Ernest Asante Explained

Ernest Asante
Height:1.71 m
Birth Date:1988 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Sunyani, Ghana
Currentclub:Doxa Katokopias
Clubnumber:88
Position:Forward, winger
Years1:2008–2009
Clubs1:Feyenoord Academy
Years2:2009–2010
Clubs2:Beveren
Caps2:26
Goals2:3
Years3:2011–2014
Clubs3:Start
Caps3:109
Goals3:25
Years4:2015–2016
Clubs4:Stabæk
Caps4:50
Goals4:12
Years5:2016–2018
Clubs5:FC Nordsjælland
Caps5:66
Goals5:21
Years6:2018–2019
Clubs6:Al Jazira
Caps6:24
Goals6:8
Years7:2019–2020
Clubs7:Al-Hazem
Caps7:9
Goals7:0
Years8:2020
Clubs8:Al-Fujairah
Caps8:7
Goals8:1
Years9:2020–2022
Clubs9:Omonia
Caps9:39
Goals9:10
Years10:2022–
Clubs10:Doxa Katokopias
Caps10:63
Goals10:11
Years11:2022–2023
Clubs11:AEK Larnaca (loan)
Caps11:11
Goals11:0
Nationalyears1:2019
Nationalteam1:Ghana
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0
Club-Update:27 May 2024 (UTC)
Nationalteam-Update:23 March 2019 (UTC)

Ernest Asante (born 6 November 1988) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Cypriot club Doxa Katokopias.

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.[1] 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.[2]

FC Nordsjælland

In August 2016 he signed a contract with Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland.[3]

Omonia

On 24 August 2020, Asante signed a two-year contract with Cypriot First Division club Omonia. In his first season at the club, Asante helped Omonia win the league championship for the 21st time in club history.[4] In April 2021, he suffered a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus injury, which kept him out of action for the rest of the season, and for a large portion of the following season.[5] His team went on to win that year's Cypriot Cup.[6]

Doxa Katokopias

On 27 August 2022, Asante joined Cypriot First Division club Doxa Katokopias.[7] In September, he joined AEK Larnaca on a year-long loan.[8]

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.[9]

Career statistics

[10] [11]

ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueCupContinentalTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Start2011Tippeligaen23041271
2012Adeccoligaen2911413312
2013Tippeligaen28640326
201429840338
Total109251620012527
Stabæk2015Tippeligaen3010623612
20162024020262
Total5012102206214
Nordsjælland2016–17Superliga30520325
2017–183616003616
Total662120006821
Al Jazira2018–19UAE Pro-League26810278
Al-Hazem2019–20Saudi Pro League900090
Fujairah2019–20UAE Pro League710071
Omonia2020–21Cypriot First Division3082091419
Career total2977531411133980

Honours

Omonia

2020–21

2021–22

2021

Notes and References

  1. News: 2011-01-23 . Asante blir Start-spiller (Norwegian) . ikstart.no . 2011-02-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110130214803/http://www.ikstart.no/default.aspx?m=3&amid=498027 . 30 January 2011.
  2. Web site: Asante klar for Stabæk. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150310104040/http://www.stabak.no/news/article/5hqeg7e5fns1zcxvmpzpssk4/title/asante-klar-for-stabaek. 10 March 2015. Stabæk Fotball. 8 March 2015. no. 7 March 2015.
  3. Web site: FCN henter offensiv ghaneser. bold.dk. 18 August 2016 . 2016-08-18.
  4. Web site: Omonia league champions in Cyprus. Parikiaki. 5 May 2021. 12 May 2021.
  5. Web site: 2021-04-13 . AC Omonia winger Ernest Asante suffers horrible injury, ruled out between 6-8 months . 2022-08-27 . GhanaSoccernet . en.
  6. Web site: Omonia beat Ethnikos on penalties to win Cyprus Cup Cyprus Mail . 2022-08-27 . cyprus-mail.com/ . 25 May 2022 . en-GB.
  7. Web site: 2022-08-27 . Η Δόξα ανακοίνωσε Ασάντε! . 2022-08-27 . Balla.com.cy . en-US.
  8. Web site: Solutions . BDigital Web . ΑΕΚ: Επίσημο το deal με Ασάντε . 2022-09-18 . 24sports.com.cy.
  9. Web site: Confederation of African Football. Ghana v Kenya game report. 23 March 2019.
  10. Web site: Ernest Asante » Club matches. worldfootball.net. 1 December 2017.
  11. Web site: NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk. nifs.no. 1 December 2017. no.