Thomas Agyepong | |
Fullname: | Thomas Agyepong[1] |
Birth Date: | 1996 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Accra, Ghana |
Height: | 1.68 m |
Position: | Winger |
Currentclub: | Paide Linnameeskond |
Clubnumber: | 80 |
Youthclubs1: | Manchester City |
Years1: | 2015–2022 |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Clubs1: | Manchester City |
Years2: | 2015–2016 |
Caps2: | 14 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Clubs2: | → Twente (loan) |
Years3: | 2016–2018 |
Caps3: | 39 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Clubs3: | → NAC Breda (loan) |
Years4: | 2018–2019 |
Caps4: | 9 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Clubs4: | → Hibernian (loan) |
Years5: | 2019–2020 |
Caps5: | 14 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Clubs5: | → Waasland-Beveren (loan) |
Years6: | 2020–2022 |
Caps6: | 13 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Clubs6: | → Lommel (loan) |
Years7: | 2023– |
Caps7: | 35 |
Goals7: | 1 |
Clubs7: | Paide Linnameeskond |
Nationalyears1: | 2017– |
Nationalteam1: | Ghana |
Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 21 August 2024 |
Ntupdate: | 13:15, 15 July 2019 (UTC) |
Thomas Agyepong (born 10 October 1996) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Estonian club Paide Linnameeskond. He has previously played on loan for Dutch clubs Twente and NAC Breda, Scottish club Hibernian and Belgian clubs Waasland-Beveren and Lommel. He has also made six full international appearances for Ghana national team.
Agyepong joined Manchester City in 2015 from the Right to Dream Academy.[2]
Agyepong was loaned to Dutch Eredivisie team FC Twente for the 2015 - 16 Eredivisie season.[3] He made his debut on 4 October, appearing as a substitute in a 3 - 1 loss to AZ Alkmaar.[4] His first start came on 24 October in a 3 - 1 loss to PSV Eindhoven playing 62 minutes.[5] A shoulder injury suffered in March required surgery, which ended his season.[6]
On 10 July 2016, Agyepong signed on loan with Dutch second division team NAC Breda for the 2016 - 17 season.[7] He made his debut on 12 August, playing 61 minutes in a 2–1 win over Achilles '29.[8] On 2 December, he scored his first goal for the club, in the 92 minute of a 3–1 win over Almere City.[9]
In August 2018, Agyepong joined Scottish Premiership club Hibernian on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season, pending approval of a work permit application.[10] Agyepong missed much of the 2018 - 19 season due to knee and thigh injuries.[11] [12]
In August 2019, Agyepong was loaned to Belgian First Division A club Waasland-Beveren until the end of the 2019–20 season.[13]
In October 2020, Agyepong and teammate Aminu Mohammed joined Belgian First Division B side Lommel on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.[14] Like his parent club, Lommel are owned by City Football Group.
Agyepong made his debut for the Ghana national football team in a 5–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Ethiopia on 11 June 2017.[15] He made four further appearances for Ghana during 2017, including two 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Congo.[16] Despite his injury problems during the 2018 - 19 season, Agyepong was included in the provisional squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[12] He made the final squad and was selected for the first match, but suffered an injury after 36 minutes and did not play again in the tournament.[13]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Manchester City | 2015–16 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FC Twente (loan) | 2015–16 | Eredivisie | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | |||
NAC Breda (loan) | 2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[17] | 1 | 32 | 3 | ||
2017–18 | Eredivisie | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
Total | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | 45 | 3 | ||||
Hibernian (loan) | 2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | 9 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | |||
Waasland-Beveren (loan) | 2019–20 | Belgian First Division A | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
Lommel (loan) | 2020–21 | Belgian First Division B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
Total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
Career total | 89 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 97 | 5 |
Ghana national team | |||
Year | Apps | Goals | |
---|---|---|---|
2017 | 5 | 0 | |
2018 | 0 | 0 | |
2019 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 6 | 0 |