Charles Amoah (born 28 February 1975) is a Ghanaian former

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

, Amoah played for Okwawu United, FC Winterthur, FC Frauenfeld, FC Wil, St. Gallen, Sturm Graz,

Austria Salzburg SV Austria Salzburg is an Austrian professional football club, based in the city of Salzburg. The club was formed in 2005 by some supporters of the original SV (Austria) Salzburg after it was renamed FC Red Bull Salzburg by its new owners, who al ...

, ASK Kottingbrunn and

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. Amoah was top scorer in the

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during the 1999–00 season, contributing 25 goals to St. Gallen's title-winning season. At St. Gallen he also memorably scored one of the goals and provided an assist as they overturned a 1–0 first-leg deficit to win 2–0 in the second leg and eliminate Premier League side Chelsea from the

2000–01 UEFA Cup Liverpool won the 2000–01 UEFA Cup with a golden goal in the final against Alavés for their third title in the competition. It completed a cup treble for the club, as they also won the FA Cup and the League Cup that season. The conclusion of ...

. Following Amoah's successes at St. Gallen,

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club SK Sturm Graz paid a transfer fee of 6.5 million

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s (about €4.3 million) to sign him. He earned 15 caps for the

Ghana national team The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in men's international football, doing it since 1957. The team consists of twenty players including the technical team. The team is nicknamed the Black Stars after the Black Star of Africa in ...

between 1999 and 2003, scoring 10 goals.

References

1975 births Living people Ghanaian footballers Ghana men's international footballers Okwawu United S.C. players FC Winterthur players FC Frauenfeld players FC Wil players FC St. Gallen players SK Sturm Graz players FC Red Bull Salzburg players LASK players Swiss Super League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Men's association football forwards Ghanaian expatriate footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate footballers in Austria Ghana Premier League top scorers {{Ghana-footy-forward-stub