Mohamed Daramy

Mohammed Daramy (born 7 January 2002) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as forward for FC Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga.[2]

Mohammed Daramy
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Daramy
Date of birth (2002-01-07) 7 January 2002
Place of birth Hvidovre, Denmark
Position(s) Forward / Left midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Copenhagen
Number 11
Youth career
Hvidovre IF[1]
FC Copenhagen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– FC Copenhagen 50 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:25, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Career

Daramy joined F.C. Copenhagen from Hvidovre IF as a U14 player.[1] He had the opportunity to join both Copenhagen and Brøndby IF, but ended up choosing Copenhagen.[1] At the age of 15, Daramy was already the topscorer of the U17 squad at F.C. Copenhagen, which earned him a contract extension in October 2017 until 2020.[3] He ended up scoring 18 goals in 26 games in the 2017–18 season, making him the fifth highest scoring player in that season's U17 league.[4]

At the age of 16 years and 263 days, Daramy became the youngest ever player to score for F.C. Copenhagen. The goal came in his official debut for the club in a Danish Cup game against Viby IF.[5] Afterwards, there were rumors about several clubs that were scouting Daramy, but especially RB Leipzig were rumored to be interested in the player.[6] But Copenhagen didn't seem to want to let him go and put his price tag on 5 million euros. Daramy went out and said, that he yet didn't knew whether he would stay or not.[7]

Ultimately he decided to stay at the club and in March 2019 it was rumored, that he was about to sign a contract extension with a much higher salary, although there was a bid ready from an unknown club on about 5 million euros.[8] He got his Danish Superliga debut on 12 February 2019 against AC Horsens. Daramy replaced Dame N'Doye in the 77th minute.[9] On 31 March 2019, Daramy scored his first goal in the Danish Superliga. Daramy got the chance from start in the absence of Robert Skov who was out with an injury, and scored the game's only goal.[10]

On 3 April 2019, Daramy officially signed his first professional contract with Copenhagen until the end of 2021.[11] Beside that, he was also permanently promoted to the first team squad.

Personal life

Daramy has a Sierra Leonean passport though he is born and raised in Denmark, because both his parents are from Sierra Leone.[1] In December 2018 Daramy revealed, that he had applied for a Danish passport and would like to play for the Danish national team.

Honours

Copenhagen

References
  1. FCK pønser på genistreg: Vil holde på guldfugl, bt.dk, 9 December 2018
  2. Mohamed Daramy at Soccerway
  3. FC København forlænger med ung angriber, tonsser.com, 17 October 2017
  4. DBU Topscorer list 2017/18, dbu.dk
  5. YNGSTE FCK-MÅLSCORER NOGENSINDE: SE 16-ÅRIGE DARAMYS DEBUTANTMÅL, fck.dk, 27 September 2018
  6. FCK kan smadre transferrekord: 16-årigt kæmpe talent er jaget vildt, ekstrabladet.dk, 14 October 2018
  7. Daramy overvejer fremtiden hos FCK, tipsbladet.dk, 9 December 2018
  8. Avis: FCK tæt på at forlænge med ung guldfugl, bold.dk, 21 March 2019
  9. HORSENS VS. KØBENHAVN 1 - 6, soccerway.com, 12 February 2019
  10. 17-årig helt i Parken: Matchvinder Daramy skulle tage bussen hjem, bt.dk, 31 March 2019
  11. FCK FORLÆNGER MED DARAMY, fck.dk, 3 April 2019
  12. "FC Copenhagen are Danish champions". The Copenhagen Post. 6 May 2019. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
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