Gerald Asamoah
Asamoah in SpVgg Greuther Fürth colours
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Gerald Asamoah | ||
| Date of birth | 3 October 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Mampong, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990 | VfV Hainholz | ||
| 1990–1991 | SG Borken | ||
| 1991–1994 | BV Werder Hannover | ||
| 1994–1996 | Hannover 96 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1999 | Hannover 96 | 79 | (29) |
| 1999–2010 | Schalke 04 | 279 | (44) |
| 2010–2011 | FC St. Pauli | 27 | (6) |
| 2012–2013 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 27 | (5) |
| 2013–2015 | Schalke 04 II | 49 | (8) |
| Total | 461 | (92) | |
| National team | |||
| 2001–2006 | Germany | 43 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 May 2015. |
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Gerald Asamoah (German pronunciation: [ˈgeːʁalt ʔazaˈmoː.aː]; born 3 October 1978 in Mampong, Ghana) is a retired Ghanaian-born German former footballer He is known for his "pace and strength."
Born in Ghana, Asamoah and his family emigrated to Germany in 1990.
He started his career with Hannover 96 where he played 79 games before moving to Schalke in 1999. He played over 275 league games for the club over 11 years with the team. On 1 June 2010, Asamoah signed a two-year contract with the then Bundesliga-promoted club St. Pauli. In June 2011 he terminated this contract. From 12 July 2011 on, Asamoah was at VfB Hüls, keeping himself fit. After six months without a club, Asamoah signed for SpVgg Greuther Fürth on 10 January 2012. Asamoah won the second division title with SpVgg Greuther Fürth and played in the Bundesliga in the 2012–13 season. On 15 July 2013, it was announced that Asamoah will return to Schalke 04 as a player for Schalke's second team.
Asamoah made his debut for Germany in 2001 against Slovakia, making him the first African-born black player to ever play for the side, as Erwin Kostedde and Jimmy Hartwig, two previous internationals with black ancestry, were both born in Germany to African-American fathers. He scored on his debut, and went on to play in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups.
Asamoah is married and has two children, twins Jada and Jaden (born 26 February 2007). He suffers from a heart condition, hypertrophic non-obstructive cardiomyopathy. In his case, the flesh lobe that separates the right and left heart chambers is extremely thick, which can cause an arrhythmic heartbeat. Asamoah's brother Lewis last played for 1. FC Wülfrath and his cousin Emmanuel plays for the U-17 of FC St. Pauli. On 13 January 2016, Asamoah accepted the 2015 FIFA Fair Play Award on behalf of football organizations and clubs around the world, working to support refugees in the face of conflict.
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