Comprehensive report on the performance of Ghanaian players abroad

Published on: 13 May 2013
Comprehensive report on the performance of Ghanaian players abroad
Ghanaian striker Fred Benson doing the Azonto dance after scoring a brace in Holland

Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan set a new UAE Pro League goal record on Sunday after scoring twice for Al Ain while Ghanaian-born Fred Benson also scored a brace in Holland.

Rabiu Mohammed also registered his debut goal of the season in Evian big win in France.

John Boye, Sulley Muntari and Ghana U20 prospect Daniel Amartey saw red cards while Jeffrey Schulpp's Premiership dreams ended on Sunday.

Ghanasoccernet.com's Akyereko Frimpong Manson has a lowdown on how Black Stars players fared abroad with a comprehensive report on the performance of Ghanaian youngster in Europe.

ENGLAND Midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong watched from the Fulham bench as a Daniel Sturridge hat-trick condemned them to a 3-1 defeat at the Craven Cottage on Sunday.

Leicester City's promotion hopes ended on Sunday as they lost 3-1 to Watford and exit on a 3-2 aggregate.

Ghanaian attacker Jeffrey Schulpp played full time for Leicester City but Prince Buaben was not in the Watford team.

GERMANY Greuther Furth surrendered their 1-0 lead to lose 2-1 to Freiburg at home in the Bundesliga on Sunday.

Young Ghanaian defender Baba Abdul Rahman played the full 90 minutes for Furth who are bound to return to relegation.

Karim Bellarabi is still out of the Bayer Leverkusen team as he sat out of their 3-1 win over Hannover 96.

Kwame Nsor was left out of the Kaiserslautern that won 3-1 at relegated Jahn Regensburg.

Dennis Danso-Weidlich was not in the Jahn team.

St Pauli hammered Eintracht Braunschweig 5-1 to move away from relegation dangers.

American-born Ghanaian youngster Joseph-Claude Gyau was not in the Pauli team but Christopher Avevor sat on the Pauli bench.

Elsewhere in the Liga 3, Arminia Bielefeld made promotion back to the Bundesliga II an easy street as they beat Osnabrück 1-0.

Both Marcel Appiah and Eric Agyemang were on the Bielefeld bench but Appiah came off the bench after just the 6th minute to replace an injured player but Agyemang was unused.

Youngster Phil Ofosu-Aryeh was not in the Rot-Weiß Erfurt team that lost 4-2 to Darmstadt 98 on home turf.

In the Regionalliga, Reagy Ofosu was not in the Ingolstadt II that lost 1-0 to 1860 Munich.

Union Berlin II held Plauen to a 2-2 draw.

20-year-old Ricky Okai Djan came off the Union Berlin II bench in the 78th minute.

Midfielder Enoch Owusu Nyarko lasted full time for Fortuna Düsseldorf who beat Wiedenbrück 3-1.

In the U19 League, German-born defender Lenny Sowah did not played for Hamburg SV who lost 4-1 at Chemnitzer FC U19.

Benjamin Sarfo Mensah and Eric Owusu both watched from the Hamburg bench.

Otoo Addo coached the Hamburg U19 side.

Razak Iddrisu did not play for Wolfsburg who drew 3-3 with Werder Bremen.

Obed Scholl-Amoah sat on the Bremen bench.

ITALY Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu was a 56th minute substitute for Udinese who beat Atalanta 2-1.

Isaac Cofie was booked in the 40th minute and lasted full time for Chievo Verona who drew 1-1 with Torino.

Moro Al-Hassan and Said Ahmed Said were not involved in action for Genoa who drew 0-0 with Inter Milan in the Serie A on Sunday.

Kwadwo Asamoah watched Juventus' 1-1 draw with Cagliari from the stands at the Juventus Arena on Saturday as they were crowned Scudetto champions.

Amidu Salifu was introduced in second-half stoppage-time by Catania as they beat Pescara 1-0.

Sulley Muntari was sent off in the 40th minute for Milan as they drew 0-0 in a bad-tempered game in the Serie A.

Kevin-Prince Boateng saw full time action for Milan.

In the Serie B, Raman Chibsah scored the first goal for Sassuolo who drew 2-2 with Virtus Lanciano.

Striker Richmond Boakye-Yiadom was introduced after 59 minutes.

AC Milan loanee Edmund Etse Hottor was not in the Virtus Lanciano team.

Alfred Duncan played the full 90 minutes for Livorno who thrashed Brescia 3-0 to enhance their chances of promotion.

Hellas Verona posted a 3-0 win over Juve Stabia.

Daniel Kofi Agyei and Maxwell Boadu Acosty both started for Juve Stabia.

Neither Ahmed Barusso nor Masahudu Alhassan were involved in action for Novara who beat Pro Vercelli 2-1.

SPAIN Espanyol helped Barcelona to the La Liga title after holding Real Madrid to a 1-1 draw.

Michael Essien played the full 90 minutes while Wakaso Mubarak played till the third minute of second-half injury time.

Midfielder Anthony Annan did not play for Osasuna who beat Getafe 1-0.

In the Segunda Division, goalkeeper Razak Brimah kept the post for Guadalajara who drew 2-2 against Numencia.

