Simon Appiah Asamoah (born 1 June 2002) is a

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Club career

Asamoah started his senior career with

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in 2018. On 25 March 2018, He made his debut at the age of 16 starting a league match and playing 65 minutes of a 3–1 loss to

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. He further went on and played 7 league matches before the league was cancelled due to the Anas Number 12 Expose. In the 2019 season and 2019–20 season he played 2 matches and 13 matches respectively. The latter was however truncated in July 2020 due to the

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. Asamoah played his first match of the 2020–21 season during the opening day match on 16 November 2020 coming on in the 70th minute for Razak Boame. On 13 December 2020 he scored his debut Ghana Premier League goal by scoring a

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in a 2–0 victory over Accra Great Olympics, to help Liberty to their first league victory of the season after five matches. The goals were scored in either half of the game and were both assisted by Abraham Wayo. On 10 April 2021, he scored Liberty Professionals second goal by scoring via an assist from Prosper Ahiabu in their 4–0 victory over Elmina Sharks. on 27 June 2021, Asamoah scored a goal to help Liberty to a 2–0 victory over International Allies. The victory raised their hope of escaping the relegation. Unfortunately they were later relegated on the final day of the season. He ended the season with 5 goals in 32 league matches.

International career

In 2018, Asamoah capped for the Ghana U17 national team during the 2018 WAFU Zone B U17 tournament which served as the qualifiers for the

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. The team finished as runners-up to Nigeria after losing through penalty shutout in the

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* Living people 2002 births Men's association football midfielders Ghanaian men's footballers Liberty Professionals F.C. players Mjøndalen IF Fotball players Ghana Premier League players Norwegian First Division players Ghanaian expatriate footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers {{Ghana-footy-midfielder-stub