Dereck Darkwa

Dereck Darkwa
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-04-03) 3 April 2000 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
SV Bijlmer
Buitenveldert
Utrecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Jong Utrecht 3 (0)
2019–2020 Jong NEC 4 (1)
International career
2015 Netherlands U15 5 (0)
2015–2016 Netherlands U16 9 (1)
2016 Netherlands U17 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:13, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Dereck Darkwa (born 3 April 2000) is a Dutch footballer of Ghanaian descent. He most recently played for Jong NEC.

Club career

He made his Eerste Divisie debut for Jong FC Utrecht on 9 November 2018 in a game against Sparta Rotterdam, as a 73rd-minute substitute for Mehdi Lehaire.[2] Darkwa left the club on 26 March 2019, when his contract was terminated by mutual consent.[3] In September 2019, he joined Jong NEC but left the club after a few months.[4] After becoming a free agent, he trialled with an unnamed English club,[5] but this did not amount to a contract.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Dereck Darkwa". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 9 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Aflopend contract Marsman formeel opgezegd". FC Utrecht (in Dutch). 26 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b Beck, Tim (26 March 2020). "Voormalig jeugdinternational Dereck Darkwa: 'Ik wil me weer laten zien'". Elfvoetbal.nl (in Dutch).
  5. ^ "Dereck Darkwa hints on possible England move this summer". Footballghana. 22 June 2020.


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