Prosper Ahiabu

Prosper Ahiabu
Personal information
Full name Prosper Ahiabu Deyegbe
Date of birth (1999-05-10) 10 May 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Ghana
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 VPS
Number 21
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 WAFA 39 (1)
2020–2021 Liberty Professionals 17 (0)
2021 AS Soliman 4 (0)
2022– VPS 83 (2)
International career
2019 Ghana U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2024

Prosper Ahiabu Deyegbe (born 10 May 1999) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Finnish Veikkausliiga club VPS.

Career

Ahiabu started his career in his native Ghana with West African Football Academy (WAFA) in January 2018.[1][2] He later joined a fellow Ghana Premier League club Liberty Professionals in February 2021.[2]

After a short stint in Tunisia with AS Soliman,[3] Ahiabu signed with Vaasan Palloseura (VPS) in Finland on 31 March 2022.[4] His contract with VPS was extended on 4 April 2023, on a deal until the end of 2024 with an option for a further year.[5] In the 2023 season, Ahiabu contributed in 27 Veikkausliiga appearances scoring two goals, as VPS finished 3rd in the league and qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League qualifiers. On 15 April 2024, his deal was extended until the end of 2025.[6][7] On 11 July, Ahiabu scored a goal for VPS, in a Conference League qualifying loss against Žalgiris.[8]

International career

Ahiabu has made three appearances for the Ghana U20 national team in 2019.

Career statistics

As of 23 October 2024[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League Cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
WAFA 2018 Ghana Premier League 14 0 — — — 14 0
2019 Ghana Premier League 13 1 — — — 13 1
2019–20 Ghana Premier League 12 0 — — — 12 0
Total 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 1
Liberty Professionals 2020–21 Ghana Premier League 17 0 — — — 17 0
AS Soliman 2021–22 Tunisian Ligue 1 4 0 — — — 4 0
VPS 2022 Veikkausliiga 30 0 4 0 0 0 — 34 0
2023 Veikkausliiga 27 2 2 0 5 0 — 34 2
2024 Veikkausliiga 26 0 1 1 5 0 2[c] 1 34 2
Total 83 2 7 1 10 0 2 1 102 4
Career total 143 3 7 1 10 0 2 1 162 5
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ Includes UEFA Conference League

References

  1. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Ghana youth midfielder Prosper Ahiabu leaves WAFA after two years". GhanaSoccernet. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Former WAFA kingpin Prosper Ahiabu joins Liberty Professionals - Kickgh.com". www.kickgh.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  3. ^ EXCLUSIVE: Ghana U23 midfielder Prosper Ahiabu completes move to AS Soliman in Tunisia, ghanasoccernet.com, 24 August 2021
  4. ^ "Prosper Ahiabu Vepsuun!" (Press release) (in Finnish). VPS. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  5. ^ VPS ja Prosper Ahiabu jatkoivat sopimustaan, Veikkausliiga, 4 April 2023
  6. ^ Prosper Ahiabu sekä Antonio Almén jatkavat Vepsussa!, vepsu.fi, 15 April 2024
  7. ^ Tässä on pelaaja, joka tuottaa VPS:lle jännitystä lähes aina, kun siirtoikkuna aukeaa – "Kaverilla ei juuri ilme värähtänyt", Ilkka-Pohjalainen, 20 May 2024
  8. ^ VPS 1 2 Žalgiris, BBC, 11 July 2024
  9. ^ Global Sports Archive