Claud Adjapong (born 6 May 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serie C Group B club Ascoli.[2]
 Adjapong with Italy U21 in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 May 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Modena, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ascoli | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2017 | Sassuolo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2022 | Sassuolo | 32 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | → Verona (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Lecce (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | → Reggina (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2022– | Ascoli | 52 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Italy U19 | 11[1] | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Italy U21 | 21 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2020 | |||
Club career
editSassuolo
editAdjapong is a youth exponent from Sassuolo. He made his Serie A debut on 11 March 2016 against Juventus. He replaced Matteo Politano after 89 minutes in a 1–0 away defeat.[3]
Loan to Hellas Verona
editOn 21 August 2019, Adjapong joined Serie A club Verona on loan with an option to buy.[4]
Loan to Reggina
editOn 9 August 2021, he moved to Serie B side Reggina on a season-long loan.[5]
Ascoli
editOn 1 September 2022, Adjapong signed a three-year contract with Ascoli.[6]
International career
editAdjapong was born and raised in Italy to parents of Ghanaian descent. Until he was 18, he only had a Ghanaian passport. He is eligible to play for the Ghana national team.[7][8]
After receiving his passport, on 25 August 2016, he received a call-up from the Italy-U19.[9][10] He made his debut with the Italy-U21 team on 1 September 2017, in a friendly match lost 3–0 against Spain.
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 5 April 2021[2]
| Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sassuolo | 2015–16 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | ||
| Verona (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| Lecce (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 56 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3 | ||
References
edit- ^ "Nazionale in cifre: Adjapong Claud" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ a b Claud Adjapong at Soccerway
- ^ "Juventus vs. Sassuolo - 11 March 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Hellas Verona, prelevato Adjapong dal Sassuolo". Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "CLAUD ADJAPONG È UN CALCIATORE AMARANTO" (in Italian). Reggina. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ "#CALCIOMERCATO: UFFICIALE ADJAPONG DAL SASSUOLO, TRIENNALE PER IL DIFENSORE" (in Italian). Ascoli. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ "Talenti "Primavera": Claud Adjapong". superscommesse.it (in Italian). Super News. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "I neroverdi "scoprono" il sassolese Adjapong". gazzettadimodena.it (in Italian). GEDI Gruppo Editoriale. 13 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Italy squads announced for September fixtures at U-20, U-19 and U-18 level". FIGC. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Claud Adjapong - Under-19". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
