Yaw Ihle Amankwah (born 7 July 1988) is a former Norwegian professional

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Career

Amankwah has a Ghanaian father and a Norwegian mother and was born in Bergen. After playing for Fana IL, Amankwah was bought by Brann in the summer of 2007, but was loaned out to Fana for the rest of the 2007 season. Amankwah made his debut for Brann on 28 June 2008, in 2009 he was loaned out to . After playing 30 games for Alta in the 2009 season he returned to Brann in November 2009 to take part in the preparation for the 2010 season. In January 2012 Amankwah joined Sandefjord Fotball. After playing in the

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, his contract was due to expire, and as he struggled somewhat with injuries the contract was not renewed. He signed for third-tier club FK Tønsberg. Amankwah joined

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in the

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on 24 January 2017. He left the club at the end of the 2018/19 season. In Stabæk he became

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following the autumn 2020 sale of

Andreas Hanche-Olsen Andreas Schjølberg Hanche-Olsen (born 17 January 1997) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Bundesliga club Mainz 05 and the Norway national team. Club career Stabæk On 26 November 2015, Hanche ...

Career statistics

Personal life

Amankwah is the cousin of Ghanaian defensive midfielder,

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, who formerly played for

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References

1988 births Living people Footballers from Bergen Norwegian people of Ghanaian descent Norwegian footballers Norwegian expatriate footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Fana IL players SK Brann players Alta IF players Sandefjord Fotball players FK Tønsberg players Hobro IK players Stabæk Fotball players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Men's association football central defenders {{Norway-footy-defender-stub Men's association football defenders