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Asamoah Gyan (right) being congratulated by a teammate after his goal
Asamoah Gyan (right) being congratulated by a teammate after his goal

A brace for Otoo as Ghanaians step up game abroad

Former Accra Hearts of Oak striker, Mahatma Otoo, scored a brace for Balikesirspor when they thrashed Adanaspor AS4-1 in the Turkish second-tier league last Saturday.

Black Stars skipper, Asamoah Gyan, last Monday scored a last-minute header that earned his side, Kayserispor, a deserved 3-3 stalemate with giants Fernabache in the Turkish Super Liga.

In the English Premiership, Andre Dede Ayew was on the scoresheet for West Ham United when they drew 2-2 away at Crystal Palace.

After weeks of absence, the Graphic Sports returns with how the various Ghanaian players fared abroad playing for their respective clubs.

England

Dutch-born Ghanaian, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, was in action for Crystal Palace as they were held 2-2 at home by West Ham United in the Premiership.

Jordan Ayew started for Swansea City as they lost 1-2 to Arsenal, Christian Atsu played every minute of Newcastle United's 0-1 loss to Burnley and Daniel Amartey couldn't make Leicester City's team that defeated Everton 2-0 at home.

In the Championship, Andy Yiadom enjoyed entire minutes for Barnsley as they drew 1-1 with Sheffield Wednesday with Albert Adomah featuring for Aston Villa as they earned a goalless stalemate against Birmingham City.

Spain

Thomas Partey played full throttle for Atletico Madrid as they were held 1-1 by Villareal in the La Liga while a Spanish-born of Ghanaian descent, Inaki Williams, played in Athletic Bilbao's 2-0 defeat to Barcelona.

Emmanuel Boateng came on as a substitute for Levante when they drew 2-2 with Eibar and Mubarak Wakaso enjoyed the entire game for Alaves in a 1-2 loss to Valencia.

Italy

Kwadwo Asamoah assisted Gonzalo Higuain's second goal as they beat AC Milan 2-0 away from home while Godfred Donsah came on as a substitute for Bologna as they were beaten 1-0 by AS Roma.

Afriyie Acquah played in Torino's 2-1 win over Cagliari and Bright Gyamfi was an unused substitute for Benevento in their 5-1 defeat to Lazio Roma.

Germany

Daniel Opare was instrumental for Augsburg as they beat SV Werder Bremen 3-0 away from home in the Bundesliga while Kevin Prince Boateng playing the entire minutes in Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 stalemate with FSV Mainz 05.

Ebenezer Ofori was an unused substitute in VfB Stuttgart’s 3-0 victory over SC Freiburg and Kwasi Okyere Wriedt made the substitute bench for Bayern Munich when they defeated Leipzig 2-0.

Denmark & Austria

Samuel Tetteh opened his scoring account in Liefering’s lone goal victory over Wacker Innsbruck in the Austrian second-tier league, while Denmark Ernest Asante was on target for Nordsjaelland as they beat Aarhus 4-1 in the Danish top flight, with Nana Welbeck an unused sub in Odense’s 2-0 win over Aabolg.

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