Jordan Amissah
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jordan Yamoah Amissah | ||
Date of birth | 2 August 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Herne, Germany[1] | ||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Sheffield United | ||
Number | 37 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2007 | SV Holsterhausen Herne | ||
2007–2009 | VfL Bochum | ||
2009–2015 | Schalke 04 | ||
2015–2018 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
2018–2021 | Sheffield United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Sheffield United | 1 | (0) |
2021 | → Guiseley (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2022 | → Spennymoor Town (loan) | 18 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:08, 20 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:08, 5 June 2022 (UTC) |
Jordan Yamoah Amissah (born 2 August 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as an goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Sheffield United.
Club career[]
Amissah is a youth product of the academies of the German clubs Holsterhausen Herne, VfL Bochum, Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund before moving to England with the youth sides of Sheffield United in 2018.[2] On 21 May 2021, he signed his first professional contract with Sheffield United.[1] He began his senior career on loan with Guiseley in the National League North for the first half of the 2021–22 season.[3] In January 2022 he was loaned to Spennymoor Town for the second half of the National League North Season.[4] He made his professional debut with Sheffield United in a 1–1 EFL Championship tie with Luton Town on 26 August 2022, coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute after the starting goalkeeper Wes Foderingham suffering an illness.[5]
Personal life[]
Born in Germany, Amissah is of Ghanaian descent.[6]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b FC, Sheffield United. "Pro deals for exciting quintet". Sheffield United FC.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Young Ghanaian goalkeeper Jordan Amissah joins Sheffield United". GhanaSummary.
- ^ "Amissah Makes It A Fab Four For Guiseley".
- ^ "Jordan Amissah".
- ^ "Sheffield United suffer Wes Foderingham injury blow as goalkeeper limps off at Luton Town". www.thestar.co.uk. 26 August 2022.
- ^ "Sheffield United goalkeeper Jordan Amissah set to earn Black Stars call up - Reports". Footballghana.
External links[]
- Jordan Amissah at Soccerway
- DFB profile
- 2001 births
- Living people
- People from Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region)
- German footballers
- German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
- Association football goalkeepers
- Boreham Wood F.C. players
- Sheffield United F.C. players
- Guiseley A.F.C. players
- Spennymoor Town F.C. players
- English Football League players
- National League (English football) players
- German expatriate footballers
- German expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate footballers in Germany