Full name Raphael Dwamena Playing position Weight 81 kg | Number 11 Height 1.84 m | |
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Date of birth (1995-09-12) 12 September 1995 (age 21) Similar Samuel Tetteh, Bernard Tekpetey, Ebenezer Ofori, Joseph Larweh Attamah, Ebenezer Assifuah | ||
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Raphael Dwamena (born 12 September 1995) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss club FC Zürich.
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Early years
Born in Nkawkaw, Dwamena played and trained with the Red Bull Ghana developmental program. At the International Tournament in Croix, France in 2013, Dwamena helped the RB Ghana U17 team to a silver medal performance, and was named the tournament's Best Player. Before returning to Ghana, Dwamena and his teammate, David Atanga, first traveled to Austria for a one-week trial with FC Red Bull Salzburg.
Dwamena joined the Salzburg youth team in January 2014, and immediately made an impact on the U18 squad. In one tournament in June, he racked up seven goals in four games. Although Salzburg finished in third, he won the Golden Shoe.
Professional career
In July 2014, Dwamena was promoted to FC Liefering, the Salzburg farm team playing in the Austrian Football First League. He made his professional debut on 18 July, where in the 82nd minute of a 3-0 win over Hartberg, Dwamena was substituted in for Nikola Dovedan. He was one of six Liefering players making their professional debuts that day. He played in one more game that season.
During the 2015–16 season, Dwamena made his first start for Liefering on 21 August against Wiener Neustadt. He played the 90 minutes in place of Smail Prevljak. On 18 September, in his fifth straight start, Dwamena scored his first professional goal. He scored from outside the box off a cross from Hwang Hee-chan in the 73' of a 4-1 win over Austria Klagenfurt.
After a phenomenal half-season with Austria Lustenau, scoring 18 goals in 20 games, he was signed by FC Zürich on 27 January 2017.