Dominic Adiyiah

Dominic Adiyiah (* 29 November 1989 in Accra ) is a Ghanaian football player. Adiyiah is under contract with AC Milan, but played on loan at Karşıyaka SK.

Career

Association

His career began with Dominic Adiyiah age of ten in the " Feyenoord Academy", which is located in Goma Fetteh, Ghana and was sponsored by the Dutch club Feyenoord Rotterdam. After he spent seven years there, he moved in January 2007 to Heart of Lions, where he celebrated his professional debut in the Ghana Premier League and was elected at the end of the 2007/08 season as the best newcomer of the season and was 13- season hits the second best scorer of the League.

In August 2008 Adiyiah dared to move to Europe, to the Norwegian club Fredrikstad FK for a fee 100000-125000 sterling. For Fredrikstad he denied on August 30 his debut game in the 0-0 draw against Aalesunds FK. During the 2008 season, he came to four league operations, however, not match any documents. His team finished the season as runner-up. In the pre-season 2009, he met two friendly matches, but in the league it was again disappointing. Just as in the 2008 season, he completed only four games and hit a single time. However, he made ​​his UEFA Champions League debut when he played against Lech Poznan from the start in the second leg and was in the 83rd minute replaced by Michael Trulsen.

Having shone in the autumn of 2009 at the Junior World Cup in 2009 as a scorer and best player of the tournament, the Italian top club AC Milan became aware of him. Speculation coalesced, as Fredrikstad reported to have received an offer for Adiyiah in the amount of 500,000 euros from a top European club. This rumor was confirmed by Milan CEO Adriano Galliani, on 1 November, six days later signed a contract Adiyiah at AC Milan after he had passed the medical check. The change was officially completed on January 2, 2010, however Adiyiah was not able to play because he was still at the African Cup. Upon his return a month later, he secured a previously missing work permit in Italy and became finally eligible to play. But in the season 2009/10 he came to no single league use for the " Rossoneri ".

In July 2010 he was awarded for the first round of the Series B team Reggina Calcio. There he completed a total of 13 league bets and scored in the 1-0 home win over U.S. Grosseto his only goal for Reggina in Serie B. He was also successful in the Coppa Italia and took the 4-2 victory after extra time against Frosinone Calcio.

At the end of the loan period, he was still given again in the same month, this time led the trip to Serbia for FK Partizan Belgrade. With Partizan he played along with his team-mate Prince Tagoe. But this hire station was not satisfactory to him, he came in half a year only six league operations and remained without a goal, as Partizan won the league and cup double.

For the 2011/12 season he was loaned to second division Turkish Karşıyaka SK.

National

In 2008 Adiyiah was the first time for the Ghana U-20 national team, the Black Satellites nominated. He gave his debut on 30 March against Niger. As a result, he was part of the squad for the U-20 West Africa Cup of this year. The following year he won the U -20 U-20 African Cup of Nations in Egypt. Also at the Junior World Cup in 2009 his team was very successful. He played seven games, scoring eight goals and won the tournament in the final against Brazil 4-3 on penalties. Through his eight goals he was awarded the Golden Boot as top scorer and the award for best player of the tournament, the Technical Study Group of the FIFA praised its properties as a " powerful, fast, mobile striker, top notch in a confined space, strong in the tackle, top scorer ".

Shortly after the triumph at the U-20 national team, he was nominated on November 3, 2009 for the World Cup qualifying match on November 15 against Mali. However, he got no use in this game a chance. His senior international debut, he completed three days later in a friendly against Angola. In January 2010, he was part of the squad for the African Cup of Nations 2010. Though he was only two brief appearances, but he could recommend in the two games for more international appearances. By more convincing performance, he made ​​it into the squad for the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa. In the 0-1 group game defeat against Germany, he came on in the final minutes for André Ayew. After he did not play in the second round, he was taken shortly before the end of normal playing time for Sulley Muntari into play in the quarterfinals against Uruguay. His header in injury time of the extension was knocked away by Uruguay's striker Luis Suarez with his hand on the goal line, then Suárez was sent off. Asamoah Gyan scored from the penalty spot at the bar and so Ghana eventually lost on penalties 2:4. Also Adiyiah could not convert his penalty kick.

Achievements

  • Fredrikstad FK Runner Tippeligaen 2008
  • Serbian Football Cup 2010/11
  • Ghana U -20 U-20 West Africa Championship 2009
  • Junior World Championship 2009
  • U-20 African Cup of Nations 2009
  • A-team Vice of the African Cup of Nations 2010
  • " Most Exciting Player" of the Ghana Premier League 2007 /08
  • Best player of the Junior World Championship 2009
  • Scorer in the Junior World Championship 2009
  • CAF Best Young Player of the Year 2009
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