Amankwah Forson

Amankwah Forson
Forson in 2021
Personal information
Full name Amankwah Forson[1]
Date of birth (2002-12-31) 31 December 2002
Place of birth Accra, Ghana[2]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Norwich City
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 WAFA 16 (1)
2021–2024 Red Bull Salzburg 35 (2)
2021–2022 → FC Liefering (loan) 29 (6)
2022–2023 → Rheindorf Altach (loan) 16 (1)
2024– Norwich City 40 (4)
International career‡
2024– Ghana 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:49, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:57, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Amankwah Forson (born 31 December 2002) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Norwich City and the Ghana national team.

Club career

Forson began his career with WAFA.[4][5] He made his professional debut in a 2019–20 Ghana Premier League fixture against Karela United on 12 December 2019.[6][7] He was adjudged man of the match in a 4–3 win match against King Faisal on 15 November 2020 [8]

In February 2021, he joined Austrian Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg and went on loan to FC Liefering.

On 27 June 2022, Forson was sent on a one-season loan to Austrian Bundesliga club Rheindorf Altach.[9]

On 9 August 2024, Forson joined Championship club Norwich City for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year deal.[10]

International career

On 22 March 2024, Forson made his senior international debut for Ghana, featuring in a friendly against Nigeria.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 May 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
WAFA 2019–20 Ghana Premier League 101————101
2020–21 Ghana Premier League 60————60
Total 161————161
Red Bull Salzburg 2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 1000—00—10
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 12000—00—120
2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 22220—4[c]0—282
Total 35220—40—412
FC Liefering (loan) 2020–21 2. Liga 103————103
2021–22 2. Liga 193————193
Total 296————296
Rheindorf Altach (loan) 2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 17122———193
Norwich City 2024–25 EFL Championship 2121020——242
2025–26[12] EFL Championship 1921000——202
Total 4042020——444
Career total 137146220400014916
  1. ↑ Includes Austrian Cup, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

FC Liefering

References

  1. ↑ "EFL Professional Retain List 2025/26". efl.com. 15 June 2026. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Amankwah Forson » Profile". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "F. Amankwah: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "WAFA SC announce squad and jersey numbers for 2019/20 season- Abukari Ibrahim named captain". GhanaSoccernet. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Wafa announce 26 man squad list for 2019/2020 Ghana Premier League season". www.ghanaweb.com. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "Contrasting results for Hearts of Oak & Asante Kotoko as Ghana Premier League returns". www.goal.com. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "2019/20 GPL: Amankwah fires WAFA to hard-fought win over Karela". Footy-GHANA.com. 29 December 2019. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "2020/21 Ghana Premier League: WAFA kid Forson Amankwah named Man of the Match in King Faisal clash". GhanaSoccernet. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Forson bringt Offensiv-Power nach Altach". SC Rheindorf Altach (in Austrian German). 27 June 2022. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "Norwich sign RB Salzburg midfielder Forson". BBC. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Nigeria vs. Ghana 2 - 1". soccerway.com. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Amankwah Forson". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
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