Daniel Amartey
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 21 December 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Leicester City | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2012 | International Allies | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Djurgårdens IF | 34 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Copenhagen | 44 | (3) |
| 2016– | Leicester City | 22 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012– | Ghana U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2015– | Ghana | 10 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:59, 4 January 2017 (UTC). |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:59, 4 January 2017 (UTC).
Daniel Amartey (born 21 December 1994) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Leicester City and the Ghana national football team as a defender and midfielder.
Amartey started out playing for second tier club International Allies in Ghana where he was spotted as a sixteen-year-old by Magnus Pehrsson who was on a scouting trip in Africa during his preparation to take over as manager of Djurgårdens IF. When Pehrsson became manager he secured the transfer rights for Amartey from the day he turned 18. To help prepare Amartey for his future permanent move to Sweden in 2013 the club brought him over for shorter periods of time in both 2011 and 2012 where he got to play for the clubs U21 team.
Amartey made his Svenska Cupen debut on 3 March 2013 against Umeå FC. He then made his league debut in the 2013 Allsvenskan opening game away against Helsingborgs IF on March 31. Amartey was praised by the media for his strong start to the 2013 season, and foreign clubs like FC Schalke 04 and 1. FC Kaiserslautern started to scout him. On May 26 he scored his first ever goal for the club when he headed home the 1–1 equalizer in the 2013 Svenska Cupen Final which Djurgården eventually lost against IFK Göteborg on penalties. After his first season in the Swedish league as an eighteen-year-old Amartey was ranked as the 10th best player in the league by newspaper Expressen and 18th best by Aftonbladet. In November 2013 Amartey confirmed that he was in talks with Liverpool F.C. over a possible move to the English club.
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