Ernest Asante

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

Ernest Asante
Asante with IK Start in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-11-06) 6 November 1988
Place of birth Sunyani, Ghana
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward, winger
Team information
Current team
 Doxa Katokopias
Number 88
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Feyenoord Academy
2009–2010 Beveren 26 (3)
2011–2014 Start 109 (25)
2015–2016 Stabæk 50 (12)
2016–2018 FC Nordsjælland 66 (21)
2018–2019 Al Jazira 24 (8)
2019–2020 Al-Hazem 9 (0)
2020 Al-Fujairah 7 (1)
2020–2022 Omonia 39 (10)
2022– Doxa Katokopias 28 (7)
2022–2023 AEK Larnaca (loan) 11 (0)
International career‡
2019– Ghana 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2019 (UTC)

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
As of 11 April 2021[10][11]
Club Season Division League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Start 2011 Tippeligaen 23041–271
2012 Adeccoligaen 291141–3312
2013 Tippeligaen 28640–326
2014 29840–338
Total 109251620012527
Stabæk 2015 Tippeligaen 301062–3612
2016 2024020262
Total 5012102206214
Nordsjælland 2016–17 Superliga 30520–325
2017–18 361600–3616
Total 662120006821
Al Jazira 2018–19 UAE Pro-League 26810–278
Al-Hazem 2019–20 Saudi Pro League 9000–90
Fujairah 2019–20 UAE Pro League 7100–71
Omonia 2020–21 Cypriot First Division 3082091419
Career total 2977531411133980

Honours

Omonia

References
  1. "Asante blir Start-spiller (Norwegian)". ikstart.no. 23 January 2011. Archived from the original on 30 January 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  2. "Asante klar for Stabæk". Stabæk Fotball (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. 7 March 2015. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. "FCN henter offensiv ghaneser". bold.dk. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  4. "Omonia league champions in Cyprus". Parikiaki. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  5. "AC Omonia winger Ernest Asante suffers horrible injury, ruled out between 6-8 months". GhanaSoccernet. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  6. "Omonia beat Ethnikos on penalties to win Cyprus Cup | Cyprus Mail". cyprus-mail.com/. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  7. "Η Δόξα ανακοίνωσε Ασάντε!". Balla.com.cy. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  8. Solutions, BDigital Web. "ΑΕΚ: Επίσημο το deal με Ασάντε". 24sports.com.cy. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  9. "Ghana v Kenya game report". Confederation of African Football. 23 March 2019.
  10. "Ernest Asante » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  11. "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 December 2017.


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