In the Segunda B, Paul Quaye was in action for Espanyol II who drew 0-0 with Valencia II.

Erixon Danso was not in the Valencia II team.

Thomas Partey was suspended and did not play for Atletico Madrid II who lost 1-0 at Marino.

Rayo Vallencano managed to hold Real Madrid III to a 1-1 draw.

Nana Asare played for Rayo but Anthony Manison was not in the Rayo team.

In the Division Two, David Tetteh came off the bench to play for Rayo Majadajonda who drew 0-0 with Alcoron.

FRANCE Midfielder Mohammed Abu returned to Lorient starting team and played 90 minutes as they beat St Etienne 3-1.

Rabiu Mohammed scored for Evian TG
Rabiu Mohammed scored for Evian TG
Rabiu Mohammed scored in the 48th minute and helped Evian TG to a smooth 4-0 win over OG Nice.

He saw 82 minutes of action but Jonathan Mensah was not in the Evian team.

John Boye was sent off in the 65th minute as Stade Rennes were defeated 4-1 at Valenciennes.

John Mensah was not in the Rennes team.

Ishmael Yartey sat on the Sochaux bench in their 2-0 win at Brest.

Andre Ayew scored both goals for Olympique Marseille as they beat Toulouse 2-1.

Jordan Ayew came off the bench after 82 minutes.

In the Ligue 2, Dennis Appiah returned to the Monaco first team squad but watched from the bench as they beat Nimes 1-0.

NETHERLANDS Youngster Shadrick Eghan replaced Felipe Gutiérrez in the 89th minute as FC Twente posted a 3-1 win over PSV Eindhoven.

Edwin Gyasi was not in the Twente team but Memphis Depay came off the bench after 46 minutes to replace Dries Mertens.

Fred Benson
Fred Benson
Fred Benson scored twice for PEC Zwolle as they hammered ADO Den Haag to move further away from the relegation zone.

FC Utrecht cruised to a 3-0 win over Heracles Almelo.

Nana Akwasi Asare played full-time for Utrecht but Kwame Quansah was replaced after 73 minutes.

Ghana hopeful Kevin Luckassen was not in the AZ Alkmaar team that lost 2-0 at Willem II.

TURKEY Torric Jebrin was left out of the 1461 Trabzon squad that won 3-2 at Rizespor.

Emmanuel Banahene played 46 minutes for Karsiyaka but failed to score as they lost 4-3 to Kartalspor.

PORTUGAL Christian Atsu was axed from the FC Porto first team squad as they edged Benfica 2-1 to go top of the table.

William Tiero played 52 minutes for Gil Vicente who lost 2-1 at Rio Ave.

Manchester City loanee Thomas Agyiri was an unused substitute.

Defender David Addy saw full-time action for Vitória Guimarãess who lost 1-0 at Marítimo.

In the Liga de Honra, Alhassan Wakaso played the entire 90 minutes for Portimonense who lost 2-1 to Sporting CP II.

Ghanaian-born, Adama Plange, played full-time for Sporting CP II.

BELGIUM Bennard Kumordzi watched from the Genk bench when they lost 2-1 to Anderlecht in the championship play-offs.

Club Brugge gave live to their title hopes after beating Standard Liege 4-2.

Enock Adu Kofi played full time for Brugge while Daniel Opare played 56 minutes for Liege.

UAE

Asamoah Gyan scored a double for Al Ain
Asamoah Gyan scored a double for Al Ain
Asamoah Gyan scored all two goals for Al Ain and set a new Arab goal record as Al Ain drew 2-2 with Bani Yas.

UKRAINE Volyn were beaten 3-1 by Arsenal Kiev.

Dominic Adiyiah was at the Arsenal bench but Abeiku Quansah was not in the Arsenal Kiev team.

USA Gershon Koffie helped Vancouver Whitecaps to beat LA Galaxy 3-1.

Dominic Oduro saw full time action for Columbus Crew but failed to help them avoid a 2-0 defeat at the Colorado Rapids.

Khalif Alhassan came off the bench to 19 minutes for Portland Timbers who beat Chivas USA 3-0.

SWITZERLAND Samuel Afum played the full 90 minutes for Young Boys who lost 3-1 at Luzern.

SWEDEN Ten-man Djurgarden managed to beat Malmo FF 3-2 at the Stockholms Olympiastadion.

Ghana U20 invitee Daniel Amartey was sent off in the 72nd minute while Yussif Chibsah and Godsway Donyoh were introduced in the second half.

Benjamin Fadi sat on the Malmo bench.

Kalmar posted a 2-1 win over AIK.

Ibrahim Moro played 37 minutes for AIK while striker Kwame Karikari played the last 14 minutes.

In the Superettan, Tom Boakye and Sam Mensah played for Östersunds FK who lost 3-0 at GIF Sundsvall.

SOUTH AFRICA Awal Mohammed played in central defence for Maritzburg United who drew 1-1 with Ajax Cape Town.

Frank Saro-Gyamfi was an unused sub by Maritzburg United.

John Arwuah lasted the entire duration of the game for Bloemfontein Celtic who drew 2-2 with Free State Stars.

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