Razak Pimpong

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| name = Razak Pimpong

| image = Razak Pimpong.jpg

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| caption = Pimpong in 2008

| fullname = Razak Pimpong{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Ghana |publisher=FIFA |page=13 |date=21 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2019}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|12|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Accra, Ghana

| height = 1.73 m

| position = Striker
Attacking midfielder

| currentclub = Aulum IF (Manager)

| youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Golden Tulip

| youthyears2 = |youthclubs2 = Great Olympics

| years1 = 2000–2006 |clubs1 = Midtjylland |caps1 = 125 |goals1 = 22

| years2 = 2006–2007 |clubs2 = Copenhagen |caps2 = 21 |goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2007–2009 |clubs3 = Viking |caps3 = 16 |goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2008 |clubs4 = → Aalesund (loan) |caps4 = 8 |goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2009 |clubs5 = El Masry |caps5 = 10 |goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2009–2013 |clubs6 = Viborg |caps6 = 98 |goals6 = 6

| years7 = 2013 |clubs7 = Ringkøbing |caps7 = |goals7 =

| nationalyears1 = 2002–2006 |nationalteam1 = Ghana |nationalcaps1 = 10 |nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 2013

| managerclubs1 = Ringkøbing (Playing assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2014–2017

| managerclubs2 = Møldrup/Tostrup IF

| manageryears3 = 2018–

| managerclubs3 = Aulum IF

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Razak Pimpong (born 30 December 1982) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker and attacking midfielder for FC Midtjylland, FC Copenhagen, Viborg FF and other clubs. He was very versatile and could also play wide either as a right sided midfielder or right winger.

Club career

Pimpong was brought from Ghana to Denmark by FC Midtjylland, and made his debut for the team in 2000. He played more than 100 times for FCM, scoring 25 league goals for the club. In July 2005, he agreed a move to league rivals F.C. København from January 2006.

Pimpong did not find initial success at FCK. His first, and only goal, for FCK came in April 2006, when he scored the deciding goal of the 2006 Royal League Final.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/shared/bsp/hi/football/statistics/players/internationals/p/pimpong_212433.stm BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | FC Copenhagen] on www.news.bbc.co.uk He came on in the 69th minute and scored the only goal of the game in the 89th minute before he was sent off in injury time for overtly celebrating his goal.

In 2007, Pimpong was transferred to Norwegian Tippeligaen club Viking FK for a sum reported to be around 4 million Norwegian Kroner.[http://www.rogalandsavis.no/sport/viking/article2680123.ece Pimpong til Viking] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927082017/http://www.rogalandsavis.no/sport/viking/article2680123.ece |date=27 September 2007 }} on www.rogalandsavis.no He signed a contract keeping him at the club until 2010.[http://www.viking-fk.no/newsread/news.asp?docid=14209&wce=nyhet Masri complete Pimpong signing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929131613/http://www.viking-fk.no/newsread/news.asp?docid=14209&wce=nyhet |date=29 September 2007 }} on www.viking-fk.no

In February 2009, Egyptian side Al-Masry signed Pimpong from Viking FK.[http://www.filgoal.com/English/News.asp?NewsID=51802 Masri complete Pimpong signing] on www.filgoal.com A few months later, on 27 July 2009, he signed for Danish club Viborg FF.[http://ghanaweb.info/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/artikel.php?ID=163581 Gossip/Transfers: Kyere for Atletico Madrid] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721202816/http://ghanaweb.info/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/artikel.php?ID=163581 |date=21 July 2011 }}

On 24 June 2013, he announced his retirement from professional football, but a month later he regretted his decision and made a six-month deal with the Danish 2nd Division West club Ringkøbing IF.[http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Razak-Pimpong-klar-for-Ringkoebing Razak Pimpong klar for Ringkøbing]

International career

Pimpong was part of the Ghanaian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, having finished in third place in group B.

He was called up for the Ghanaian squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He has played nine games for the Ghana national team, and represented Ghana at the 2004 Summer Olympic football tournament as well as the 2006 World Cup in Germany.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100824080244/http://de.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=183007/index.html FIFA.com - FIFA Spielerstatistik Razak PIMPONG] on www.de.fifa.com

Honours and awards

FIFA World Youth Championship runner-up: 2001
Danish Superliga: 2005–06

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080210052808/http://www.fck.dk/saesonen/statistik/spillerstatistik/?search=1&play_playerid_fk=123 F.C. København statistics]
[http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/player/183007_PIMPONG_Razak.html Fifa 2006 World Cup Profile]

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