Razak Pimpong
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 30 December 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.73 | ||
Position(s) |
Striker Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Aulum IF (Manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Golden Tulip | |||
Great Olympics | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2006 | Midtjylland | 125 | (22) |
2006–2007 | Copenhagen | 21 | (0) |
2007–2009 | Viking | 16 | (2) |
2008 | → Aalesund (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2009 | El Masry | 10 | (0) |
2009–2013 | Viborg | 98 | (6) |
2013 | Ringkøbing | ||
National team | |||
2002–2006 | Ghana | 10 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
2013 | Ringkøbing (Playing assistant) | ||
2014–2017 | Møldrup/Tostrup IF | ||
2018– | Aulum IF | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Razak Pimpong (born 30 December 1982) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker and attacking midfielder for FC Midtjylland, FC Copenhagen, Viborg FF and other clubs. He was very versatile and could also play wide either as a right sided midfielder or right winger.
Club career[]
Pimpong was brought from Ghana to Denmark by FC Midtjylland, and made his debut for the team in 2000. He played more than 100 times for FCM, scoring 25 league goals for the club. In July 2005, he agreed a move to league rivals F.C. København from January 2006.
Pimpong did not find initial success at FCK. His first, and only goal, for FCK came on April 2006, when he scored the deciding goal of the 2006 Royal League Final.[1] He came on in the 69th minute and scored the only goal of the game in the 89th minute before he was sent off in injury time for overtly celebrating his goal.
In 2007, Pimpong was transferred to Norwegian Tippeligaen club Viking FK for a sum reported to be around 4 million Norwegian Kroner.[2] He signed a contract keeping him at the club until 2010.[3]
In February 2009, Egyptian side Al-Masry signed Pimpong from Viking FK.[4] A few months later, on 27 July 2009, he signed for Danish club Viborg FF.[5]
On 24 June 2013, he announced his retirement from professional football, but a month later he regretted his decision and made a six-month-deal with the Danish 2nd Division West club Ringkøbing IF.[6]
International career[]
Pimpong was part of the Ghanaian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, having finished in third place in group B.
He was called up for the Ghanaian squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He has played nine games for the Ghanaian national team, and represented Ghana at the 2004 Summer Olympic football tournament as well as the 2006 World Cup in Germany.[7]
Honours and awards[]
- FIFA World Youth Championship runner-up: 2001
- Danish Superliga: 2005–06
References[]
- ^ BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | FC Copenhagen on www.news.bbc.co.uk
- ^ Pimpong til Viking Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine on www.rogalandsavis.no
- ^ Masri complete Pimpong signing Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine on www.viking-fk.no
- ^ Masri complete Pimpong signing on www.filgoal.com
- ^ Gossip/Transfers: Kyere for Atletico Madrid Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Razak Pimpong klar for Ringkøbing
- ^ FIFA.com - FIFA Spielerstatistik Razak PIMPONG on www.de.fifa.com
External links[]
- 1982 births
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- Aalesunds FK players
- Accra Great Olympics F.C. players
- Al Masry SC players
- Association football forwards
- Association football wingers
- Danish Superliga players
- Egyptian Premier League players
- Eliteserien players
- Expatriate footballers in Denmark
- Expatriate footballers in Egypt
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- F.C. Copenhagen players
- FC Midtjylland players
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Ghana international footballers
- Ghana under-20 international footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Ghanaian footballers
- Living people
- Olympic footballers of Ghana
- Ringkøbing IF players
- Sportspeople from Accra
- Viborg FF players
- Viking FK players