Matthew Amoah

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Matthew Amoah
Personal information
Full name Matthew Amoah
Date of birth October 24, 1980 (1980-10-24) (age 27)
Place of birth    Tema, Ghana
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club NAC Breda
Number 14
Youth clubs
1996–1998 The Great Ambassadors
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1998–2005
2000
2005–2007
2007–		 Vitesse
→ Fortuna Sittard (loan)
Borussia Dortmund
NAC Breda		 174 (61)
015 (10)
017 0(0)
024 (10)   
National team2
2002– Ghana 025 0(7)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 19:51, 19 April 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 23:27, 30 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Mathew Amoah (born October 24, 1980 in Tema, Greater Accra Region) is a Ghanaian international striker who plays for Dutch Eredivisie side NAC Breda in The Netherlands.

He formerly played for Vitesse, starting as a youngster in 1998 until 2005.

Amoah signed with Borussia Dortmund in December 2005, during the winter transfer window[1], rejoining coach Bert van Marwijk, who managed him during the 1999/00 season at another Dutch side, Fortuna Sittard. Amoah signed a two-year contract, but could only manage seventeen first-team appearances (going scoreless in the process) in one-and-a-half seasons. "There was a number of options but Amoah was the one the manager wanted", Hans-Joachim Watzke, Dortmund's finance director, told the Westfalische Rundschau at the time.

The 26-year-old Amoah signed a three-year deal with Eredivisie's NAC Breda on July 3, 2007, after a medical. The former Vitesse forward returned to Holland after a lack of first-team opportunities at Dortmund. "We have been working on this deal for months", NAC technical director Earnie Stewart said. "First it looked like it was impossible for the player to sign, but this week negotiations went quicker."[2]

An international since 2002, Amoah was an instrumental figure in Ghana's first ever qualification for the World Cup, scoring 3 goals in three consecutive and important qualifying matches.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Amoah joins Borussia Dortmund", BBC, 2005-12-15. Retrieved on 2006-06-28. 
  2. ^ "Amoah to return to Holland", BBC, 2007-06-28. Retrieved on 2007-06-28. 

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