Samuel Inkoom Profile

Samuel Inkoom Anthem
CLUB:
FC Vereya ()
POSITION:
Defender
BORN:
1989-06-01
BIRTHPLACE:
Sekondi-Takoradi
PREVIOUS CLUBS:
31.12.2007: Sekondi Hasaacas (Ghana)
1.1.08-30.05.09: Asante Kotoko (Kumasi, Ghana)
15.6.09-26.01.11: FC Basel 1893 Dnipropetrovsk Bastia(Loan) Platanias DC United Antalyaspor
HEIGHT / WEIGHT:
172 cm/69kg
NIKNAME:
GHANA DEBUT :
2008-11-19 Ghana - Tunisia
CAPS/GOALS:
46/1

  • U-20 African Champion 2009
  • FIFA U-20 world champion 2009

    Inkoom hails from the coastal town of Sekondi, where he began his club career at Sekondi Hasaacas. His potential and athletic ability saw him move to Asante Kotoko at the start of 2008 after only just a few months with Sekondi. By the end of the year he’d won his first international cap in a friendly against Tunisia and, in 2009, Inkoom was on the move again. He headed to Switzerland, where he signed for FC Basel before moving, once more, to Ukrainian outfit Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. Two loan periods at French side Bastia and Greek outfit Platanias followed, with the defender eventually signing a permanent contract deal with the latter.
    A quick threat down the flank, Samuel Inkoom has made a successful transition from Ghana’s U-20 team to the senior side. He was among the players who successfully converted a penalty in a shootout against Brazil in the final in Cairo, ensuring Ghana became the first African side to win the FIFA U-20 World Cup. His performances were such that he made the Black Stars squad for the FIFA World Cup™ the following year, and he has been a regular in the squad ever since.
    2016: The 26-year-old signed a two-year deal with the Turkish side after just six months at Portuguese side Boavista.