Charles Amoah (born 28 February 1975) is a Ghanaian former professional

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who played as a striker.

Career

Born in

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, Amoah played for

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, St. Gallen,

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and

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. Amoah was top scorer in the

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, contributing 25 goals to St. Gallen's title-winning season. At St. Gallen he also memorably scored one of the goals and provided an assist as they overturned a 1–0 first-leg deficit to win 2–0 in the second leg and eliminate

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side Chelsea from the

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. Following Amoah's successes at St. Gallen,

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club

paid a transfer fee of 6.5 million

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s (about €4.3 million) to sign him. He earned 15 caps for the Ghana national team between 1999 and 2003, scoring 10 goals.

References

1975 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Ghana men's international footballers Ghana Premier League top scorers Ghana Premier League players Swiss Super League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Okwawu United S.C. players FC Winterthur players FC Frauenfeld players FC Wil players FC St. Gallen players SK Sturm Graz players FC Red Bull Salzburg players LASK players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria {{Ghana-footy-forward-stub