Danny Amankwaa

Danny Amankwaa
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-01-30) 30 January 1994
Place of birth Lundby, Denmark
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Heart of Midlothian
Number 12
Youth career
Brønshøj Boldklub
F.C. Copenhagen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2018 FC Copenhagen 68 (1)
2018– Heart of Midlothian 12 (0)
National team‡
2009–2010 Denmark U-16 [1] 7 (0)
2009–2011 Denmark U-17 24 (4)
2011–2012 Denmark U-18 9 (0)
2012–2013 Denmark U-19 9 (2)
2012–2013 Denmark U-20 7 (1)
2013–2015 Denmark U-21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 September 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 November 2015

Danny Kwasi Amankwaa (born 30 January 1994) is a Danish footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian, as a Winger. He previously played for F.C. Copenhagen and Denmark at youth level.

Career

FC Copenhagen

Amankwaa was followed by clubs such as Ajax and Arsenal in 2012, but he wanted to play for FC Copenhagen.[2] He was also on a trial at Chelsea and he revealed in 2012 that he had more trial offers, but he rejected them.

Amankwaa played his first Danish Superliga match on 29 October 2012, when he appeared as a substitute for Martin Vingaard against AC Horsens at Casa Arena Horsens in Horsens. Previously, Amankwaa played in a Danish Cup match on 26 September 2012 against FC Fredericia.[3] His contract was extended in November 2012 until July 2015.[4] Amankwaa scored his first goal for F.C. Copenhagen in the 3–0 Danish Cup win against SønderjyskE on 1 November 2012.[5]

Amankwaa was promoted permanently to the first team in 2013.[6] The contract was extended once again in May 2014 until 2017.[7] He played 9 league matches for the first team in the 2012/13 season, and 15 matches in the second season.

In May 2015, Amankwaa suffered from an achilles tendon rupture and was out for about half a year.[8] He went back on the pitch in October 2015, but just one month later he was back on the sideline again. He injured his meniscus and that resulted in an operation, and was out for the rest of the year.[9] Due to all these injuries, he only played 7 league games in that season.

The injuries continued in the next season and he was operated in October 2016 for a knee injury,[10] which kept him out for the rest of the year. His contract was extended in November 2016 until 2018.[11]

Heart of Midlothian

On 25 January 2018, Amankwaa joined Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) on a free transfer, having been allowed to leave Copenhagen before the end of his contract.[12] He signed an eighteen month contract with the Scottish Premiership side.[13]

Career statistics

As of 27 January 2018[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
F.C. Copenhagen 2012–13[15] Danish Superliga 9021–10121
2013–14[15] Danish Superliga 15030–10190
2014–15[15] Danish Superliga 23110–90331
2015–16[15] Danish Superliga 7011–0081
2016–17[15] Danish Superliga 8010–30120
2017–18[15] Danish Superliga 6000–50110
Total 6818200190953
Heart of Midlothian 2017–18[16] Scottish Premiership 1101000—120
2018–19 Scottish Premiership 100010—20
Career total 80192101901093

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Danny Amankwaa National Stats". dbu.dk. Denmark national football team. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  2. ↑ FCK-talent: Udlandet må vente‚ bold.dk, 12 September 2012
  3. ↑ Profile at football-lineups.com
  4. ↑ FCK binder Højer og Awankwaa‚ bold.dk, 30 November 2012
  5. ↑
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ FCK skriver med Amankwaa til 2017, bold.dk, 9 May 2014
  8. ↑ Nye FCK-problemer: Amankwaa ude et halvt år‚ bold.dk, 27 April 2015
  9. ↑ Amankwaa ude resten af 2015‚ bold.dk, 1 November 2015
  10. ↑ Danny Amankwaa færdig for 2016‚ bold.dk, 25 October 2016
  11. ↑ FCK forlænger med Danny Amankwaa‚ bold.dk, 17 November 2016
  12. ↑ "Hearts sign Danish winger Danny Amankwaa". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  13. ↑ "Danny Amankwaa Joins Hearts". heartsfc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  14. ↑ Danny Amankwaa at Soccerbase
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Danny Amankwaa Stats". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Danny Amankwaa in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
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