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Ernest Asante
File:Asante.png
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-11-06) 6 November 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Sunyani, Ghana
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward, winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Feyenoord Academy
2009–2010 Beveren 26 (3)
2011–2014 Start 109 (25)
2015–2016 Stabæk 50 (12)
2016–2018 FC Nordsjælland 66 (21)
2018–2019 Al Jazira 24 (8)
2019–2020 Al-Hazem 9 (0)
2020 Al-Fujairah 7 (1)
2020–2022 Omonia 39 (10)
International career‡
2019– Ghana 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 May 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Ernest Asante (born 6 November 1988) is a Ghanaian footballer.

Club career

Early career

Asante played for the Brong Ahafo U12 side in the National Milo Games hosted in Sunyani, B/A while attending middle school at Ridge.[citation needed]

Start

On 23 January 2011, Asante signed a three-year contract with Norwegian Tippeligaen side IK Start after impressing on trial.[1] On 3 April 2011, he made his debut for Start in a 5–1 win against Strømsgodset, coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute and setting up a goal.

Stabæk

On 7 March 2015, Asante signed a three-year contract with league rivals Stabæk Fotball.[2]

FC Nordsjælland

In August 2016 he signed a contract with Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland.[3]

Omonia

On 24 August 2020, Asante signed a two-year contract with Cypriot First Division club Omonia. In his first season at the club, Asante helped Omonia win the league championship for the 21st time in club history.[4]

International career

Asante played in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the eleventh edition of the tournament, which was held in the cities of Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura and Iquitos in Peru between 16 September and 2 October 2005. Ghana placed third after drawing in all of their three group matches, scoring three and conceding three in the process.[citation needed]

He made his debut for the Ghana national football team on 23 March 2019 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Kenya, as a 76th-minute substitute for Jordan Ayew.[5]

Career statistics

As of 11 April 2021[6][7]
Club Season Division League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Start 2011 Tippeligaen 23 0 4 1 – 27 1
2012 Adeccoligaen 29 11 4 1 – 33 12
2013 Tippeligaen 28 6 4 0 – 32 6
2014 29 8 4 0 – 33 8
Total 109 25 16 2 0 0 125 27
Stabæk 2015 Tippeligaen 30 10 6 2 – 36 12
2016 20 2 4 0 2 0 26 2
Total 50 12 10 2 2 0 62 14
Nordsjælland 2016–17 Superliga 30 5 2 0 – 32 5
2017–18 36 16 0 0 – 36 16
Total 66 21 2 0 0 0 68 21
Al Jazira 2018–19 UAE Pro-League 26 8 1 0 – 27 8
Al-Hazem 2019–20 Saudi Pro League 9 0 0 0 – 9 0
Fujairah 2019–20 UAE Pro League 7 1 0 0 – 7 1
Omonia 2020–21 Cypriot First Division 30 8 2 0 9 1 41 9
Career total 297 75 31 4 11 1 339 80

Honours

Omonia

References

  1. ^ "Asante blir Start-spiller (Norwegian)". ikstart.no. 23 January 2011. Archived from the original on 30 January 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Asante klar for Stabæk". Stabæk Fotball (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. 7 March 2015. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. ^ "FCN henter offensiv ghaneser". bold.dk. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Omonia league champions in Cyprus". Parikiaki. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Ghana v Kenya game report". Confederation of African Football. 23 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Ernest Asante » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  7. ^ "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 December 2017.

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