Franklin Francis Ayodele Amankwa, better known simply as Franklin or Frenklin (born 24 August 1987 in

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) is a Nigerian

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striker playing with

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in the Saudi Professional League.

Career

He played with a number of Nigerian clubs and Ivorian

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, before signing, in 2008, with Serbian club

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. After only one season there, he moved to the newly promoted Serbian SuperLiga club

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where he has been a standard first team choice, scoring goals mostly with headers. After one Season in Serbian SuperLiga,

was relegated to

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, Franklin was one of the players released by the club after relegation. In the summer of 2010 Franklin had a trial at

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. In summer 2011 he moved to Saudi Arabia to play with the newly promoted Saudi top flight

.Franklin Ayodele Amankwa
at Soccerway

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at Srbijafudbal. 1987 births Living people Nigerian footballers Nigerian expatriate footballers Men's association football forwards Ifeanyi Ubah F.C. players Akwa United F.C. players Africa Sports d'Abidjan players Expatriate footballers in Ivory Coast FK Loznica players FK Mladi Radnik players Serbian SuperLiga players Expatriate footballers in Serbia Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Hajer FC players Saudi Professional League players Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Ivory Coast Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub