Cliff Akurang

{{short description|Ghanaian footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Cliff Akurang

| image =

| fullname = Cliff Danquah Akurang{{cite web |title=List of players under written contract registered between 01/06/2014 and 30/06/2014 |url=http://www.thefa.com/~/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/registrations/june-2014.ashx |publisher=The Football Association |format=PDF |page=1 |accessdate=7 October 2017}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|2|27|df=y}}{{cite web |title=Cliff Akurang |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/cliff-akurang-20841/ |work=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |accessdate=2 July 2017}}

| birth_place = Accra, Ghana

| height = {{height|m=1.88}}

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Senrab

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Chelsea

| youthyears3 =

| youthclubs3 = Luton Town

| years1 = 1999–2000

| years2 = 2000–2001

| years3 = 2001–2005

| years4 = 2004–2006

| years5 = 2005–2006

| years6 = 2006–2007

| years7 = 2007

| years8 = 2007–2008

| years9 = 2008–2010

| years10 = 2009

| years11 = 2009–2010

| years12 = 2010

| years13 = 2010–2011

| years14 = 2011

| years15 = 2011–2012

| years16 = 2012

| years17 = 2012–2013

| years18 = 2013

| years19 = 2013–2014

| years20 = 2014

| years21 = 2014

| years22 = 2014

| years23 = 2015–2016

| years24 = 2016

| years25 = 2016

| years26 = 2016–2017

| years27 = 2017–2022

| years28 = 2023

| clubs1 = Chesham United

| clubs2 = Hitchin Town

| clubs3 = Thurrock

| clubs4 = Heybridge Swifts

| clubs5 = → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan)

| clubs6 = Dagenham & Redbridge

| clubs7 = → Thurrock (loan)

| clubs8 = Histon

| clubs9 = Barnet

| clubs10 = → Weymouth (loan)

| clubs11 = → Rushden & Diamonds (loan)

| clubs12 = Thurrock

| clubs13 = Maidenhead United

| clubs14 = Braintree Town

| clubs15 = Chelmsford City

| clubs16 = Bishop's Stortford

| clubs17 = Boreham Wood

| clubs18 = → Canvey Island (dual registration)

| clubs19 = Bishop's Stortford

| clubs20 = Leiston

| clubs21 = Hayes & Yeading United

| clubs22 = Maldon & Tiptree

| clubs23 = Billericay Town

| clubs24 = Canvey Island

| clubs25 = Coggeshall Town

| clubs26 = Bishop's Stortford

| clubs27 = Coggeshall United

| clubs28 = The Rodings

| caps1 = 2

| goals1 = 1

| caps2 = 25

| goals2 = 7

| caps3 = 104

| goals3 = 38

| caps4 = 45

| goals4 = 31

| caps5 = 3

| goals5 = 1

| caps6 = 42

| goals6 = 7

| caps7 = 17

| goals7 = 10

| caps8 = 19

| goals8 = 10

| caps9 = 45

| goals9 = 10

| caps10 = 8

| goals10 = 2

| caps11 = 35

| goals11 = 8

| caps12 = 12

| goals12 = 7

| caps13 = 12

| goals13 = 3

| caps14 = 14

| goals14 = 7

| caps15 = 33

| goals15 = 10

| caps16 = 2

| goals16 = 1

| caps17 = 32

| goals17 = 4

| caps18 = 2

| goals18 = 0

| caps19 = 31

| goals19 = 11

| caps20 = 8

| goals20 = 0

| caps21 = 1

| goals21 = 0

| caps22 = 9

| goals22 = 7

| caps23 = 0

| goals23 = 0

| caps24 = 12

| goals24 = 5

| caps26 = 0

| goals26 = 0

| caps27 = 25

| goals27 = 4

| caps28 = 1

| goals28 = 1

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 =

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| manageryears1 = 2014–2015 | managerclubs1 = Heybridge Swifts

| manageryears2 = 2017–2022 | managerclubs2 = Coggeshall United

| manageryears3 = 2022 | managerclubs3 = Coggeshall Town

| club-update = 04:18, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

| ntupdate =

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Cliff Danquah Akurang (born 27 February 1981) is a former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Barnet.

Early life

Akurang was born in Accra.

Career

After prolific spells at Heybridge Swifts and Thurrock, he joined Dagenham & Redbridge and then Histon. He found his form during at Bridge Road, scoring several goals in the first half of the 2007–08 season{{snd}} including a hat-trick against Torquay United. His performances attracted the attention of Barnet, who signed him in January 2008. However, he struggled for form at Underhill and, in March 2009, he joined Weymouth on loan. In the summer of 2009, he joined Rushden & Diamonds on a season long loan. Akurang was released by Barnet at the end of the 2009–10 season and rejoined Thurrock on a one-year contract, leaving on 1 November 2010. He moved on to Maidenhead in November 2010 and Braintree Town on his thirtieth birthday, 27 February 2011. On 12 September 2015, it was announced that Akurang had joined Billericay Townhttp://www.billericaytownfc.co.uk/news/2597-friday-night-preview-6{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} but moved to local rivals Canvey Island in February 2016. Akurang finished the 2017–18 Essex & Suffolk Border League season with Coggeshall United, scoring four goals in 12 league appearances.{{cite web|title=Cliff Akurang|url=http://fulltime-league.thefa.com/DisplayStatsForPlayer.do?selectedStatisticDisplayMode=3&selectedOrgStatRecordingTypeID_ForSort=&teamID=|accessdate=11 August 2018|publisher=FA Full-Time}} In September 2023, Akurang made an appearance for Essex and Suffolk Border League side The Rodings.{{cite web|title=Cliff Akurang Player Stats|url=https://fulltime.thefa.com/statsForPlayer.html?selectedSeasonID=401713212&personID=922814044&selectedStatisticDisplayMode=3&selectedOrgStatRecordingTypeID_ForSort=|accessdate=23 January 2024|publisher=FA Full-Time}}

Managerial career

In December 2014, Akurang was appointed manager of Heybridge Swifts, following the departure of previous manager Keith Hill.{{cite news|title=BREAKING NEWS: AKURANG IS OUR MAN|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/heybridgeswifts/news/breaking-news-akurang-is-our-man-1345392.html|accessdate=13 September 2015|publisher=Heybridge Swifts F.C.}} He left Heybridge Swifts being sacked on 8 September 2015.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} In the summer of 2017, Akurang became player-manager of newly founded Coggeshall United.{{cite news|title=16/08/2017 – REPORT – Coggeshall United FC versus Weeley Athletic FC|url=http://esblfootball.com/16082017-report-coggeshall-united-fc-versus-weeley-athletic-fc/|date=16 August 2017|accessdate=29 March 2018|publisher=Essex & Suffolk Border Football League}} Later in the season he also became chairman.{{cite web |url=http://www.coggeshallunitedfc.co.uk/ |title=Welcome to Coggeshall United FC |publisher=Coggeshall United Football Club |date=18 December 2017 |accessdate=25 June 2018 }} He was appointed manager of Coggeshall Town in May 2022, but left the club in October the same year.

Honours

Dagenham & Redbridge

References

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