Evans Frimpong (born August 8, 1989) is a Ghanaian former professional

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who is currently an assistant coach with

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club Swan City SC.

Career

Youth

Frimpong began his youth career playing for Liberty Babies FC alongside

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, Rabiu Mohammed, Abdul Aziz Tetteh of

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and Daniel Agyei. He captained the team at the 2008

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where they were runners up, losing to

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in the final. Frimpong also made the shortlist for Ghana's 2007 national U-17 football team .

College and amateur

Frimpong played

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at UTB between 2008 and 2009 before transferring to the

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, where he played between 2010 and 2011. Among the honors Frimpong received in 2011 were second team

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All-American, first team NSCAA All-South Atlantic Region,

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(National Player of the Year) final 15 semifinalist, CAA Player of the Year and ECAC All-East first team. He ranked among the CAA leaders in scoring, tallying 29 points on 12 goals and five assists in 2011. Overall, he tallied 15 goals during his two-year college career with the Blue Hens.

Professional

Chicago Fire selected Frimpong in the first round (No. 9 overall) of the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft. However, after a brief stint with the club, he was traded to

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where he completed his pre-season. Frimpong joined

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club

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on May 2, 2012, and played a major role in their successful quest to hoist the

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trophy that same year. He signed a two-year contract to stay with the club until the end of the 2014 season. Frimpong finished his 2013 campaign with six goals and in the 2014 season, he scored three goals including a double against New York Cosmos in a performance which earned him a spot on the North American Soccer League team of the week. In 2015, Frimpong joined the Rowdies' archrivals

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and helped them to the NASL playoffs with brilliant performances in key games, most notably against his former team, the Tampa Bay Rowdies, where he delivered the game winning assist to lead the strikers to capture the 2015 Coastal Cup. After a season with the Strikers, he went to

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for trials but later signed with

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on February 1 for the 2016 season. Frimpong is a versatile player and a clinical finisher when playing in the forward position. His best attributes are speed, aggression, technical dribbling ability and near perfect ball control. Frimpong was released by

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at the end of the 2016 fall season. Frimpong was signed to Al-najma in 2016 and scored 3 goals in 12 matches for the side, playing an instrumental role in keeping them from relegation that season. On October 19, 2017, Frimpong signed for Polish club

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. In 2019, Frimpong joined the newly-professional

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of the

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References

External links

Delaware profile

Tampa Bay profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frimpong, Evans 1989 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football wingers Footballers from Accra Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's soccer players Reading United AC players Tampa Bay Rowdies players Fort Lauderdale Strikers players OKC Energy FC players Detroit City FC players Florida Tropics SC players Chicago Fire FC draft picks Puerto Rico FC players Al-Najma SC (Bahrain) players Jarota Jarocin players United Premier Soccer League players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players National Independent Soccer Association players USL Championship players USL League Two players III liga players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Bahrain Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain Ghanaian football managers Ghanaian expatriate football managers Expatriate soccer coaches in the United States Men's association football player-managers United Premier Soccer League coaches USL League Two coaches 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen