Isaac Asante
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 August 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Mechelen | ||
Number | 39 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2018 | Lokeren U17 | ||
2018–2019 | Lokeren Reserves | ||
2019–2020 | OH Leuven | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2023 | OH Leuven | 5 | (0) |
2022–2023 | OH Leuven U23 | 16 | (1) |
2023– | Jong KV Mechelen | 18 | (2) |
2023– | Mechelen | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 August 2024 |
Isaac Asante (born 21 August 2002) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Belgian Pro League club KV Mechelen and their reserve squad Jong Mechelen.[1]
Club career
[edit]Asante made his professional debut for OH Leuven on 15 August 2020 in a 1–1 draw against Genk.[2] In July 2022, Asante was sent to the OH Leuven under-23 side in the Belgian third tier for the season.[3] He scored his first goal for the under-23 in a 1–1 match against KSK Heist on 10 September.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Born in Accra, Ghana, Asante moved to Belgium with his family at a young age.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 18 December 2022 [6]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
OH Leuven | 2020–21 | Belgian First Division A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
OH Leuven U23 | 2022–23 | Belgian National Division 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||
Career total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ Isaac Asante at Soccerway
- ^ "Isaac Asante of OH Leuven during the Jupiler Pro League match between KRC Genk and OH Leuven at the Luminus Arena on August 15, 2020 in Genk, Belgium". gettyimages.com. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Ghanaian midfielder Isaac Asante set for OH Leuven exit". Sports World Ghana. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "U23: 1-1-GELIJKSPEL OP HET VELD VAN KSK HEIST" (in Dutch). OH Leuven. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Exclusive: Isaac Asante promoted to OH Leuven senior team". sportsworldghana.com. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Isaac Asante". footballdatabase.
External links
[edit]- Isaac Asante at Soccerway
Categories:
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Accra
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Belgian men's footballers
- Ghanaian emigrants to Belgium
- Belgian people of Ghanaian descent
- Black Belgian sportspeople
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen
- Men's association football midfielders
- Oud-Heverlee Leuven players
- K.V. Mechelen players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Challenger Pro League players
- 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen
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