Anton-Leander Donkor (born 11 November 1997) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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left winger In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

for club

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, w ...

Career

In January 2017, Donkor joined

Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...

side Everton on loan until the end of the season, joining up with the club's under-23 side. In July 2017, after an injury hit first spell, he rejoined Everton on loan until January 2018. On 12 June 2019, Donkor joined

FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena () is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia. Founded in 1903, it was initially associated with the optics manufacturer Carl Zeiss. From the 1960s to the 1980s it was one of the top-ranked clubs in East Germany, won ...

on a two-year deal. On 26 July 2020, Donkor joined

SV Waldhof Mannheim SV Waldhof Mannheim is a multi-sports club, located in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. It is most known for its association football team; however, there are also professional handball and table-tennis sides. The club today has a membership of ov ...

. On 8 June 2022, he moved to

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. They compete in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier o ...

with a two-year contract. On 14 May 2024,

announced that they had signed Donkor on a free transfer until 30 June 2027.

Career statistics

Honours

Hansa Rostock *

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup () is an annual football cup competition, held by the () since 1991. For sponsorship reasons, the official name of the competition is Krombacher-Pokal. It is one of the 21 regional cup competitions in Germany and a ...

: 2018–19 Everton U23 * Premier League 2 Division 1: 2016–17

References

External links

Profile
at the Schalke 04 website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Donkor, Anton 1997 births Living people Footballers from Göttingen German men's footballers German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent Germany men's youth international footballers Men's association football wingers VfL Wolfsburg II players Everton F.C. players FC Hansa Rostock players FC Carl Zeiss Jena players SV Waldhof Mannheim players Eintracht Braunschweig players FC Schalke 04 players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Oberliga (football) players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England 21st-century German sportsmen FC Hansa Rostock II players