Razak Pimpong (born 30 December 1982) is a Ghanaian former professional

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who played as a striker and

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for

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and other clubs. He was very versatile and could also play wide either as a right sided

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Club career

Pimpong was brought from Ghana to Denmark by

, and made his debut for the team in 2000. He played more than 100 times for FCM, scoring 25 league goals for the club. In July 2005, he agreed a move to league rivals F.C. København from January 2006. Pimpong did not find initial success at FCK. His first, and only goal, for FCK came in April 2006, when he scored the deciding goal of the

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. He came on in the 69th minute and scored the only goal of the game in the 89th minute before he was

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for overtly celebrating his goal. In 2007, Pimpong was transferred to Norwegian

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club

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for a sum reported to be around 4 million

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. He signed a contract keeping him at the club until 2010. In February 2009, Egyptian side

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signed Pimpong from Viking FK. A few months later, on 27 July 2009, he signed for Danish club

. On 24 June 2013, he announced his retirement from professional football, but a month later he regretted his decision and made a six-month deal with the

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club

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International career

Pimpong was part of the Ghanaian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, having finished in third place in group B. He was called up for the Ghanaian squad for the

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. He has played nine games for the Ghana national team, and represented Ghana at the 2004 Summer Olympic football tournament as well as the 2006 World Cup in Germany.FIFA.com - FIFA Spielerstatistik Razak PIMPONG
on www.de.fifa.com

Honours and awards

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runner-up: 2001 *

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: 2005–06

References

External links

F.C. København statistics

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