Ebenezer Assifuah

Ebenezer Kofi Assifuah-Inkoom (born 3 July 1993) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a striker for the French second-tier club Pau FC and Ghana national team. Before moving to FC Sion he played for Liberty Professionals in his home country of Ghana. Assifuah has been described as a striker with power and scoring ability.[1] Although he naturally is right-footed, he successfully used his left foot.[2]

Ebenezer Assifuah
Personal information
Full name Ebenezer Kofi Assifuah-Inkoom
Date of birth (1993-07-03) 3 July 1993
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Pau FC
Number 18
Youth career
–2011 Proud United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Sekondi Eleven Wise 0 (0)
2012–2013 Liberty Professionals 16 (8)
2013–2017 Sion 88 (15)
2017–2020 Le Havre 53 (5)
2020– Pau FC 21 (4)
National team‡
2012–2013 Ghana U20 13 (9)
2016– Ghana 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 04 February 2021

He also is Ghanaian international player. In youth level he played for Ghana U20. In 2016 he won this first cap for senior Ghana team and represented them for 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

Club career

Early career

Assifuah began his career with the Division One team Sekondi Eleven Wise where he attracted attention after scoring eight times in the Ghanaian Division One League.[3]

At the end of the 2011–12 Poly Tank Division One League, and after his success in the games of the 2013 African U-20 Championship qualification, Assifuah was highly sought after by top teams in Ghana including Ebusua Dwarfs.

Liberty Professionals

he signed a three-year contract with premiership side Liberty Professionals.[3] He took some time to settle at Liberty Professionals after his move from Sekondi Eleven Wise. On the 2012 Boxing Day, he rediscovered his form and scored four goals against Berekum Chelsea.[4] Prior to the end of the African Youth Championship, Assifuah had attracted the attention scouts of Italian Serie A side Udinese, and a move was deemed likely.[5]

FC Sion

After being top goal scorer at the FIFA U-20 Championship 2013 in Turkey he moved to the Swiss side FC Sion signing a five-year contract.[6] Assifuah scored his first goal in the Swiss Super League in his second game against leaders Basel on 28 September 2013.[7] On 1 October 2015, Assisfuah was in the headlines at Anfield after scoring the equaliser for his team in the Eurpoa League match against Liverpool, that was his debut goal in any european club competition.[8] In the 2014/15 Swiss Cup final, He played 75 minutes of the match as FC Sion scored FC Basel 3-0 to win the cup.[9] In 2017 he left the club after playing for the club for 4years.[10]

Le Havre

Assifuah joined Le Havre AC on 18 January 2017 and signed a three-and-half-year deal. In June 2020, he left club after playing a total of 68 matches in all competitions for the club amid several injuries whilst playing for the Ligue 2 side. .

Pau

On June 5, 2020, he signed on a two-year deal contract with newly promoted Ligue 2 French side Pau FC.[11][12] He signed for FC Pau upon the request of new coach Didier Tholot whom he played under in FC Sion in Switzerland between 2014 to 2016.[12]

International career

African Youth Championship

Assifuah was part of the Ghana Under-20 national team during the qualification rounds for the 2013 African U-20 Championship. He scored Ghana's second goal against Uganda national under-20 football team in October 2012.[3] In 2013, coach Sellas Tetteh called him up, along with Liberty Professional teammates Kennedy Ashia and Kwame Boahene, for the Ghana Under-20 national team ahead of the 2013 tournament in Algeria.[13] During the competition he scored in every group match game which helped push the team into the finals with Egypt and Ghana finished as runners up of the competition.[14] With Egyptian player Kahraba he was 2nd joint top scorer of the tournament.[15]

FIFA U-20 Championship, Turkey 2013

Assifuah was a member of the Ghana Under-20 national team that took part in the 2013 FIFA U-20 tournament in Turkey.[16][17][18][19] He finished the tournament as the leading goal scorer with 6 goals .

Senior Ghana National Team

Assifuah made his first appearance for the senior Ghana national football team as a starter in 0–0 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying tie with Mozambique on 27 March 2016.[20] Later he was selected for 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, but remained on the bench throughout while his team finished in fourth place.

Honours

FC Sion

Ghana U-20

Individual

References
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  2. GIOVANI TALENTI: Ebenezer Assifuah Diamouncalcioalpallone.blogspot.it
  3. "Black Satellites striker Ebenezer Assifuah to move to Liberty Professionals right away". www.goal.com. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
  4. "Liberty rout Chelsea 5-1". sports.ghanafilla.net. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
  5. "The star striker of the Ghana national Under-20 team is likely to make a move to the Italy-based club this summer". www.goal.com. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
  6. "Assifuah Signs 5-Year Deal With FC Sion night.publisher=www.ghana.gov.gh". Retrieved August 26, 2013.
  7. Gyimah, Edmund Okai (29 September 2013). "Ebenezer Assifuah's goal rescues Sion from defeat to Basel". Goal. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  8. ghanasoccernet.com (2015-10-02). "Ebenezer Assifuah Surprises Liverpool with a Collected Finish at Anfield". News Ghana. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
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  10. "Black Stars forward Ebenezer Assifuah joins French side Le Havre". Footballghana. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  11. Clément Maillard (2020-06-04). "Officiel - Ebenezer Assifuah rejoint Pau en provenance du Havre". maligue2 (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-05.
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  14. "Ghana through to AYC semis and World Cup". www.ghananewsmedia.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
  15. "Egypt midfielder Gomaa beats Ghana striker Ebenezer Assifuah to CAF U20 Best Player Award". Ghanasoccernet. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
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  20. http://pulse.com.gh/sports/ebenezer-assifuah-ghanaian-forward-marks-black-stars-debut-against-mozambique-id4851391.html
  21. FIFA.com. "FIFA U-20 World Cup 2013 - News - Three A's see Ghana finish third - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  22. FIFA.com. "FIFA U-20 World Cup 2013 - News - Assifuah: It's simply unbelievable - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
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