Samuel Afum
.jpg) Afum with Young Boys in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Afum | ||
| Date of birth | 6 December 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | Hearts of Oak | ||
| 2010–2013 | Smouha | 45 | (14) |
| 2013–2016 | Young Boys | 82 | (11) |
| 2016–2018 | Wadi Degla | 26 | (4) |
| 2018 | Spartak Subotica | 3 | (0) |
| 2019 | Ilves | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:32, 11 July 2019 (UTC) | |||
Samuel Afum (born 24 December 1990) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a forward.
Career
[edit]In Ghana he played for Hearts of Oak. In the 2009–10 season he was Ghana Premier League joint top scorer with 13 goals.[1]
In the following season he signed for Egyptian newly promoted side Smouha Sporting Club. In his second season with the club, he scored 7 goals,[2] making him topscorer of Smouha, before the cancellation of the Egyptian Premier League. He was also the eleventh top-scorer in the Egyptian League in 2012.[3]
In January 2013 he was transferred to Swiss club Young Boys for an undisclosed fee.[4]
Afum then played for Egyptian side Wadi Degla.[5]
In July 2018 he returned to Europe this time by signing with Serbian side FK Spartak Subotica.[6] In December 2018, Afum was signed by FC Ilves.[7] His departure from the club was announced at the end of June 2019, after getting his contract terminated by mutual consent.[8]
Honours
[edit]Joint-topscorer in the Ghanaian Premier League in 2009–10 with 13 goals.
References
[edit]- ^ "Mahatma wins best player award". ghanafa.org. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ "Samuel Affum". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "FIFA.com". FIFA.com. 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "Samuel Afum wechselt zu den Young Boys". bscyb.ch. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Samuel Afum at Soccerway
- ^ Fudbal, vanredni broj 14 Archived 2018-07-10 at the Wayback Machine at FSS official website, 10-7-2018 (in Serbian)
- ^ "Hyökkääjä Samuel Afum siirtyy Ilvekseen" (in Finnish). FC Ilves. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ Samuel Afumin ja Ilveksen tiet eroavat - uusi hyökkääjä haussa, veikkausliiga.com, 24 June 2019
External links
[edit]- Samuel Afum – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Accra
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
- Ghana Premier League players
- Swiss Super League players
- BSC Young Boys players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt
- Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players
- FK Spartak Subotica players
- Serbian SuperLiga players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
- Men's association football forwards
- Ghana Premier League top scorers
- 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen