Thomas Agyepong (born 10 October 1996) is a Ghanaian professional

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who plays as a winger for Estonian club

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. He has previously played on loan for Dutch clubs

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and

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...

, Scottish club Hibernian and Belgian clubs

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and

Lommel Lommel () is a municipality and a city in the Belgian province of Limburg. The Kempen city has about 34,000 inhabitants and is part of the electoral district and the judicial district Lommel Neerpelt. Besides residential town of Lommel also has ...

. He has also made six full international appearances for Ghana national team.

Club career

Manchester City

Agyepong joined

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in 2015 from the

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Loan to FC Twente

Agyepong was loaned to

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team

FC Twente Football Club Twente () is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, sometimes known internationally as Twente Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub Enschede with Enschedese Bo ...

for the 2015–16 Eredivisie season. He made his debut on 4 October, appearing as a substitute in a 3–1 loss to

AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ (), is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands, and ho ...

. His first start came on 24 October in a 3–1 loss to

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playing 62 minutes. A shoulder injury suffered in March required surgery, which ended his season.

Loan to NAC Breda

On 10 July 2016, Agyepong signed on loan with Dutch second division team

for the 2016–17 season. He made his debut on 12 August, playing 61 minutes in a 2–1 win over

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. On 2 December, he scored his first goal for the club, in the 92 minute of a 3–1 win over

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Loan to Hibernian

In August 2018, Agyepong joined

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club Hibernian on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season, pending approval of a work permit application. Agyepong missed much of the 2018–19 season due to knee and thigh injuries.

Loan to Waasland-Beveren

In August 2019, Agyepong was loaned to

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club

until the end of the 2019–20 season.

Loan to Lommel S.K.

In October 2020, Agyepong and teammate Aminu Mohammed joined

Belgian First Division B The Challenger Pro League (previously known as ''1B Pro League'') is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian First Division A. It was created by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 201 ...

side

on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season. Like his parent club, Lommel are owned by

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International career

Agyepong made his debut for the

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in a 5–0

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win over

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on 11 June 2017. He made four further appearances for Ghana during 2017, including two 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Congo. Despite his injury problems during the 2018–19 season, Agyepong was included in the provisional squad for the

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. He made the final squad and was selected for the first match, but suffered an injury after 36 minutes and did not play again in the tournament.

Career statistics

Club

International

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Agyepong, Thomas Living people 1996 births Men's association football forwards Ghanaian men's footballers Ghana men's international footballers Manchester City F.C. players FC Twente players NAC Breda players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in England Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Hibernian F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Scottish Professional Football League players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players S.K. Beveren players Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Belgian Pro League players Ghana men's under-20 international footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Estonia Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia Meistriliiga players Paide Linnameeskond players