Samuel Afum

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Samuel Afum
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Afum with Young Boys in 2014
Personal information
Full name Samuel Afum
Date of birth (1990-12-06) 6 December 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010 Hearts of Oak
2010–2013 Smouha 45 (14)
2013–2016 Young Boys 82 (11)
2016–2018 Wadi Degla 26 (4)
2018 Spartak Subotica 3 (0)
2019 Ilves 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:32, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

Samuel Afum (born 24 December 1990) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a forward.

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Career

In Ghana he played for Hearts of Oak. In the 2009–10 season he was Ghana Premier League joint top scorer with 13 goals. [1]

In the following season he signed for Egyptian newly promoted side Smouha Sporting Club. In his second season with the club, he scored 7 goals, [2] making him topscorer of Smouha, before the cancellation of the Egyptian Premier League. He was also the eleventh top-scorer in the Egyptian League in 2012. [3]

In January 2013 he was transferred to Swiss club Young Boys for an undisclosed fee. [4]

Afum then played for Egyptian side Wadi Degla. [5]

In July 2018 he returned to Europe this time by signing with Serbian side FK Spartak Subotica. [6] In December 2018, Afum was signed by FC Ilves. [7] His departure from the club was announced at the end of June 2019, after getting his contract terminated by mutual consent. [8]

Honours

Joint-topscorer in the Ghanaian Premier League in 2009–10 with 13 goals.

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References

  1. ↑ "Mahatma wins best player award". ghanafa.org. Archived from the original on 2010-10-30. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Samuel Affum". Goal.com. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  3. ↑ "FIFA.com". FIFA.com. 2012-10-08. Archived from the original on June 2, 2010. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  4. ↑ "Samuel Afum wechselt zu den Young Boys". bscyb.ch. 2013-04-01. Retrieved 2013-04-01.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ Samuel Afum at Soccerway
  6. ↑ Fudbal, vanredni broj 14 Archived 2018-07-10 at the Wayback Machine at FSS official website, 10-7-2018 (in Serbian)
  7. ↑ "Hyökkääjä Samuel Afum siirtyy Ilvekseen" (in Finnish). FC Ilves. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  8. ↑ Samuel Afumin ja Ilveksen tiet eroavat - uusi hyökkääjä haussa, veikkausliiga.com, 24 June 2019
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