Akwasi Asante
Dutch footballer (born 1992) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Akwasi Asante (born 6 September 1992) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker for National League North club Darlington.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Akwasi Asante[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1992-09-06) 6 September 1992 (age 31)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Darlington | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2003 | Neerlandia/SLTO | ||
2003–2005 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | ||
2005 | HFC Haarlem | ||
2006–2008 | Wednesbury Sports Union | ||
2008–2011 | Birmingham City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | Birmingham City | 0 | (0) |
2012 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 4 | (1) |
2013 | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2013 | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Kidderminster Harriers | 10 | (0) |
2015–2017 | Solihull Moors | 61 | (28) |
2017–2018 | Grimsby Town | 9 | (1) |
2017 | → Solihull Moors (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Tamworth | 24 | (5) |
2018 | → Chester (loan) | 3 | (5) |
2019–2020 | Chester | 33 | (22) |
2020 | Gloucester City | 9 | (8) |
2020–2023 | Chesterfield | 62 | (20) |
2023– | Darlington | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:11, 21 April 2024 (UTC) |
Asante began his senior career in England with Birmingham City. He made his first-team debut in the Europa League play-off round second leg against C.D. Nacional in August 2011, and made his debut in the Football League while on loan at Northampton Town in January 2012. He had spells on loan at Shrewsbury Town in both 2012–13 and 2013–14, but injury disrupted his progress, and he left Birmingham when his contract expired. Without a club while recovering from injury, he spent the latter part of the 2014–15 season with Kidderminster Harriers before moving on to Solihull Moors, with whom he won the National League North title. Asante signed for Grimsby Town in January 2017, after missing the first couple of months of 2017–18 recovering from injury, he went on loan to Solihull Moors, however, he left Grimsby by mutual consent in February 2018. He completed the season with Tamworth, and after a short spell on loan at Chester, he joined them permanently in January 2019. He spent the first few months of the 2020–21 season with Gloucester City, and then joined Chesterfield, where his three-year stay was again interrupted by injuries.