Emmanuel Ake Richard Muttendango (born 11 June 1980 in

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) is a Kenyan former

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ancestry. Ake played as a

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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

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City Court. After a number of rulings and subsequent

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from the involved parties, the

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(DIF) suspended Ake for three months. Ake's club at the time,

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, 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

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, and his father from

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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

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in the

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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 (

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of the Netherlands) (team formerly known as

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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

, where he spent four seasons from 2000 to 2004. He then moved to

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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

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. He was the club's top scorer with 14 goals. In the next seasons, Ake was loaned to second-division side

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, 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

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(HIK). He scored 13 league goals, tops on the club, but the team was still

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to Division 2. Ake then signed a three-year contract with

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. He joined the club after he was declared a

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by FC Nordsjælland.

HB Køge

Ake was a part of the new

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team, founded in 2009 after a merger between Herfølge and

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. 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

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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

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Næstved BK

In February 2011 he signed an amateur contract with

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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

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club Svebølle B&I, because the club was managed by his old team mate from

, 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

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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

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. He made three appearances for the Harambee Stars. He scored the third goal against

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, earning Kenya its first-ever win at the Nations Cup.

References

External links

Michezo Afrika
– Kenyan Sports Website
Futaa.com

Danish Superliga statistics
at danskfodbold.com
Danish Superliga profile

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ake, Emmanuel 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