Yaw Amankwah Mireku

Yaw Mireku
Personal information
Full name Yaw Amankwah Mireku
Date of birth (1979-11-25) 25 November 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2007 Hearts of Oak
2007 Viva Kerala
2008 Pure Joy Stars
2009 All Stars F.C.
International career
2001–2005 Ghana 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yaw Amankwah Mireku (born 25 November 1979) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.[1] He was part of the 64 battalion team of Hearts of Oak, they won the 2000 CAF Champions League and 2004 CAF Confederation Cup.[2]

Club career

Born in Accra, Amankwah began his career with Hearts of Oak and was the team captain.[3] After ten years with Hearts of Oak he left to sign with I-League team Viva Kerala on 12 June 2007.[4] In January 2008 he signed a contract with Poly Tank Division One League side Pure Joy Stars. Mireku left Pure Joy Stars after eleven months and signed with Ghana Premier League club All Stars F.C. in December 2008.[5]

International career

Mireku played for the Black Stars 16 games from 2001 to 2005.[6] He played his first game for the Black Stars on 11 March 2001 against Nigeria national football team.[7]

Honours

Club

Hearts of Oak[8]

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Ghana - Y. Mireku - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. ^ "'I will always choose football over any other career' – Amankwah Mireku". GhanaWeb. 4 May 2020. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  3. ^ Hearts suspend 3 players Archived 7 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine on www.thestatesmanonline.com
  4. ^ "Viva Kerala signs three Ghana players". thehindu.com. Kochi: The Hindu. 12 June 2007. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  5. ^ Wa All Stars *Registered Players* Archived 3 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine on www.ghanafa.com
  6. ^ Yaw Amankwa Mireku - Fussballdaten - Die Fußball-Datenbank Archived 3 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine on www.fussballdaten.de
  7. ^ Ghana's World Cup advantage Archived 23 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine on www.news.bbc.co.uk
  8. ^ a b c Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Yaw Amankwa Mireku". www.national-football-teams.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2021.


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