Harrison Afful

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Harrison Afful
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Personal information
Full name Harrison Afful[1]
Date of birth (1986-07-24) 24 July 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Tema, Ghana
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Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Columbus Crew SC
Number 25
Youth career
Feyenoord Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Feyenoord Academy 148 (7)
2007–2009 → Asante Kotoko (loan) 68 (3)
2009–2015 Espérance Sportive de Tunis 183 (17)
2015– Columbus Crew SC 15 (0)
International career‡
2008– Ghana 60 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2015

Harrison Afful (born 24 July 1986 in Tema), nicknamed The King, is a Ghanaian international footballer, who currently plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew SC in the United States.[2]

Club career

Afful is a product of the Feyenoord Academy and had trials with Feyenoord and K.V. Mechelen in the summer of 2008, and in November 2008, he won the One Touch best player award.[3] Affulinho went out on loan to Asante Kotoko from 2007 to 2009.[4]

Afful played in some friendly matches for Helsingborgs IF but could not firm up a deal,[5] and instead moved to Tunisian side Espérance. In the 2011 CAF Champions League Final Afful came on as a substitute in the second leg, scoring the game's only goal to win the continental title against Wydad Casablanca.[6]

On July 30, 2015, Afful signed a contract with Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew SC. [7] He made his debut for Columbus Crew on August 22, 2015, against Sporting KC in a 3-2 win.

International career

Ghana national team

Afful plays at international level for his native Ghana and his first full match was in Ghana's 2–1 loss to Mexico on Wednesday March 26, 2008. He played as left fullback in this match.[8]

He captained the Black Stars for the first time in their 3-2 victory over Congo on Tuesday September 1st, 2015.[9]

2008 African Cup of Nations

Afful was part of the Ghana squad for the 2008 African Cup of Nations which was hosted on his home soil. His debut match was against the Ivory Coast in the 2008 26th MTN African Cup of Nations hosted by Ghana.

He was part of the 2015 African Cup of Nations team that won a silver medal.

Statistics

Club

As of match played on 11 May 2014.[10]
Team Season Ghana Premier
League		 Ghanaian
FA Cup		 CAF Champions
League		 Ghana
Super Cup		 CAF
Confederation Cup		 Other
Tournaments1		 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals A yellow card A red card
Feyenoord Academy 2005–2006 – –
2006–2007 – –
Total
Asante Kotoko 2007–2008
2008–2009
Total
Team Season CLP-1 Tunisian
President Cup		 CAF Champions
League		 Tunisian
Super Cup		 CAF
Confederation Cup		 Other
Tournaments1		 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals A yellow card A red card
Espérance 2008–2009 – –
2009–2010 19 2 10 1 29 3 2 0
2010–2011 17 0 11 1 28 1 4 0
2011–2012 16 0 11 0 2 0 29 0 2 0
2012–2013 17 3 10 0 27 3 4 0
2013–2014 27 4 4 2 31 6 1 0
Total 96 9
Career Total

1Continental and other competitions include:

International

As of match played on 2 February 2013.[11]
National team Year Apps Goals
Ghana 2008 10 0
2009 7 0
2010 3 0
2011 0 0
2012 5 0
2013 5 0
Total 30 0

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  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ [1]
  3. ↑ Afful best Player
  4. ↑ News & Events Feyenoord, Kotoko over Afful’s release
  5. ↑ Afful fails to land Sweden deal
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ http://www.columbuscrewsc.com/news/2015/07/crew-sc-signs-defender-harrison-afful
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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