Derek Asamoah

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Personal information
Derek Asamoah
Date of birth	1 May 1981
Place of birth	—, —
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Shrewsbury Town
Number	10
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001 - 2004 2004 - 2005 2005 - 2006 2006 2006—	Northampton Town Mansfield Town Lincoln City → Chester City (loan) Shrewsbury Town Total	112 (10) 030 0(5) 035 0(2) 017 0(8) 020 0(3) 214 (28)
National team²
2006—	Ghana	002 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:18, 1 January 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 2006-11-08. * Appearances (Goals)

Derek Asamoah (born 1 May 1981) is an Ghanaian professional footballer. He has forged a career in English football and currently plays for League Two club Shrewsbury Town. He is a skillful striker and is also capable of playing on the wing.

Asamoah learned his trade at the Protec Sport Soccer School in London. He began his footballing career at Hampton and Richmond, before moving to Slough Town from April to May 2001.

[edit] Professional career

Asamoah's first professional club was Northampton Town, where he made over 100 appearances, most of them as a substitute. He then joined Mansfield Town, but after a fall-out with the management, Asamoah joined Lincoln City for a nominal fee.

In May 2006 he was released by Lincoln City following a period on loan to Football League Two rivals Chester City. In search of a new club, Asamoah trialled with both Doncaster Rovers and Scunthorpe United during July 2006 but on August 3, 2006 Shrewsbury Town announced that he had signed for them.^[1]

In October 2006, Asamoah traveled with the Ghana national team to Asia for friendlies against Japan and South Korea.^[2] In playing the closing minutes of match against Korea, he gained his first full cap for his country. Asamoah continues to live in Mansfield. ^[3]

[edit] References

^ Town land striker. shrewsburytown.co.uk (requires registration). Retrieved on August 3, 2006.
^ Ghana to take Asamoah to Far East. BBC Sport. Retrieved on October 3, 2006.
^ Asamoah Called Up Again. shrewsburytown.co.uk. Retrieved on November 8, 2006.

[edit] External links

Derek Asamoah career stats at Soccerbase

Shrewsbury Town F.C. - Current Squad
1 Esson \| 2 Hall \| 3 Ashton \| 4 Drummond \| 5 Hope \| 6 Canoville \| 7 M. Jones \| 8 Langmead \| 9 Cooke \| 10 Asamoah \| 12 Herd \| 14 Davies \| 18 Leslie \| 19 Edwards \| 21 MacKenzie \| 22 Humphrey \| 23 Tierney \| 24 Symes \| 25 L. Jones \| 28 Burton \| 29 Fortune-West \| 31 Shearer \| Manager: Peters