023, on a deal until the end of 2024 with an option for a further year. [5] In the 2023 season, Ahiabu contributed in 27 Veikkausliiga appearances scoring two goals, as VPS finished 3rd in the league and qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League qualifiers. On 15 April 2024, his deal was extended until the end of 2025. [6] [7] On 11 July, Ahiabu scored a goal for VPS, in a Conference League qualifying loss against Žalgiris. [8]

International career

Ahiabu has made three appearances for the Ghana U20 national team in 2019.

Career statistics

As of 23 October 2024 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueCup [a] League cup [b] ContinentalTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
WAFA 2018 Ghana Premier League 140———140
2019 Ghana Premier League131———131
2019–20 Ghana Premier League120———120
Total391000000391
Liberty Professionals 2020–21 Ghana Premier League170———170
AS Soliman 2021–22 Tunisian Ligue 1 40———40
VPS 2022 Veikkausliiga 3004000—340
2023 Veikkausliiga2722050—342
2024 Veikkausliiga26011502 [c] 1342
Total83271100211024
Career total143371100211625

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References

  1. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Ghana youth midfielder Prosper Ahiabu leaves WAFA after two years". GhanaSoccernet. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Former WAFA kingpin Prosper Ahiabu joins Liberty Professionals - Kickgh.com". www.kickgh.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  3. ↑ EXCLUSIVE: Ghana U23 midfielder Prosper Ahiabu completes move to AS Soliman in Tunisia, ghanasoccernet.com, 24 August 2021
  4. ↑ "Prosper Ahiabu Vepsuun!" (Press release) (in Finnish). VPS. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  5. ↑ VPS ja Prosper Ahiabu jatkoivat sopimustaan, Veikkausliiga, 4 April 2023
  6. ↑ Prosper Ahiabu sekä Antonio Almén jatkavat Vepsussa!, vepsu.fi, 15 April 2024
  7. ↑ Tässä on pelaaja, joka tuottaa VPS:lle jännitystä lähes aina, kun siirtoikkuna aukeaa – "Kaverilla ei juuri ilme värähtänyt", Ilkka-Pohjalainen, 20 May 2024
  8. ↑ VPS 1 2 Žalgiris, BBC, 11 July 2024
  9. ↑ Global Sports Archive
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