Kwame Ampadu

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Kwame Ampadu
Personal information
Full name Patrick Kwame Ampadu [1]
Date of birth (1970-12-20) 20 December 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Bradford, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Sherrard United
Belvedere
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1991 Arsenal 2 (0)
1990 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 6 (1)
1991–1994 West Bromwich Albion 49 (4)
1994–1998 Swansea City 144 (12)
1998–2000 Leyton Orient 72 (1)
2000–2005 Exeter City 162 (1)
2005 Newport County 8 (0)
2005–2006 Tiverton Town 30 (0)
Total473(19)
International career
1989–1992 Republic of Ireland U21 4 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2012 Exeter City U18
2012–2016 Arsenal Youth
2016–2018 Arsenal U18
2018–2020 AS Monaco (assistant)
2020–2022 CF Montréal (assistant)
2023– Columbus Crew (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick Kwame Ampadu (born 20 December 1970) is an Irish former footballer who played as a midfielder. Ampadu featured for clubs Arsenal, Swansea City, Leyton Orient and Exeter City in his playing career. He is currently an assistant coach for Columbus Crew under Wilfried Nancy. He previously was an assistant coach for Monaco. [3] [4] [5] Ampadu also played for the Republic of Ireland's U21 team. [6] [7]

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Early life

Ampadu was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, to an Irish mother and Ghanaian father. Ampadu subsequently moved with his parents to Dublin, Ireland, where he was raised. He undertook his primary and secondary education at O'Connell's School in Dublin where his schoolmates included future footballer Jeff Kenna. At a young age he took up the sport of hurling but thereafter found himself to be quite proficient at football as well. [8]

Playing career

Ampadu first played in Irish youth football for Sherrard United and Belvedere before joining Arsenal in July 1988. [4] His debut came in a 3–1 win away to Derby County on 24 March 1990. He went on to have loan spells at Plymouth Argyle and West Bromwich Albion the following season, before making a permanent move to the latter in June 1991. [4] [9]

Ampadu spent three years at West Bromwich Albion before moving to Swansea City in February 1994. He played in Swansea City's 1994 Football League Trophy win at Wembley. [4] He also reached the 1997 Football League Third Division play-off final with the Swans. He moved to Leyton Orient in May 1998 making 72 League appearances in two seasons but missing the Third Division play-offs in 1998–99 through injury. [10] He then had a spell at Exeter City where he scored twice against Swindon Town in the League Cup [11] and Dagenham & Redbridge in the league. [12] In January 2005 he played in Exeter's memorable 0–0 draw at Old Trafford in the FA Cup. [13] Ampadu then had stints with Newport County and Tiverton Town where his playing days eventually came to an end in 2006. [9]

Managerial career

Ampadu returned to Exeter to be a part of the club's coaching outfit. He took up the role in July 2008 within the club's academy, to be at the helm of the Grecians Under 18 side. He moved to Arsenal in 2012 to become the Under 14s coach at the London side's Hale End Academy. [3]

Personal life

Ampadu's son Ethan is a footballer who plays for Leeds United and Wales. The younger Ampadu, at the age of 15 years and 10 months, made his debut for Exeter City in a League Cup tie against Brentford on 9 August 2016, breaking an 87-year-old record set by Cliff Bastin. [14]

Honours

Player

Swansea City [4]

Managerial

Arsenal [16]

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  13. ↑ "Man Utd 0-0 Exeter". BBC. 8 January 2005. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  14. ↑ "Ethan Ampadu: Exeter City 15-year-old gets first-team chance while on school holiday". BBC Sport. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
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