Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1996-11-16) 16 November 1996 (age 28) | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Chaves | ||
Number | 95 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2014 | Charity Stars | ||
2014 | Oeiras | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Oeiras | ||
2015–2018 | Amarante | 73 | (29) |
2018–2019 | Paços de Ferreira | 10 | (4) |
2019–2020 | → Mafra (loan) | 21 | (2) |
2020–2022 | Académico de Viseu | 61 | (14) |
2022–2023 | Central Coast Mariners | 9 | (1) |
2023–2024 | Swift Hesperange | 6 | (1) |
2024 | União de Leiria | 15 | (2) |
2024– | Chaves | 11 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 January 2025 |
Paul Ayongo (born 16 November 1996) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga Portugal 2 club Chaves.
Club career
Ayongo made his professional debut with Paços de Ferreira in a 3–2 Taça da Liga win over Académico de Viseu on 28 July 2018.
In July 2022, Ayongo joined Australian club Central Coast Mariners as a foreign player on a two-year deal. He scored once in 9 appearances, before announcing his departure to the staff and was rumoured to join a Romanian club.
In July 2023, Ayongo joined Luxembourgian club Swift Hesperange and made his debut for them in the first qualifying round of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League against Slovan Bratislava.
On 3 January 2024, Ayongo returned to Portugal, joining Liga Portugal 2 club União de Leiria on a contract until 2025.
References
- "Paços de Ferreira vs. Academico Viseu – 28 July 2018 – Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
- "Ghanaian forward Paul Ayongo delighted to secure Portuguese Liga I promotion with Paços de Ferreira". 28 May 2019.
- "Mariners sign Ghanaian Paul Ayongo". Central Coast Mariners. 3 July 2022.
- Criniti, Dominic (2 February 2023). "Paul Ayongo set to depart Central Coast for European opportunity". 1116 SEN.
- @LuxembourgFooty (12 July 2023). "63' First Swift subs. Newly-signed Paul Ayongo and Torino loanee Lado Akhalaia on the pitch" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "Sl. Bratislava 1 - 1 Swift Hesperange". Diario AS. 12 July 2023.
Substitution, Swift Hesperange. Paul Ayongo replaces Bryan Nouvier.
- "Comunicado: Paul Ayongo assina até 2025" [Announcement: Paul Ayongo signs until 2025] (in European Portuguese). U.D. Leiria. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
External links
- Paul Ayongo at Soccerway
- Paul Ayongo at ZeroZero
G.D. Chaves – current squad | |
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Accra
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- A-League Men players
- Luxembourg National Division players
- AD Oeiras players
- Amarante F.C. players
- F.C. Paços de Ferreira players
- C.D. Mafra players
- Académico de Viseu F.C. players
- Central Coast Mariners FC players
- FC Swift Hesperange players
- U.D. Leiria players
- G.D. Chaves players
- Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg
- 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen