Yaw Ihle Amankwah

Yaw Ihle Amankwah (born 7 July 1988) is a Norwegian professional footballer.

Yaw Ihle Amankwah
Personal information
Full name Yaw Ihle Amankwah
Date of birth (1988-07-07) 7 July 1988
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Stabæk
Number 3
Youth career
0000–2007 Fana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 Brann[1] 32 (1)
2007 → Fana (loan) 12 (0)
2009 → Alta (loan) [2] 26 (4)
2012–2015 Sandefjord 72 (2)
2016–2017 Tønsberg 19 (1)
2017–2019 Hobro IK 61 (2)
2019– Stabæk 33 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 November 2020

Career

Amankwah has a Ghanaian father and a Norwegian mother[3] and was born in Bergen.[4] After playing for Fana IL, Amankwah was bought by Brann in the summer of 2007, but was loaned out to Fana for the rest of the 2007 season.[5] Amankwah made his debut for Brann on 28 June 2008, in 2009 he was loaned out to Alta IF.[6] After playing 30 games for Alta in the 2009 season he returned to Brann in November 2009 to take part in the preparation for the 2010 season.[7]

In January 2012 Amankwah joined Sandefjord Fotball.

After playing in the 2015 Tippeligaen, his contract was due to expire, and as he struggled somewhat with injuries the contract was not renewed. He signed for third-tier club FK Tønsberg.[8]

Amankwah joined Hobro IK in the Danish 1st Division on 24 January 2017.[9] He left the club at the end of the 2018/19 season.[10] In Stabæk he became captain following the autumn 2020 sale of Andreas Hanche-Olsen.

Career statistics
As of 24 November 2020[11]
Club Season League Domestic Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brann 2008 Eliteserien 4010–50
2010 20100–201
2011 8030–110
Total 32140––361
Alta (loan) 2009 1. divisjon 26421–285
Total 26421––285
Sandefjord 2012 1. divisjon 23120–251
2013 25020–270
2014 19120–211
2015 Eliteserien 5030–80
Total 72290––812
Tønsberg 2016 2. divisjon 19100–191
Total 19100––191
Hobro 2016–17 1st Division 14200–142
2017–18 Danish Superliga 23020–250
2018–19 24000–240
Total 61220––632
Stabæk 2019 Eliteserien 15100–151
2020 18000–180
Total 33100––331
Career total 24311171––26012

Personal life

Amankwah is the cousin of Ghanaian defensive midfielder, Emmanuel Frimpong, who formerly played for Arsenal.[3]

References
  1. "Sportsklubben Brann official site". Brann.no. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  2. "Yaw Amankwah". NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian). Bergensavisen. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  3. "Fra Ghana til Fana" [From Ghana to Fana]. Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). 5 September 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  4. "Yaw Amankwah" (in Norwegian). Playerhistory.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  5. Jarle Fredagsvik (18 September 2008). "Setter husverten på sidelinja" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen.no. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  6. "Yaw Ihle Amankwah Alta IF" (in Norwegian). Football Lineups. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  7. Roar Lyngøy (4 November 2009). "Amankwah: – Opp til meg selv" (in Norwegian). Fotball.bt.no. Archived from the original on 7 November 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  8. "Amankwah (27) skrev under for 2. divisjonsklubb". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). 23 March 2016. p. 57.
  9. Hobro IK skriver med norsk prøvespiller‚ hikfodbold.dk, 24 January 2017
  10. Hobro siger farvel til Amankwah og Grønning, bold.dk, 14 June 2019
  11. "Yaw Ihle Amankwah". altomfotball.no. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
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