Gullit Asante Okyere (born 23 May 1988) is an Italian
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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for Prevalle. He was named after Dutch footballer
Ruud Gullit.
Early life
Okyere was born in
Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy as son of
Ghanaian immigrants who later moved to
Palazzolo sull'Oglio.
Career
He began his career at
Atalanta youth team In mid-2007, he joined
Caravaggese of
Serie C2
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. He returned to Atalanta in the 2008–09 season, playing with the Primavera under-19 team.
In summer 2009 he left the team for
Caravaggese.
In summer 2010 he joined
Eccellenza amateurs
Palazzolo on a free transfer.
After two years, he joined the squad of ScanzoPedrengo, in
Eccellenza; he played all the 34 games of the season scoring also 25 goals; the team finished the championship in the second position.
Later, he played with Grumellese in Eccellenza, scoring 12 goals in 25 matches in the 2013–2014 season.
In July 2016 he joins
Giana Erminio
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History
The club was founded in 1909 as ''Unione Sportiva Argentia'', and later adopted the current name ...
team in Italian Lega Pro signing a single year contract, which was later renewed also for the following season.
He left Giana Erminio in 2018 to join Serie D club
Pergolettese.
On 21 July 2019, he moved to
Serie D club
Virtus CiseranoBergamo.
He signed for
Eccellenza amateurs
Lumezzane in July 2021.
After winning promotion with Lumezzane, in July 2022 Gullit left to sign for another Eccellenza club, Prevalle.
References
External links
*
USO Profile*
Calciatori Profile
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1988 births
Italian people of Ghanaian descent
Living people
People from Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Italian men's footballers
Atalanta BC players
AS Giana Erminio players
US Pergolettese 1932 players
SSD Virtus CiseranoBergamo 1909 players
Men's association football forwards
Serie C players
Serie D players
Footballers from the Province of Caserta