Emmanuel Ake Richard Muttendango (born 11 June 1980 in
Mombasa
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) is a Kenyan former
footballer
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of
Seychellois
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ancestry. Ake played as a
forward
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. He has spent the past ten seasons playing for different clubs in Denmark.
False name and birth date
Emannuel Ake entered Europe with a temporarily visa because of the fact he had to play a testmatch in the Netherlands. When this turned out wrong for him, he left the Netherlands all of a sudden to go to his father in Denmark without a regular Visa. When Ake first came to Denmark in 2000, he identified himself as "Ali Rajab Akida", or just "Ali Akida", born 20 December 1982. It was later discovered that the information was incorrect and that his real name was Emmanuel Ake Richard Muttendango, born 11 June 1980. Ake was subsequently
fined 7,000
DKK by the
Gladsaxe
Gladsaxe Kommune is a municipality (Danish, ''Commune (subnational entity), kommune'') near Copenhagen in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and ...
City Court. After a number of rulings and subsequent
appeals
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from the involved parties, the
Sports Confederation of Denmark
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(DIF)
suspended Ake for three months.
Ake's club at the time,
Akademisk Boldklub
Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe (or AB) is a Danish professional football club from Gladsaxe north of Copenhagen,
currently playing at the 3rd highest level of Danish domestic football in the Danish 2nd Division group 1.
The club was established on F ...
, was also awarded a 50,000 DKK fine, and all the points AB's first and reserve teams had collected in matches in which Ake had participated were lost.
Club career
Early career
Ake's mother is from
Kenya
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, and his father from
Seychelles
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. His parents divorced and his father moved to Denmark. He started his senior career with Black Panther in the Coast Provincial League (3rd level in Kenya). He then moved to Mombasa-based
Coast Stars
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in the
Kenyan Premier League
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. A Dutch tourist and his son met his mother in Kenya and found out about his football-skills. In Kenya he wouldn't be able to get a living out of playing football. The Dutchman tried to give him a future and arranged a temporarily visa for Ake and invited him over to the Netherlands, to stay with them and to play a test match with FC Oss (
second division
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of the Netherlands) (team formerly known as
TOP Oss
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). After the unsuccessful trials he left the guest-family and travelled to his father in Denmark.
Denmark
As a 20-year-old, Ake was signed by
Akademisk Boldklub
Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe (or AB) is a Danish professional football club from Gladsaxe north of Copenhagen,
currently playing at the 3rd highest level of Danish domestic football in the Danish 2nd Division group 1.
The club was established on F ...
, where he spent four seasons from 2000 to 2004. He then moved to
FC Nordsjælland
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for the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons.
Ake was
loaned out by FC Nordsjælland for the second half of the 2005–06 season to
Ølstykke FC
Ølstykke Fodbold Club ; also known as Ølstykke FC or ØFC) is an association football club based in the town of Ølstykke on Zealand, Denmark. The men's team competes in the Series 1, the sixth tier of the Danish football league system and the ...
. He was the club's top scorer with 14 goals. In the next seasons, Ake was loaned to second-division side
Holbæk B&I
Holbæk Bold- & Idrætsforening is a Danish football club currently playing in 2. Division East. They play at Holbæk Stadion in Holbæk on Zealand, which has a capacity of 10,500.
From 2008 to 2014 their first team played under the name Nordve ...
, where he also emerged as the club's top scorer with 11 goals.
In the 2007–08 season, Ake was on loan, this time to
First Division side
Hellerup IK
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HIK consists also of a handball and a tennis
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(HIK). He scored 13 league goals, tops on the club, but the team was still
relegated
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to
Division 2.
Ake then signed a three-year contract with
Herfølge Boldklub
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. He joined the club after he was declared a
free agent
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by FC Nordsjælland.
HB Køge
Ake was a part of the new
HB Køge
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team, founded in 2009 after a merger between Herfølge and
Køge Boldklub
Køge Boldklub is a Danish football club from Køge, Zealand.
History
In 1954, the club became the first outside Copenhagen to win the Danish Championship.
The club declared bankruptcy in February 2009, but continued as an amateur side in the ...
. The new season started very well for Ake, who scored five goals in 13 league matches. However, he was severely injured in November 2009,
rupturing his
achilles tendon
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. Ake inspired a lot of people at HB Koge including the well known Will Holmes.
Lyngby BK
In September 2010 he signed with
Lyngby Boldklub
Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club ...
.
Næstved BK
In February 2011 he signed an amateur contract with
Næstved Boldklub
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. He left the club in the summer of 2011.
Svebølle B&I
On 1 February 2012 he agreed to play at
Danish 2nd Division
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club
Svebølle B&I, because the club was managed by his old team mate from
Holbæk B&I
Holbæk Bold- & Idrætsforening is a Danish football club currently playing in 2. Division East. They play at Holbæk Stadion in Holbæk on Zealand, which has a capacity of 10,500.
From 2008 to 2014 their first team played under the name Nordve ...
,
Erdogan Aslan. Unfortunately this story came with a rough ending because of the fact Ake was denied a working permit for Denmark and was forced to leave the country only a month after signing with Svebølle.
FC Djursland
In September 2012 he returned to Denmark to play for
FC Djursland
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in
Danmarksserien
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, the fourth tier of the Danish football system.
International career
Ake was part of the
Kenyan National team, the Harambee Stars, at the Tunisia
2004 African Cup of Nations
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. He made three appearances for the Harambee Stars. He scored the third goal against
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳ðž¤ðž¤²ðž¤¢ 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...
, earning Kenya its first-ever win at the Nations Cup.
References
External links
Michezo Afrika– Kenyan Sports Website
Futaa.comDanish Superliga statisticsat danskfodbold.com
Danish Superliga profile
External links
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1980 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Mombasa
Kenyan men's footballers
Kenyan expatriate men's footballers
Kenya men's international footballers
2004 African Cup of Nations players
Coast Stars F.C. players
Akademisk Boldklub players
FC Nordsjælland players
Ølstykke FC players
Herfølge Boldklub players
HB Køge players
Lyngby Boldklub players
Næstved Boldklub players
Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
Men's association football forwards
FC Djursland players
Holbæk B&I players
Danish 1st Division players