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

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Start 2011 Tippeligaen 23 0 4 1 – 27 1
2012 Adeccoligaen 29 11 4 1 – 33 12
2013 Tippeligaen 28 6 4 0 – 32 6
2014 29 8 4 0 – 33 8
Total 109 25 16 2 0 0 125 27
Stabæk 2015 Tippeligaen 30 10 6 2 – 36 12
2016 20 2 4 0 2 0 26 2
Total 50 12 10 2 2 0 62 14
Nordsjælland 2016–17 Superliga 30 5 2 0 – 32 5
2017–18 36 16 0 0 – 36 16
Total 66 21 2 0 0 0 68 21
Al Jazira 2018–19 UAE Pro-League 26 8 1 0 – 27 8
Al-Hazem 2019–20 Saudi Pro League 9 0 0 0 – 9 0
Fujairah 2019–20 UAE Pro League 7 1 0 0 – 7 1
Omonia 2020–21 Cypriot First Division 30 8 2 0 9 1 41 9
Career total 297 75 31 4 11 1 339 80

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). 7 March 2015. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. ^ "FCN henter offensiv ghaneser". bold.dk. 18 August 2016. 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/. 25 May 2022. 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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