Forson Amankwah

Forson Amankwah
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-12-31) 31 December 2002
Place of birth Ghana
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Norwich City
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 WAFA 16 (1)
2021–2024 Red Bull Salzburg 35 (2)
2021–2022 → FC Liefering (loan) 29 (6)
2022–2023 → Rheindorf Altach (loan) 16 (1)
2024– Norwich City 21 (2)
International career‡
2024– Ghana 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:05, 3 May 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:57, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Forson Amankwah (born 31 December 2002) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Norwich City and the Ghana national team.

Club career

Amankwah began his career with WAFA.[2][3] He made his professional debut in a 2019–20 Ghana Premier League fixture against Karela United on 12 December 2019.[4][5] He was adjudged man of the match in a 4–3 win match against King Faisal on 15 November 2020 [6]

In February 2021, he joined Austrian Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg and went on loan to FC Liefering.

On 27 June 2022, Amankwah was sent on a one-season loan to Austrian Bundesliga club Rheindorf Altach.[7]

On 9 August 2024, Amankwah joined Championship club Norwich City for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year deal.[8]

International career

On 22 March 2024, Amankwah made his senior international debut for Ghana, featuring in a friendly against Nigeria.[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 May 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
WAFA 2019–20 Ghana Premier League 10 1 — — — — 10 1
2020–21 Ghana Premier League 6 0 — — — — 6 0
Total 16 1 — — — — 16 1
Red Bull Salzburg 2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 0
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 12 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 12 0
2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 22 2 2 0 — 4[c] 0 — 28 2
Total 35 2 2 0 — 4 0 — 41 2
FC Liefering (loan) 2020–21 2. Liga 10 3 — — — — 10 3
2021–22 2. Liga 19 3 — — — — 19 3
Total 29 6 — — — — 29 6
Rheindorf Altach (loan) 2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 17 1 2 2 — — — 19 3
Norwich City 2024–25 EFL Championship 21 2 1 0 2 0 — — 24 2
Career total 118 12 5 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 129 14
  1. ^ Includes Austrian Cup, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

FC Liefering

References

  1. ^ "F. Amankwah: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. ^ "WAFA SC announce squad and jersey numbers for 2019/20 season- Abukari Ibrahim named captain". GhanaSoccernet. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Wafa announce 26 man squad list for 2019/2020 Ghana Premier League season". www.ghanaweb.com. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Contrasting results for Hearts of Oak & Asante Kotoko as Ghana Premier League returns". www.goal.com. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. ^ "2019/20 GPL: Amankwah fires WAFA to hard-fought win over Karela". Footy-GHANA.com. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  6. ^ "2020/21 Ghana Premier League: WAFA kid Forson Amankwah named Man of the Match in King Faisal clash". GhanaSoccernet. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Forson bringt Offensiv-Power nach Altach". SC Rheindorf Altach (in Austrian German). 27 June 2022. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Norwich sign RB Salzburg midfielder Forson". BBC. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Nigeria vs. Ghana 2 - 1". soccerway.com. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.



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