Asante Gullit Okyere

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Gullit Okyere
Personal information
Full name Gullit Asante Okyere
Date of birth (1988-05-23) 23 May 1988 (age 33)
Place of birth Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Virtus CiseranoBergamo
Youth career
000?–2007 Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Atalanta 0 (0)
2007–2008 → Caravaggese (loan) 29 (2)
2009–2010 Caravaggese[1] 26 (6)
2010–2012 Palazzolo 51 (33)
2012–2013 ScanzoPedrengo 34 (25)
2013–2016 Grumellese 88 (47)
2016–2018 Giana Erminio 60 (12)
2018–2019 Pergolettese 25 (11)
2019– Virtus CiseranoBergamo 26 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:15, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Gullit Asante Okyere (born 23 May 1988) is an Italian footballer of Ghanaian descent who plays as a forward for Virtus CiseranoBergamo. He was named after Dutch footballer Ruud Gullit.

Early life[]

Okyere was born in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy as son of Ghanaian immigrants who later moved to Palazzolo sull'Oglio.

Career[]

He began his career at Atalanta youth team [2] In mid-2007, he joined Caravaggese of Serie C2.[3] He returned to Atalanta in the 2008–09 season, playing with the Primavera under-19 team.[4]

In summer 2009 he left the team for Caravaggese.[5]

In summer 2010 he joined Eccellenza amateurs Palazzolo on a free transfer.[6]

After two years, he joined the squad of ScanzoPedrengo, in Eccellenza; he played all the 34 games of the season scoring also 25 goals; the team finished the championship in the second position.

Later, he played with Grumellese in Eccellenza, scoring 12 goals in 25 matches in the 2013-2014 season.

In July 2016 he joins Giana Erminio team in Italian Lega Pro signing a single year contract, which was later renewed also for the following season.

He left Giana Erminio in 2018 to join Serie D club Pergolettese.[7]

On 21 July 2019, he moved to Serie D club Virtus CiseranoBergamo.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ http://laseried.com/giocatori-cnd/Centrocampista/asante-gullit-okyere-3791.php
  2. ^ "Piacere Gullit, da Caserta" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2007-02-16. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
  3. ^ spezia calcio e ...altre
  4. ^ "L'Atalanta Primavera torna al successo Segnano Gullit e Girasole: Mantova ko" (in Italian). L'Eco di Bergamo. 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  5. ^ Tutte le Decisioni del Giudice Sportivo Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Mercato, i movimenti in Eccellenza" (in Italian). Bergamo e Sport. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  7. ^ https://www.sprintesport.it/sp/nazionali-dilettanti/seried-lombardia/la-pergolettese-annuncia-okyere-asante-gullit/
  8. ^ "Gullit Asante Okyere è il nuovo attaccante della Virtus CiseranoBergamo" (Press release) (in Italian). Virtus CiseranoBergamo. 21 July 2019.

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