Kevin Amankwaah

Kevin Osei-Kuffour Amankwaah (born 19 May 1982) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a defender for Southern League Premier Division South club Salisbury. Amankwaah enjoyed successful stints at Bristol City and Swindon Town.

Kevin Amankwaah
Amankwaah playing for Northampton Town in 2013
Personal information
Full name Kevin Osei-Kuffour Amankwaah[1]
Date of birth (1982-05-19) 19 May 1982[1]
Place of birth Harrow, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Salisbury
Youth career
0000–2000 Bristol City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2005 Bristol City 54 (1)
2003 → Torquay United (loan) 6 (0)
2003 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 12 (0)
2005 → Yeovil Town (loan) 9 (0)
2005–2006 Yeovil Town 44 (1)
2006–2008 Swansea City 29 (0)
2008–2011 Swindon Town 88 (5)
2011 Burton Albion 8 (0)
2012 Rochdale 16 (0)
2012–2013 Exeter City 34 (0)
2013–2014 Northampton Town 21 (0)
2014 Salisbury City 14 (0)
2014–2017 Sutton United 91 (3)
2017–2019 Bath City 28 (0)
2019– Salisbury
National team
2000 England U18 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:28, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

Early life

Awankwaah was born in Harrow, London[1] to Ghanaian parents.[2][3]

Club career

He began his career as a trainee with Bristol City, turning professional in June 2000.[1] He made his first team debut on 18 March 2000, replacing Matt Hewlett as a late substitute in the 1–1 draw away to Oldham Athletic and soon became a regular squad member.

Amankwaah received neck injuries in a car crash in March 2002 when he and teammate Aaron Brown were travelling in a car driven by former City trainee Rohan King which collided with another vehicle.[4] He was given a new two-year contract while injured,[5] but struggled to re-establish himself at Ashton Gate after returning from injury, having loan spells at Torquay United in January 2003,[6] and Cheltenham Town in August 2003.[7]

He eventually left Ashton Gate in February 2005, when he signed for Yeovil Town, initially on loan,[8] and then on a permanent basis.[9] Amankwaah signed for Swansea City in July 2006 for a fee of £250,000.[10]

Amankwaah joined Swindon Town in June 2008.[11] He played 89 games for the club, scoring 5 goals before being released on 31 August 2011. Amankwaah still had 6 months to run on his contract when he was released.

On 2 July 2012, Amankwaah signed for League Two side Exeter City on a free transfer.[12] On 30 April 2013, he was released by Exeter along with 3 other players after the expiry of his contract.[13]

After a successful trial with Northampton Town, Amankwaah signed a one-year contract with the option of a further year on 29 July 2013.[14] He made 24 appearances for the Cobblers before having his contract terminated on 23 January 2014.[15] On 17 February 2014, Amankwaah signed for Conference Premier side Salisbury City, making 14 appearances for the Whites.

Amankwaah signed for Sutton United in September 2014. He made a total of 21 full and two substitute league appearances in the 2014–15 season, scoring his first goal for the club when he volleyed in a corner in the last seconds of the game against Chelmsford City on 4 April 2015 to claim a 1–0 victory for Sutton.[16]

Amankwaah made 28 full and three substitute league appearances in the 2015–16 season, helping the U's to lift the National League South title. He netted his second league goal from another corner against Margate on 9 April 2016, a game which Sutton went on to win 4–0.[17]

Amankwaah scored his first goal in Sutton's 2016–17 National League campaign when he scored a consolation goal in a 3–1 away defeat to Dover Athletic on 4 October 2016.[18] On 19 October 2016, it was announced that Amankwaah had signed a one-year contract extension with Sutton United and will stay with the club until the end of the 2017–18 season.[19]

Amankwaah made his 100th career appearance for Sutton on 3 December 2016 in a 2–1 win against League Two club Cheltenham Town in the FA Cup 2nd round.[20] He went on to appear in every round of Sutton's historic run to the 5th round of the FA Cup for the first time ever, including appearances in a 3–1 victory over local rivals AFC Wimbledon of League One on 17 January 2017,[21] a 1–0 victory over Championship side Leeds United on 29 January[22] and an eventual 0–2 defeat to Premier League club Arsenal on 20 February.[23]

