Patrick Twumasi

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 Forward
Club information
Current team
Astana
Number 23
Youth career
Red Bull Ghana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Spartaks Jūrmala 31 (16)
2013Astana (loan) 11 (6)
2014Amkar Perm (loan) 6 (0)
2014Astana (loan) 11 (10)
2015– Astana 56 (11)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 February 2015

Patrick Twumasi (born 9 May 1994 in Obuasi) is a Ghanaian professional football player who plays for FC Astana in the Kazakhstan Premier League.

Club career

Petrick 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]

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 given out on loan to the 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. Twumasi's performance attracted attention from other European clubs in late 2014, however, at the start of 2015 the player himself confirmed Astana stay, wishing to participate in the UEFA Champions League.[5]

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.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 October 2016[7]
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
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 285008110376
Total 561156145207722
Career total 11543761952014354

Honours

Astana[8]

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". http://ghanasoccernet.com. Ghanasoccernet. 21 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  3. "Match Report". Russian Premier League. 10 March 2014.
  4. ПАТРИК ТВУМАСИ ВЕРНУЛСЯ В «АСТАНУ». http://fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. Retrieved 9 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  5. "Patrick Twumasi: Ghanaian youth forward confirms Astana stay". http://ghanasoccernet.com. Ghanasoccernet. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  6. "Breaking News: Partey, Twumasi among trio handed debut Ghana call-ups for Mauritius AFCON clash". ghanasoccernet.com. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  7. "P. Twumasi". uk.soccerway.com. Soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  8. "Патрик ТВУМАСИ". fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
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