Godfred Donsah (born 7 June 1996) is a Ghanaian professional

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who plays as a

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for Turkish club

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Club 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, , ...

, Donsah made his senior debuts with local DC United Agogo before signing a contract with

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

. Before signing with Palermo, he had trials at

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, but nothing came of it. He joined

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in summer 2013. Donsah made his first team – and

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– debut on 19 April 2014, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 win at

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. On 17 July 2014, he joined

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for a fee of €2.16 million.Cagliari Calcio S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2015, PDF purchased from

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(in Italian) On 24 August 2015,

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announced the signing of Donsah on loan with a conditional obligation to buy if Donsah made his debut, for a total fee of €7 million (€2.5M+€4.5M). Donsah signed a four-year contract.Bologna F.C. 1909 S.p.A.(financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2016, PDF purchased from

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(in Italian) Donsah made his debut on 29 August, a match losing to

Sassuolo Sassuolo (; egl, label=Modenese dialect, Modenese, Sasól ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town ...

1–0. On 1 October 2020, Donsah joined Turkish

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club

Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Rize. The club play in the TFF First League. The club was founded on May 19, 1953, with green-yellow as club colours, but later changed to blue-green. Since 1990, the team ...

on loan for the 2020–21 season. On 27 August 2021, Donsah terminated his contract with

and then moved outright to

Crotone Crotone (, ; nap, label= Crotonese, Cutrone or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( grc, Κρότων or ; la, Crotona) in Magna Graecia, it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until ...

, with whom he signed a two-year contract. He left for

in Turkey in January 2022.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Donsah, Godfred 1996 births Living people Footballers from Accra Ghanaian footballers Ghana under-20 international footballers Association football midfielders Serie A players Belgian Pro League players Süper Lig players Serie B players TFF First League players Cagliari Calcio players Hellas Verona F.C. players Bologna F.C. 1909 players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players Çaykur Rizespor footballers F.C. Crotone players Yeni Malatyaspor footballers Ghanaian expatriate footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Belgium Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Turkey