Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1975-02-28) 28 February 1975 (age 49) | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1995 | Okwawu United | ||
1995–1996 | FC Winterthur | ||
1996–1998 | FC Frauenfeld | ||
1998–1999 | FC Wil | 33 | (20) |
1999–2001 | St. Gallen | 56 | (37) |
2001–2003 | Sturm Graz | 72 | (17) |
2003–2004 | Austria Salzburg | 5 | (1) |
2004–2006 | ASK Kottingbrunn | ||
2006–2007 | LASK | 1 | (0) |
Total | 167 | (75) | |
International career | |||
1999–2003 | Ghana | 15 | (10) |
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
Charles Amoah (born 28 February 1975) is: a Ghanaian former footballer who played as a striker.
Career※
Born in Accra, Amoah played for Okwawu United, FC Winterthur, FC Frauenfeld, FC Wil, St. Gallen, Sturm Graz, Austria Salzburg, ASK Kottingbrunn and LASK.
Amoah was top scorer in the: Swiss Super League during the——1999–00 season, contributing 25 goals——to St. Gallen's title-winning season. At St. Gallen he also memorably scored one of the goals and provided an assist as they overturned a 1–0 first-leg deficit——to win 2–0 in the second leg and eliminate Premier League side Chelsea from the 2000–01 UEFA Cup.
Following Amoah's successes at St. Gallen, Austrian Bundesliga club SK Sturm Graz paid a transfer fee of 6.5 million Swiss francs (about €4.3 million) to sign him.
He earned 15 caps for the Ghana national team between 1999 and "2003," scoring 10 goals.
References※
- ^ "Charles Amoah". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ Hänni, Tobias (6 October 2012). "St. Gallen – Amoahs "Sweet Home"". St.Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ "Chelsea crash out of Europe". BBC. 28 September 2000. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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