Benjamín Akoto Asamoah (born 4 January 1994) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Cypriot club
Doxa
Doxa (; from verb ) Liddell, Henry George, and Robert Scott. 1940.δοκέω" In ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', edited by H. S. Jones and R. McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. – via Perseus Project. is a common belief or popular opinion. In cla ...
as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Club career
Born in
Accra, Benjamín arrived at the youth academy of
Atlético Madrid
Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in ...
from the
Rayo Majadahonda
Club de Fútbol Rayo Majadahonda () is a Spanish football team based in Majadahonda, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1976 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at '' Estadio Cerro del Espino'', wi ...
counterpart in 2012. After a stint with
Atlético Madrid C
Atlético Madrid C was a Spanish football club that played in the Tercera División and played their home games at the ''Nuevo Cerro del Espino''. They were the second reserve team of Atlético Madrid.
History
Club Names
Season to season
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, he was promoted to the
B-team in 2012. On 29 May 2015, his contract was extended by the club till June 2017. On 3 August 2016, he moved to fellow Spanish club
Hospitalet.
On 6 August 2017, Benjamín joined
Cypriot First Division
The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus official ...
club
Doxa
Doxa (; from verb ) Liddell, Henry George, and Robert Scott. 1940.δοκέω" In ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', edited by H. S. Jones and R. McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. – via Perseus Project. is a common belief or popular opinion. In cla ...
where he was assigned the 17 number jersey.
Club statistics
References
External links
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La Preferente profile*
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1994 births
Living people
Association football midfielders
Ghanaian footballers
Atlético Madrid C players
Atlético Madrid B players
CE L'Hospitalet players
Doxa Katokopias FC players
Segunda División B players
Cypriot First Division players
Ghanaian expatriate footballers