Charles Amoah

Charles Amoah
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-02-28) 28 February 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Okwawu United
1995–1996 FC Winterthur
1996–1998 FC Frauenfeld
1998–1999 FC Wil 33 (20)
1999–2001 St. Gallen 56 (37)
2001–2003 Sturm Graz 72 (17)
2003–2004 Austria Salzburg 5 (1)
2004–2006 ASK Kottingbrunn
2006–2007 LASK 1 (0)
Total 167 (75)
International career
1999–2003 Ghana 15 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles Amoah (born 28 February 1975) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Born in Accra, Amoah played for Okwawu United, FC Winterthur, FC Frauenfeld, FC Wil, St. Gallen, Sturm Graz, Austria Salzburg, ASK Kottingbrunn and LASK.[1]

Amoah was top scorer in the 1999–2000 Nationalliga A, contributing 25 goals to St. Gallen's title-winning season.[2] At St. Gallen he also memorably scored one of the goals and provided an assist as they overturned a 1–0 first-leg deficit to win 2–0 in the second leg and eliminate Premier League side Chelsea from the 2000–01 UEFA Cup.[2][3]

Following Amoah's successes at St. Gallen, Austrian Bundesliga club Sturm Graz paid a transfer fee of 6.5 million Swiss francs (about €4.3 million) to sign him.[2]

He earned 15 caps for the Ghana national team between 1999 and 2003, scoring 10 goals.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Charles Amoah". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Hänni, Tobias (6 October 2012). "St. Gallen – Amoahs "Sweet Home"". St.Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Chelsea crash out of Europe". BBC. 28 September 2000. Retrieved 24 March 2020.


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