 Inkoom with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Inkoom | ||
| Date of birth | 1 June 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back Centre-back[1] | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Dnipro | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Junior Juventus Academy | ||
| 2000–2007 | Windy Professionals Football Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2008 | Sekondi Hasaacas | ? | (?) |
| 2008–2009 | Asante Kotoko | ? | (?) |
| 2009–2011 | Basel | 43 | (1) |
| 2011– | Dnipro | 27 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Bastia (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009 | Ghana U-20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2008– | Ghana | 40 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 Juny 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 February 2012 | |||
Samuel Inkoom (born 1 June 1989 in Sekondi-Takoradi) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who plays as a defender for the Ghana national team and currently is a free agent.
Career
Club
Inkoom began his career with Sekondi Hasaacas.[2] On 26 April 2009 he moved for an undisclosed fee[3] from Asante Kotoko to FC Basel in theSwiss Super League[4] on a three-year contract.[5] He made his Basel debut in a 2–0 defeat to FC St. Gallen on 12 July 2009, at the AFG Arena.[6] He was a member of their double trophy winning team in 2010. On 23 January 2011 he moved to FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. On 30 October 2011 in a league game against FC Karpaty Lviv, Inkoom received a yellow card for taking his shirt off while leaving the pitch to be substituted by Yevhen Shakhov. This was Inkoom's second yellow card of the game and he received a red card and Shakhov could not come on.[7] His side were able to hold out for the 2–0 away win though.[8]
International
The right defender is a former member of the Black Satellites. He played with the team at 2009 African Youth Championship in Rwanda.[9] The team emerged the winner at that tournament[10] Inkoom played his first game for the senior side, the Black Stars, on 20 November 2008 against Tunisia.[11] He received his first start for Ghana in the World Cup qualifier against Benin on 28 March, which Ghana won 1–0. Inkoom, formerly, was a member of the Black Starlets.[12] He was in the extended squad for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Peru.[13] He was not nominated for the tournament squad. After that competition, Inkoom aided Ghana in winning the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup by holding Brazil to a 0–0 score over 120 minutes, and then, when the game went to a penalty shootout, took the second spot-kick for Ghana and scored, giving Ghana the victory.
Inkoom made his World Cup debut on 26 June 2010, starting on the right wing against the United States in a Last-16 knockout game, which Ghana won 2–1 in extra time.
