Davidson "Dave" Eden (born 26 March 1988) is a Ghanaian

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who plays as a

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for

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club Hamm United. Until 2015, his surname was Drobo-Ampem.

Career

Eden played in the youth for SC Hamm 02 and signed in 2005 for SC Vorwärts/Wacker 04. In the 2006–07 season he moved to the youth side of

FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St Pauli (), is a German professional football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. The football department is part of a larger sp ...

. Eden made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for

on 13 February 2009 when he came on as a substitute in the 24th minute in a game against

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. He started in the next game against 1. FC Kaiserslautern. On 31 January 2011, he went on loan to

Esbjerg fB Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, that plays in the 2nd division, the third-tier of the Danish football league system. Foun ...

until the end of the season. After returning to Hamburg in summer he did not play in any league matches and on 31 August 2011 he joined Esbjerg again on another loan deal. On 2 July 2012, he signed a two-year deal with Esbjerg. Two years later, on 1 September 2014 he moved to Austrian Football First League club FC Wacker Innsbruck. On 29 August 2015, he signed a one-year contract with

. Eden signed with

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-club

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on 2 September 2016, but didn't get his contract extended, so he left the club on 1 January 2017.

Personal life

In October 2015, it was announced that Eden had acquired German citizenship. On this occasion he also had his surname changed from "Drobo-Ampem" to "Eden", only stating to the public that it was for "personal reasons".

Honours

Esbjerg *

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: 2012–13

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* 1988 births Living people German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent Footballers from Hamburg Ghanaian men's footballers German men's footballers Men's association football defenders FC St. Pauli II players FC St. Pauli players Esbjerg fB players FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players Hobro IK players Lüneburger SK players Lüneburger SK Hansa players FC Teutonia Ottensen players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Bundesliga players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players 2. Liga (Austria) players Oberliga (football) players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers German expatriate men's footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark German expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Austria German expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Footballers from Accra Expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{Ghana-footy-defender-stub