27 Facts About Akwasi Asante

Akwasi Asante was born on 6 September 1992 and is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker.

Akwasi Asante completed the season with Tamworth, and after a short spell on loan at Chester, he joined them permanently in January 2019.

Akwasi Asante played at amateur club Neerlandia, which then merged with two other clubs to form Blauw-Wit Amsterdam.

Akwasi Asante played for Wednesbury Sports Union in the Walsall Junior Youth League before joining Birmingham City FC's Academy, where he began a two-year scholarship in July 2009.

Akwasi Asante signed his first professional contract, of two and a half years, in January 2011.

Akwasi Asante was part of the Birmingham squad for their 2011 pre-season visit to Ireland, and came close to scoring in the second half of the friendly against Cork City, when he appeared to be brought down after touching the ball past the goalkeeper, but no penalty was awarded.

On 1 January 2012, Akwasi Asante moved to Northampton Town of League Two on a one-month loan deal.

Akwasi Asante returned to Birmingham at the end of the month having scored once from three appearances.

The injury took considerably longer than expected to heal, and Akwasi Asante did not return to development squad duty until March 2013.

Akwasi Asante signed a new one-year contract with Birmingham in June 2013, with an option for the club to extend it for a second year.

Akwasi Asante returned to action in April 2014 with four goals in a development squad match against Huddersfield Town, leading manager Lee Clark to suggest he might still have a future at the club, but it was later confirmed that he would leave when his contract expired at the end of the season.

Akwasi Asante was without a club for some months while recovering from injury.

Akwasi Asante made his debut as a second-half substitute as Kidderminster beat Lincoln City with a goal in stoppage time, and finished his spell with 11 appearances without scoring.

Akwasi Asante then moved on to National League North club Solihull Moors, for whom he appeared regularly, as starter or substitute in about equal measure.

On 18 January 2017, Akwasi Asante signed an 18-month contract with newly promoted League Two club Grimsby Town.

On 7 February 2018, Akwasi Asante left Grimsby by mutual consent.

On 9 February 2018, Akwasi was unveiled as a Tamworth player, signing an 18-month contract under new caretaker manager Mike Fowler, who suggested that Asante could help fill the void left by the departure of Reece Styche to National League North rivals Darlington.

Akwasi Asante scored 3 goals from 14 league appearances in what remained of the season, at the end of which Tamworth were relegated to the Southern League.

Akwasi Asante scored in each of his next two matches, and completed a permanent move to Chester on 3 January 2019, signing an 18-month contract.

Akwasi Asante missed the first two weeks of pre-season with hamstring trouble, and a groin strain in a friendly kept him out of the first three matches of the new season.

On 5 June 2020, Akwasi Asante signed for National League North club Gloucester City.

Akwasi Asante scored eight goals in the first nine league matches of the season.

Akwasi Asante scored six goals from 23 league appearances, helping his side reach the play-offs, but an injury kept him out of that campaign, in which Chesterfield lost to Solihull Moors in the semi-final.

Akwasi Asante was transfer-listed at the end of the season, but regained form and a place in the side.

Akwasi Asante signed for National League North club Darlington on 14 November 2023.

Akwasi Asante was a regular in the matchday squad for the first few weeks, but injury again intervened.

Akwasi Asante made the last of his nine appearances in the final match of the season, and his contract was cancelled by mutual consent in May 2024.