Patrick Twumasi

Patrick Twumasi (born 9 May 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Turkish club Gazişehir Gaziantep, on loan from Alavés.

Patrick Twumasi
Personal information
Full name Patrick Twumasi
Date of birth (1994-05-09) 9 May 1994
Place of birth Obuasi, Ghana
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Gazişehir Gaziantep
(on loan from Alavés)
Number 27
Youth career
Red Bull Ghana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Spartaks Jūrmala 31 (16)
2013 → Astana (loan) 11 (6)
2014 → Amkar Perm (loan) 6 (0)
2014 → Astana (loan) 11 (10)
2015–2018 Astana 101 (32)
2018– Alavés 11 (0)
2019– → Gazişehir Gaziantep (loan) 25 (6)
National team‡
2017– Ghana 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:33, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2017

Club career

Spartaks Jūrmala

Born in Obuasi, Patrick Twumasi joined the Latvian Higher League club Spartaks Jūrmala from Red Bull Ghana prior to the 2012 Latvian Higher League season. Soon he established himself as a first eleven player, scoring 10 goals in 22 league appearances and becoming the team's top scorer and divided seventh top scorer of the championship. In the beginning of the 2013 season, Twumasi scored six goals in the first nine matches and was named Latvian Higher League player of the month in May 2013.[1]

Loans

In July 2013, Twumasi joined the Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Astana on loan from Spartaks Jūrmala.[2] He scored six goals in 11 matches during the loan spell and later returned to Spartaks Jūrmala.

Prior to the 2014 season, Twumasi was loaned out to Russian Premier League club Amkar Perm. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 10 March 2014 in a game against Volga Nizhny Novgorod.[3]

On 9 July 2014, Twumasi rejoined FC Astana on loan for the rest of the 2014 season.[4] Scoring 10 goals in 11 matches he became the club's top scorer and helped Astana win the league.

Astana

Twumasi signed permanently for FC Astana prior to the 2015 season, despite attracting attention from other European clubs.[5]

On 27 July 2017, Twumasi signed a new two-year contract with Astana.[6]

Alavés

On 27 July 2018, Twumasi signed a four-year deal with La Liga side Deportivo Alavés.[7]

Gazişehir Gaziantep

On 16 August 2019, Twumasi signed a one-year loan deal with Turkish Süper Lig club Gazişehir Gaziantep.[8][9]

International career

Twumasi was called up to the senior Ghana squad by Avram Grant for a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Mauritius in June 2016.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 18 January 2019[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Spartaks Jūrmala 2012 Latvian Higher League 221000--2210
2013 9610--106
2014 0000--00
Total 311610----3216
Astana (loan) 2013 Kazakhstan Premier League 11600--116
Amkar Perm (loan) 2013–14 Russian Premier League 6000--60
Astana (loan) 2014 Kazakhstan Premier League 11101050-1710
Astana 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League 2865664104016
2016 2852010110416
2017 301310129104422
2018 158002110189
Total 101328630154014353
Alavés 2018–19 La Liga 11020--130
Career total 1746314635154022785

International
As of 12 November 2017[12]
Ghana national team
YearAppsGoals
201720
Total20

Honours
Astana[13]

References
  1. "Maija labākais spēlētājs Virslīgā - Tvumasi". sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 5 June 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. "EXCLUSIVE: Ghanaian youngster Patrick Twumasi joins Kazakh side FK Astana on loan". ghanasoccernet.com. Ghanasoccernet. 21 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  3. "Match Report". Russian Premier League. 10 March 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014.
  4. ПАТРИК ТВУМАСИ ВЕРНУЛСЯ В «АСТАНУ». fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  5. "Patrick Twumasi: Ghanaian youth forward confirms Astana stay". ghanasoccernet.com. Ghanasoccernet. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  6. "Патрик Твумаси и Джуниор Кабананга продлили контракты с Астаной". fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  7. "El Deportivo Alavés incorpora al extremo diestro Patrick Twumasi" [Deportivo Alavés sign the right winger Patrick Twumasi] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  8. "TRANSFER - PATRICK TWUMASI GAZİŞEHİR'DE!". GFK. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  9. "Patrick Twumasi sale cedido al Gazisehir Gaziantep". deportivoalaves.com/ (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  10. "Breaking News: Partey, Twumasi among trio handed debut Ghana call-ups for Mauritius AFCON clash". ghanasoccernet.com. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  11. Patrick Twumasi at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  12. "Patrick Twumasi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  13. "Патрик ТВУМАСИ". fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. Retrieved 5 April 2016.


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