| Dennis Gyamfi | |
| Full Name: | Dennis Gyamfi[1] |
| Birth Date: | 2001 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Leiderdorp, Netherlands |
| Height: | 1.73m |
| Position: | Right back |
| Youthclubs1: | Hanworth Sports |
| Youthyears2: | –2016 |
| Youthclubs2: | Brentford |
| Youthyears3: | 2016–2020 |
| Youthclubs3: | Leicester City |
| Years1: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Dinamo Zagreb II |
| Caps1: | 27 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs2: | Den Bosch |
| Caps2: | 41 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 13:20, 2 August 2024 (UTC) |
Dennis Gyamfi (born 30 December 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right back.
Gyamfi grew up in England and is a product of the Leicester City and Brentford academies. He began his senior career with Dinamo Zagreb II in 2020 and transferred to Den Bosch in 2023.
A right back, Gyamfi began his career with spells in the youth systems at English clubs Hanworth Sports, Brentford and Leicester City.[2] [3] At the end of the 2019–20 season, he turned down the offer of a three-year professional contract with Leicester City and became a free agent. Gyamfi signed a -year contract with Croatian First League club Dinamo Zagreb on a free transfer in December 2020.[4] [5] He made 26 Croatian Second League appearances and scored one goal for the reserve team prior to its disbandment at the end of the 2021–22 season.[6]
In July 2022, Gyamfi joined League One club Cheltenham Town on trial and made four pre-season friendly appearances, but was not offered a contract.[7] He failed to win a call into a Dinamo Zagreb matchday squad during the first half of the 2022–23 season and departed the Stadion Maksimir in January 2023.
Following a successful trial spell,[8] [9] Gyamfi signed a -year contract with Eerste Divisie club Den Bosch on 31 January 2023.[10] He made 42 appearances over the course of poor 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons for the club.[11] [12] Gyamfi's contract was terminated by mutual consent on 1 August 2024.[13]
Gyamfi is eligible to play for Netherlands, Ghana and England at international level. In November 2019, Gyamfi was named in the Netherlands U19 squad as a standby for two friendly matches.[14] He did not win a call into either matchday squad.[15] [16]
Born in the Netherlands of Ghanaian descent, Gyamfi moved to Hounslow with his parents at age seven in 2009.[17] He is fluent in the Dutch language. His brothers Gideon, Johnson and Pierluigi also became footballers.[18] Gyamfi attended Loughborough College.[19]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Dinamo Zagreb II | 2020–21 | Croatian Second League | 6 | 0 | ― | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Croatian Second League | 20 | 1 | ― | 20 | 1 | |||
| Total | 26 | 1 | ― | 26 | 1 | ||||
| Den Bosch | 2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 15 | 0 | ― | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Total | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 67 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 1 | |||