Dennis Gyamfi

Dennis Gyamfi (born 30 December 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right back for Eerste Divisie club Den Bosch.

Dennis Gyamfi
Personal information
Full name Dennis Gyamfi[1]
Date of birth (2001-12-30) 30 December 2001
Place of birth Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 FC Den Bosch
Number 45
Youth career
Hanworth Sports
0000–2016 Brentford
2016–2020 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Dinamo Zagreb II 26 (1)
2023– Den Bosch 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:29, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

Gyamfi grew up in England and is a product of the Leicester City and Brentford academies. He began his senior career with Dinamo Zagreb II in 2020 and transferred to Den Bosch in 2023.

Club career

Youth career and Dinamo Zagreb II

A right back, Gyamfi began his career with spells in the youth systems at English clubs Hanworth Sports, Brentford and Leicester City.[3][4] At the end of the 2019–20 season, he turned down the offer of a three-year professional contract with Leicester City and became a free agent.[3] Gyamfi signed a 3+1⁄2-year contract with Croatian First League club Dinamo Zagreb on a free transfer in December 2020.[5][6] He made 26 Croatian Second League appearances and scored one goal for the reserve team prior to its disbandment at the end of the 2021–22 season.[7][8]

In July 2022, Gyamfi joined League One club Cheltenham Town on trial and made four pre-season friendly appearances, but was not offered a contract.[9] He failed to win a call into a Dinamo Zagreb matchday squad during the first half of the 2022–23 season and departed the Stadion Maksimir in January 2023.[7][10]

FC Den Bosch

Following a successful trial spell,[11][12] Gyamfi signed a 2+1⁄2-year contract with Eerste Divisie club FC Den Bosch on 31 January 2023.[10] He made 15 appearances during the remainder of a poor 2022–23 season for the club.[7][13]

International career

Gyamfi is eligible to play for Netherlands, Ghana and England at international level.[3] In November 2019, Gyamfi was named in the Netherlands U19 squad as a standby for two friendly matches.[14] He did not win a call into either matchday squad.[15][16]

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands of Ghanaian descent, Gyamfi moved to England with his parents at age seven in 2009.[4] He is fluent in the Dutch language.[10] His brothers Gideon, Johnson and Pierluigi also became footballers.[3][17] Gyamfi attended Loughborough College.[18]

Career statistics
As of match played 18 August 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Zagreb II 2020–21[7] Croatian Second League 6 0 ― 6 0
2021–22[7] Croatian Second League 20 1 ― 20 1
Total 26 1 ― 26 1
Den Bosch 2022–23[7] Eerste Divisie 15 0 ― 15 0
2023–24[7] Eerste Divisie 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 16 0 0 0 16 0
Career total 42100421
  1. Includes Croatian Cup, KNVB Cup

References
  1. "2019/20 Retained List of Players" (PDF). premierleague.com. p. 19. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  2. Dennis Gyamfi at WorldFootball.net
  3. Fifield, Dominic. "Dennis Gyamfi: Earthquakes in Zagreb and following in Dani Olmo's Dinamo footsteps". The Athletic. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. "Dinamo se pojačao wunderkindom iz Premier lige, a mladi Nizozemac je progovorio o ovom velikom transferu: 'Nisam dvojio ni sekunde'". tportal.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  5. Palmer, Jon (6 July 2022). "Dinamo Zagreb wing-back to appear for Robins". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  6. "Dennis Gyamfi novi igrač Dinama". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  7. Dennis Gyamfi at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  8. "Službeno: Od sljedeće sezone bez drugih momčadi prvoligaških klubova u Drugoj HNL". Nacional (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  9. Palmer, Jon (19 July 2022). "New wing-back starts for Robins". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  10. "Dennis Gyamfi tekent contract bij FC Den Bosch". FC Den Bosch (in Dutch). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  11. "FC Den Bosch huurt Schotse verdediger Ibane Bowat (20) van Fulham". de Gelderlander (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  12. "Ryan Leijten staat ook in het thuisduel met MVV nog aan de kant bij FC Den Bosch" (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  13. "Tables – Eerste Divisie – Netherlands – Results, fixtures, tables and news". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  14. "Onder 19: Stekelenburg selecteert twintig spelers". www.onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  15. "Gelijkspel Onder 19 in hoogstaand oefenduel met Tsjechië". www.onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  16. "Onder 19 maakt er tegen Mexico opnieuw een spektakel van". www.onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  17. "Ghanaian teen midfielder Gyamfi scores for Leicester in a Premier League game". Ghana Sports Online. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  18. "College alumni will have a big say in the story of the new football season". Loughborough College. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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