Claud Adjapong
Adjapong with Italy U21 in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-05-06) 6 May 1998
Place of birth Modena, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Ascoli
Number 17
Youth career
2013–2017 Sassuolo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2022 Sassuolo 32 (2)
2019–2020Verona (loan) 5 (0)
2020–2021Lecce (loan) 19 (1)
2021–2022Reggina (loan) 20 (0)
2022– Ascoli 35 (1)
International career
2016–2017 Italy U19 11[1] (0)
2017–2020 Italy U21 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2020

Claud Adjapong (born 6 May 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serie B club Ascoli.[2]

Club career

Sassuolo

Adjapong is a youth exponent from Sassuolo. He made his Serie A debut on 11 March 2016 against Juventus. He replaced Matteo Politano after 89 minutes in a 1–0 away defeat.[3]

Loan to Hellas Verona

On 21 August 2019, Adjapong joined Serie A club Verona on loan with an option to buy.[4]

Loan to Reggina

On 9 August 2021, he moved to Serie B side Reggina on a season-long loan.[5]

Ascoli

On 1 September 2022, Adjapong signed a three-year contract with Ascoli.[6]

International career

Adjapong was born and raised in Italy to parents of Ghanaian descent. Until he was 18, he only had a Ghanaian passport. He is eligible to play for the Ghana national team.[7][8]

After receiving his passport, on 25 August 2016, he received a call-up from the Italy-U19.[9][10] He made his debut with the Italy-U21 team on 1 September 2017, in a friendly match lost 3–0 against Spain.

Career statistics

As of match played 5 April 2021[2]
Club Season League League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sassuolo 2015–16 Serie A 2020
2016–17 911030131
2017–18 16000160
2018–19 510051
Total 322103000362
Verona (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 500050
Lecce (loan) 2020–21 Serie B 19120211
Career total 563303000623

References

  1. "Nazionale in cifre: Adjapong Claud" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 Claud Adjapong at Soccerway
  3. "Juventus vs. Sassuolo - 11 March 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  4. "UFFICIALE: Hellas Verona, prelevato Adjapong dal Sassuolo". Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  5. "CLAUD ADJAPONG È UN CALCIATORE AMARANTO" (in Italian). Reggina. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  6. "#CALCIOMERCATO: UFFICIALE ADJAPONG DAL SASSUOLO, TRIENNALE PER IL DIFENSORE" (in Italian). Ascoli. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  7. "Talenti "Primavera": Claud Adjapong". superscommesse.it (in Italian). Super News. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  8. "I neroverdi "scoprono" il sassolese Adjapong". gazzettadimodena.it (in Italian). GEDI Gruppo Editoriale. 13 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  9. "Italy squads announced for September fixtures at U-20, U-19 and U-18 level". FIGC. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  10. "Claud Adjapong - Under-19". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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