Bright Amoateng
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Bright Amoateng
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|11|22|df=y}}
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|position = Forward
|currentclub = Nkoranza Warriors SC
|clubnumber =
|youthyears1 = –2019
|youthclubs1 = Liverpool
|youthyears2 = 2019
|youthclubs2 = Bury
|youthyears3 = 2020–2022
|youthclubs3 = Bolton Wanderers
|years1 = 2020–2022
|clubs1 = Bolton Wanderers
|caps1 = 1
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2023–
|clubs2 = Nkoranza Warriors SC
|caps2 = 12
|goals2 = 3
|club-update = 22 February 2023 (UTC)
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Bright Amoateng is an English professional footballer who plays for Ghanaian team Nkoranza Warriors SC.
Career
Amoateng began his career as an academy player for Liverpool.[https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/new-liverpool-under-18s-boss-15041632 Liverpool Echo: "New Liverpool Under-18s boss reveals all - including following in Steven Gerrard's footsteps and next potential big Academy stars"] By 2019 he had moved to Bury's academy.[https://www.buryfc.co.uk/news/2019/february/match-report-for-preston-north-end-u18-vs-bury-u18-on-08-feb-19/ Buryfc.co.uk "Match Report: Preston North End 0-2 Bury"] Due to Bury's expulsion from the Football League on 27 August, he was one of 140 youth players that were released.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49514852|title=Bury: Academy manager says releasing young players has been 'heart-breaking'|date=29 August 2019|via=www.bbc.co.uk}} He played for Bolton's U23 during March 2020Bolton Wanderers (@OfficialBWFC). [https://twitter.com/OfficialBWFC/status/1236995377116651521 "Here is our U23s side taking on @NFFCAcademy this afternoon: Hutchinson, Whalley, Ahmadi, Senior (C), Osigwe, Graham, King-Harmes, White, Amoateng, Riley, Lockett. Subs: Colvin, Richards, Edmondson, Assarsson. Kick-off 1pm at the Eddie Davies Training Ground. #BWFC ElephantEuropean castle"] March 9, 2020, 12:40 AM. Tweet. and was signed as a first year scholar on 4 September[https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2020/september/wanderers-academy-confirms-scholar-intake/ BWFC.co.uk: Wanderers Academy confirms scholar intake"] after a successful trial with the first team during pre-season for the 2020–21 season.[https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/18697320.ex-liverpool-striker-one-10-new-scholars-added-bolton-wanderers/ The Bolton News: "Ex-Liverpool striker one of 10 new scholars added at Bolton Wanderers"] He made his competitive debut on 12 September, coming on as a late substitute for Reiss Greenidge in a 0–1 home defeat against Forest Green Rovers in Bolton's first EFL League Two match of the 2020–21 season.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54038208 BBC sport: "Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Forest Green Rovers"] He was released in January 2022.[https://web.archive.org/web/20220108164715/https://www.bwfc.co.uk/teams/first-team/ Bolton Wanderers First Team Squad (8 January 2022)][https://web.archive.org/web/20220108164715/https://www.bwfc.co.uk/teams/first-team/ Bolton Wanderers First Team Squad (26 January 2022)]
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 12 September 2020}}{{Soccerway|bright-amoateng/545141|accessdate=12 September 2020}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Bolton Wanderers
|2020–21{{soccerbase season|133348|2020|accessdate=26 August 2021}} |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021–22{{soccerbase season|133348|2021|accessdate=26 August 2021}}
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|bright-amoateng/545141}}
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Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Black British sportsmen
Category:English Football League players
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Liverpool F.C. players
Category:Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)