Claud Adjapong

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Claud Adjapong
Claud Adjapong Italy U21, 2019.png
Adjapong with Italy U21 in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-05-06) 6 May 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Modena, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Reggina
Number 27
Youth career
2013–2017 Sassuolo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Sassuolo 32 (2)
2019–2020 → Verona (loan) 5 (0)
2020–2021 → Lecce (loan) 19 (1)
2021– → Reggina (loan) 11 (0)
National team‡
2016–2017 Italy U19 11[1] (0)
2017–2020 Italy U21 21 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 March 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2020

Claud Adjapong (born 6 May 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Reggina on loan from Sassuolo.[2]

Club career[]

Sassuolo[]

Adjapong is a youth exponent from Sassuolo. He made his Serie A debut on 11 March 2016 against Juventus. He replaced Matteo Politano after 89 minutes in a 1–0 away defeat.[3]

Loan to Hellas Verona[]

On 21 August 2019, Adjapong joined Serie A club Verona on loan with an option to buy.[4]

Loan to Reggina[]

On 9 August 2021, he moved to Serie B side Reggina on a season-long loan.[5]

International career[]

Adjapong was born and raised in Italy to parents of Ghanaian descent. Until he was 18, he only had a Ghanaian passport. He is eligible to play for the Ghana national team.[6][7]

After receiving his passport, on 25 August 2016, he received a call-up from the Italy-U19.[8][9] He made his debut with the Italy-U21 team on 1 September 2017, in a friendly match lost 3–0 against Spain.

Career statistics[]

As of match played 5 April 2021[10]
Club Season League League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sassuolo 2015–16 Serie A 2 0 – – – 2 0
2016–17 9 1 1 0 3 0 – 13 1
2017–18 16 0 0 0 – – 16 0
2018–19 5 1 0 0 – – 5 1
Total 32 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 36 2
Verona (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 5 0 0 0 – – 5 0
Lecce (loan) 2020–21 Serie B 19 1 2 0 – – 21 1
Career total 56 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 62 3

References[]

  1. ^ "Nazionale in cifre: Adjapong Claud" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  2. ^ Claud Adjapong at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Juventus vs. Sassuolo - 11 March 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  4. ^ "UFFICIALE: Hellas Verona, prelevato Adjapong dal Sassuolo". Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  5. ^ "CLAUD ADJAPONG È UN CALCIATORE AMARANTO" (in Italian). Reggina. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Talenti "Primavera": Claud Adjapong". superscommesse.it (in Italian). Super News. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  7. ^ "I neroverdi "scoprono" il sassolese Adjapong". gazzettadimodena.it (in Italian). GEDI Gruppo Editoriale. 13 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Italy squads announced for September fixtures at U-20, U-19 and U-18 level". FIGC. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Claud Adjapong - Under-19". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Claud Adjapong".
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