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Frank Wiafe Danquah

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Frank Wiafe
Personal information
Full name Frank Wiafe Danquah
Date of birth (1989-10-14) 14 October 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 DUNO
Number 43
Youth career
2003–2006 Ajax
2006–2008 Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Newcastle United 0 (0)
2010 Ferencváros 0 (0)
2010 Ferencváros II 8 (1)
2010–2012 Waasland-Beveren 2 (0)
2012 Newcastle Benfield
2012 Chabab 10 (1)
2013 Brașov 8 (1)
2013 Târgu Mureș 5 (0)
2014–2015 Achilles '29 28 (3)
2015–2016 FC Lienden 28 (11)
2016–2017 Fortuna Sittard 11 (0)
2017–2020 FC Lienden 78 (8)
2020–2021 NEC Amateurs
2021– DUNO
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:14, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Frank Wiafe Danquah (born 14 October 1989) is a Dutch footballer of Ghanaian descent who plays as a forward for Hoofdklasse club DUNO.[1]

Club career

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Frank Wiafe Danquah began in the youth teams of Ajax Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He was given then a trial by Newcastle United and signed with them a youth contract in July 2006.[2] He impressed in the reserves and became the reserves' topscorer and on 8 July 2008 he signed a 2-year professional contract with Newcastle United.[3]

When Wiafe Danquah’s contract expired in the summer of 2010 he was not given a new contract and instead joined Ferencváros in Hungary.[4][5] His contract with the club was disbanded though due to financial problems in late 2010. On 17 February 2011 he joined Waasland-Beveren in Belgium.[6] In February 2013 he moved to Romania, when he signed a 6-month contract with Brașov.[7]

In September 2014, Wiafe Danquah signed for Achilles '29 until the end of the 2014–15 season.[8] He joined FC Lienden for the 2015/16 Topklasse season[9] and moved to Eerste Divisie side Fortuna Sittard the next season,[10] only to return to Lienden in January 2017.[11]

On 5 February 2021, Wiafe Danquah signed with DUNO in the Hoofdklasse.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Frank Wiafe Danquah at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Frank Wiafe Danquah Bio". nufc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Newcastle sign youngster Wiafe Danquah". soccernews.com. 8 July 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  4. ^ Magyarfutball.hu. "Danquah Frank (Amszterdam 1989.10.04) • Személyek". www.magyarfutball.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  5. ^ "FRANK WIAFE DANQUAH - FERENCVÁROSI TC". adatbank.mlsz.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  6. ^ "W-B rondt komst Frank Wiafe Danquah af" (in Flemish). waasland-beveren.be. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  7. ^ Kortom - Persboycot Steaua, Grindheim naar Vålerengen - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  8. ^ "Zijler en Wiafe strijken neer bij Achilles'29". www.jupilerleague.nl (in Dutch). Jupiler League. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  9. ^ FC Lienden versterkt zich met spits Wiafe, gelderlander.nl, 16 August 2015
  10. ^ FRANK WIAFE WIL BIJ FORTUNA 'LAATSTE KANS' GRIJPEN[permanent dead link] - Fortuna Sittard (in Dutch)
  11. ^ Wiafe verlaat Fortuna en vertrekt naar Lienden - 1Limburg (in Dutch)
  12. ^ Zundert, Bram van (5 February 2021). "DUNO haalt oud-prof Frank Wiafe van NEC en houdt Hekkers binnenboord". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
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