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 Inkoom withDnipro in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Inkoom[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-06-01)1 June 1989 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Junior Juventus Academy | ||
| 2000–2007 | Windy Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Sekondi Hasaacas | ||
| 2008–2009 | Asante Kotoko | 26 | (7) |
| 2009–2011 | Basel | 43 | (1) |
| 2011–2014 | Dnipro | 27 | (0) |
| 2013 | →Bastia (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2014 | →Platanias (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2014 | D.C. United | 2 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Boavista | 8 | (0) |
| 2016 | Antalyaspor | 15 | (0) |
| 2017 | Vereya | 12 | (0) |
| 2019 | Dunav Ruse | 18 | (0) |
| 2020 | Samtredia | 14 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 25 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Accra Hearts of Oak | 28 | (2) |
| Total | 237 | (11) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009 | Ghana U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2008–2015 | Ghana | 44 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 March 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 June 2015 | |||
Samuel Inkoom (born 1 June 1989) is a Ghanaian former professionalfootballer who plays as adefender.[2] Between 2008 and 2014, he made 44 appearances scoring 1 goal for theGhana national team. He has played in teams based in 9 different countries, namely Switzerland, Ukraine, France, Greece, United States of America, Portugal, Turkey, Bulgaria and latest in Georgia.
Inkoom began his career withSekondi Hasaacas in his nativeGhana.[3] He later moved toAsante Kotoko SC in Ghana.
On 26 April 2009, it was announced that Inkoom moved for an undisclosed fee from Asante Kotoko toFC Basel in theSwiss Super League on a three-year contract.[4][5] He joined Basel's first team during their2009–10 season under head coachThorsten Fink. After playing in three test games, Inkoom played hisdomestic league debut for the club in the away game in theKybunpark on 12 July 2009 as Basel were defeated 0–2 bySt. Gallen.[6] At the end of the 2009–10 season he won theDouble with his club. They won theLeague Championship title with 3 points advantage over second placedYoung Boys.[7] The team won theSwiss Cup, winning the final 6–0 againstLausanne-Sport.[8]
Inkoom scored his first league goal for Basel on 25 September 2010 in the away game in theLetzigrund as his team won 4–1 against rivalsZürich.[9] In the2010–11 Champions League group stage away game on 19 October 2010 Inkoom scored a goal for his team as Basel won 3–1 againstRoma.[10] On 24 January 2011 left the club.[11] During his 18 months with the club, Inkoom played a total of 74 games for Basel scoring just those two goals. 42 of these games were in theSwiss Super League, three in theSwiss Cup, 19 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and nine were friendly games.[12]
Inkoom moved toFC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk of theUkrainian Premier League. On 30 October 2011, in a league game againstFC Karpaty Lviv, Inkoom received a yellow card for taking his shirt off while leaving the pitch to be substituted byYevhen Shakhov. This was Inkoom's second yellow card of the game and he received a red card and Shakhov could not come on.[13] His side were able to hold out for the 2–0 away win though.[14]
In February 2013 Inkoom moved toBastia of the FrenchLigue 1 for the rest of the 2013–14 season.[15] The following season Inkoom again moved on six-month loan, this time to Greek sidePlatanias in January 2014.[16]
In September 2014, Inkoom signed withD.C. United ofMajor League Soccer on a free transfer. Personal terms were not disclosed.[17]
On 8 December 2014, Inkoom was traded toHouston Dynamo along withJoe Willis, in exchange forAndrew Driver and a fourth-round2016 MLS SuperDraft pick. However, he did not sign with the club.[18]
On 11 June 2015, Inkoom joinedBoavista of the PortuguesePrimeira Liga on a three-year deal.[19]
On 6 January 2016, Inkoom signed a contract with Turkish-sideAntalyaspor.[20]
On 24 February 2017, Inkoom joined Bulgarian clubFC Vereya.[21] He made his debut for the team in match againstLudogorets Razgrad for theBulgarian First League on 26 February 2017.[22] He left the team in June when his contract expired.[23] On 23 June 2017, theBulgarian Football Union banned Inkoom for one year following a legal notice fromFIFA that he had caused damages to a real estate worth 65 316 USD while he was playing forD.C. United.[24][25]
Inkoom is a former member of theGhana national under-20 football team, the Black Satellites. He played with the team at2009 African Youth Championship in Rwanda.[26] The team emerged the winner at that tournament,[27] he was part of the satellite side that beat Brazil in a penalty shoot out to annex the cup for Africa and Ghana for the first time in the under 20 tournament in 2009. Inkoom played his first game for the senior side, theBlack Stars, on 20 November 2008 againstTunisia.[28]
He received his first start for Ghana in the World Cup qualifier against Benin on 28 March, which Ghana won 1–0. Inkoom used to be a member of theGhana national under-17 football team, the Black Starlets.[29] He was in the extended squad for the2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Peru.[30] He was part of Ghana's2015 Africa Cup of Nations campaign,[31] helping them reach the final, where they lost in apenalty shootout against theIvory Coast.
In April 2015, it was revealed that Inkoom was sued by the landlord of the property he rented in the United States whilst playing withD.C. United for destroying the property and not paying rent.[32]
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