Tyrese Asante

Tyrese Asante
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-04-09) 9 April 2002
Place of birth The Hague, Netherlands
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Number 6
Youth career
–2013 Feyenoord
2013–2018 Sparta Rotterdam
2018–2020 HV & CV Quick
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 HV & CV Quick 5 (0)
2021–2024 ADO Den Haag 89 (3)
2024– Maccabi Tel Aviv 59 (3)
International career‡
2023– Netherlands U21 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 05:44, 27 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 March 2025

Tyrese Asante (born 9 April 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays a centre-back for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Career

Asante left HV & CV Quick for city rivals ADO Den Haag in the summer of 2021.[1] He made his ADO debut on 8 August 2021, in a 2–0 home win against Jong Ajax. Primarily a right back, Asante can also play centre back and got some minutes for ADO Den Haag in midfield during the 2021–22 season.[2] Ahead of the 2022–23 season Asante was given the number 2 shirt number,[3] and a new contract until 2025.[4] On 29 September 2022 Asante scored his first professional goal as his team lost 3–1 at home to Jong PSV in the Eerste Divisie.[5]

Maccabi Tel Aviv

On 8 July 2024 signed for 3 years to the Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv.[6] Asante scored his debut goal on 31 August 2024 in a 5–1 win over TSC Bačka Topola in the second play-off match of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League qualifiers.

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Asante is of Ghanaian descent.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
HV & CV Quick 2020–21 Derde Divisie 5010——60
ADO Den Haag 2021–22 Eerste Divisie 29010——300
2022–23 Eerste Divisie 34320——363
2023–24 Eerste Divisie 26010—4[a]0310
Total 89340—40973
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2024–25 Israeli Premier League 90007110181
Total 90007110181
Career total 10335071501214
  1. ↑ Appearances in Eredivisie promotion/relegation play-offs

References

  1. ↑ "'ADO-jonkie' Asante maakt indruk in de Kuip: 'Lekker spelertje'". www.omroepwest.nl. 5 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Voorbeschouwing op Jong AZ – ADO Den Haag met Tyrese Asante". ADO Den Haag.
  3. ↑ "ADO Den Haag maakt rugnummers voor komend seizoen bekend". 31 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Contract Tyrese Asante opengebroken en verlengd tot 2025". ADO Den Haag.
  5. ↑ "Dirk Kuyt snapt dat er om zijn vertrek geroepen wordt na nieuwe dreun ADO: 'Maar leuk is anders'". De Gelderlander.
  6. ↑ Amir, Raz (8 July 2024). "רשמית: טייריס אסאנטה חתם במכבי תל אביב" (in Hebrew). ONE. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Exclusive: Ghanaian defender Tyrese Asante extends ADO Den Haag stay | SportsWorldGhana.com Exclusive: Ghanaian defender Tyrese Asante extends ADO Den Haag stay". 23 June 2022.