Ernest Asante

Ernest Asante (born 6 November 1988) is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for Al-Fujairah .[1] He is primarily a winger, but he can also be used as a striker.[2]

Ernest Asante
Ernest Asante play against Mjøndalen IF, May 2012.
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-11-06) 6 November 1988
Place of birth Sunyani, Ghana
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position(s) Right winger
Club information
Current team
 Al-Fujairah
Number 70
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Feyenoord Academy ? (?)
2009–2010 Beveren 26 (3)
2011–2014 Start 109 (25)
2015–2016 Stabæk 50 (12)
2016–2018 FC Nordsjælland 66 (21)
2018–2019 Al Jazira 24 (8)
2019–2020 Al-Hazem 9 (0)
2020– Al-Fujairah 0 (0)
National team‡
2019– Ghana 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 March 2019

Club career

Early career

Asante played for the Brong Ahafo U12 side in the National Milo Games hosted in Sunyani, B/A while attending middle school at Ridge.

Start

On 23 January 2011, Asante signed a three-year contract with Norwegian Tippeligaen side IK Start after impressing on trial.[3] On 3 April 2011, he made his debut for Start in a 5–1 win against Strømsgodset, coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute and setting up a goal.

Stabæk

On 7 March 2015, Asante signed a three-year contract with league rivals Stabæk Fotball.[4]

FC Nordsjælland

In August 2016 he signed a contactr with Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland.[5]

International career

Asante played in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the eleventh edition of the tournament, which was held in the cities of Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura and Iquitos in Peru between 16 September and 2 October 2005. Ghana placed third after drawing in all of their three group matches, scoring three and conceding three in the process.

He made his debut for the Ghana national football team on 23 March 2019 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Kenya, as a 76th-minute substitute for Jordan Ayew.[6]

Career statistics
As of 4 June 2018[7][8]
Club Season Division League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Start 2011 Tippeligaen 23041–271
2012 Adeccoligaen 291141–3312
2013 Tippeligaen 28640–326
2014 29840–338
Total 109251620012527
Stabæk 2015 Tippeligaen 301062–3612
2016 2024020262
Total 5012102206214
Nordsjælland 2016–17 Superliga 30520–325
2017–18 361600–3616
Total 662120006821
Al Jazira 2018–19 UAE Pro-League 26810–278
Total 2681000278
Career total 251662942028270

References
  1. "Ernest Asante solgt til Al Jazira FC". fcn.dk. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. "- Asante kan brukes som spiss (Norwegian)". sornett.no. 25 January 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
  3. "Asante blir Start-spiller (Norwegian)". ikstart.no. 23 January 2011. Archived from the original on 30 January 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
  4. "Asante klar for Stabæk". Stabæk Fotball (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. 7 March 2015. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  5. "FCN henter offensiv ghaneser". bold.dk. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  6. "Ghana v Kenya game report". Confederation of African Football. 23 March 2019.
  7. "Ernest Asante » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  8. "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 December 2017.


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