International career

Amankwaah was capped by England at under-18 level, making his only appearance in the 2–0 win over Luxembourg in April 2000.[1][24] In August 2006, he spoke of his ambitions of playing for Ghana.[2]

Controversy

Amankwaah was at the centre of controversy when he made a remark to Milwall player Neil Harris, taunting him about his battle with testicular cancer during a match between Millwall and Swindon. Amankwaah then apologised after the game after his remark was made public, and also made a donation to Everymans Cancer Charity. Harris accepted the apology at first but then withdrew his acceptance after Amankwaah tried to justify his claims for making the remark.[25]

Statistics
As of match played 2 December 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bristol City 1999–2000[26] Second Division 5000001[lower-alpha 1]060
2000–01[27] 150100000160
2001–02[28] 24100213[lower-alpha 1]1293
2002–03[29] 2000000020
2003–04[30] 5012100072
2004–05[31] League One 5000003[lower-alpha 1]080
Bristol City total 561223171685
Torquay United (loan) 2002–03[29] Third Division 6000000060
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2003–04[30] Third Division 120000000120
Yeovil Town (loan) 2004–05[31] League Two 9000000090
Yeovil Town 6000000060
2005–06[32] League One 38130201[lower-alpha 1]0441
Yeovil total 441302010501
Swansea City 2006–07[33] League One 29030102[lower-alpha 1]0350
2007–08[34] 0010003[lower-alpha 1]040
Swansea total 290401050390
Swindon Town 2008–09[35] League One 31200002[lower-alpha 1]0332
2009–10[36] 38330203[lower-alpha 2]0463
2010–11[37] 19010102[lower-alpha 1]0230
Swindon total 8854030701025
Burton Albion 2011–12[38] League Two 8000000080
Rochdale 2011–12[38] League One 160000000160
Exeter City 2012–13[39] League Two 340101000360
Northampton Town 2013–14[40] League Two 21010101[lower-alpha 1]0240
Salisbury City 2013–14[40] Conference Premier 140——00140
Sutton United 2014–15[41] Conference South 23120—3[lower-alpha 3]0281
2015–16[41] 31141—3[lower-alpha 3]1383
2016–17[41] National League 35170—4[lower-alpha 4]0461
2017–18[41] 2000—0020
Sutton total 913131001011145
Bath City 2017–18[42] National League South 13020—1[lower-alpha 4]0160
Career total 4411030311132251416
  1. Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  2. Two appearances in the Football League Trophy and one in the League One play-offs
  3. Two appearances in the FA Trophy and one in the Surrey Senior Cup
  4. Appearances in the FA Trophy

Honours

Yeovil Town

Sutton United

References
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  3. https://www.modernghana.com/news/756838/ghanaian-duo-amankwaah-hudson-odoi-fail-to-steer-sutton-uni.html
  4. Amankwaah crash shock
  5. Robins show faith
  6. Amankwaah joins Gulls
  7. City duo stay at Cheltenham
  8. Yeovil snap up Amankwaah on loan
  9. Yeovil win race to sign Amankwaah
  10. Yeovil lose Amankwaah to Swansea
  11. "Amankwaah completes Swindon move". BBC Sport. 9 June 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  12. "City Clinch Double Signing". Exeter City F.C. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  13. "Tight finances force Exeter City to trim playing squad". BBC Sport. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  14. "Kevin Amankwaah joins Northampton Town after trial spell". BBC Sport. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  15. "Kevin Amankwaah contract terminated". Northampton Town FC. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  16. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. "Dover Athletic 3 Sutton United 1". BBC Sport. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  19. "Pair agree contract extensions as Paul signs defender". Sutton United. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  20. "Sutton United 2–1 Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  21. "AFC Wimbledon 1–3 Sutton United". BBC. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  22. "Sutton United 1–0 Leeds United". BBC. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  23. "Sutton United 0–2 Arsenal". BBC. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  24. "Luxembourg v England, 27 April 2000". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  25. Amankwaah ends feud with Harris
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