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Gerald Asamoah

Gerald Asamoah in June 2005
Personal information
Full name Gerald Asamoah
Date of birth October 3, 1978 (1978-10-03) (age 28)
Place of birth    Mampong, Ghana
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Striker/Midfielder
Club information
Current club FC Schalke 04
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1994-1999
1999-		 Hannover 96
FC Schalke 04		 79 (29)
215 (34)   
National team2
2001- Germany 43 (6)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 11 August 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 6 September 2006.
* Appearances (Goals) Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1919x2561, 756 KB) Gerald Asamoah Fotograf: Horst Ettensberger Datum: Juni 2005 Ort: Frankfurt am Main, Germany Hallo Florian, gerne bestätige ich Dir, daß Du die dir zur Verfügung gestellten Bilder unter der GNU-Lizenz (http://de. ... is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... The striker (wearing the red shirt) has run past the defender (in the white shirt) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to attempt to stop the ball. ... The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... FC Schalke 04 is a German football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about the year. ... Hannover 96 is a German football club in Hannover, Lower Saxony. ... FC Schalke 04 is a German football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Gerald Asamoah (born October 3, 1978 in Mampong) is a Ghanaian-German football player. is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ...


Born in Ghana, Asamoah and his family emigrated to Germany in 1990. He played for Hannover 96 before moving to FC Schalke 04 in 1999. He made his debut for Germany in 2001 against Slovakia, the first black player to ever play for the side (however, with Erwin Kostedde and Jimmy Hartwig, there were two previous German internationals who had one black and one white parent). He scored on his debut, and went on to play in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Hannover 96 is a German football club in Hannover, Lower Saxony. ... FC Schalke 04 is a German football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Qualifying countries The 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 17th staging of the World Cup, was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. ...


Asamoah suffers from a heart condition, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). In his case, the flesh lobe that separates the right and left heart chambers is extremely thick, which can cause an arrhythmic heartbeat. Whenever he participates in sports, a defibrillator is on standby near the pitch. The heart and lungs, from an older edition of Grays Anatomy. ... Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM, is a disease of the myocardium (the muscle of the heart) in which a portion of the myocardium is hypertrophied (thickened) without any obvious cause. ... A cardiac arrhythmia, also called cardiac dysrhythmia, is a disturbance in the regular rhythm of the heartbeat. ...


Honours

National Team

For the club competition, see FIFA Club World Cup. ... The Confederations Cup The FIFA Confederations Cup is a football (soccer) tournament for national teams, held every four years (previously every two years) by FIFA. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships (CAF, CONMEBOL, UEFA, AFC, OFC, CONCACAF), along with the FIFA World... Final kick-off The 2005 Confederations Cup football tournament was held in Germany, between June 15 and June 29, 2005. ... For the club competition, see FIFA Club World Cup. ...

External links

  • (German) www.fussballdaten.de
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Germany squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Runners-up
Flag of Germany 1 Kahn • 2 Linke • 3 Rehmer • 4 Baumann • 5 Ramelow • 6 Ziege • 7 Neuville • 8 Hamann • 9 Jancker • 10 Ricken • 11 Klose • 12 Lehmann • 13 Ballack • 14 Asamoah • 15 Kehl • 16 Jeremies • 17 Bode • 18 Böhme • 19 Schneider • 20 Bierhoff • 21 Metzelder • 22 Frings • 23 Butt • Coach: Völler Flag of Germany
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Germany squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Third Place
Flag of Germany 1 Lehmann • 2 Jansen • 3 Friedrich • 4 Huth • 5 Kehl • 6 Nowotny • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Frings • 9 Hanke • 10 Neuville • 11 Klose • 12 Kahn • 13 Ballack • 14 Asamoah • 15 Hitzlsperger • 16 Lahm • 17 Mertesacker • 18 Borowski • 19 Schneider • 20 Podolski • 21 Metzelder • 22 Odonkor • 23 Hildebrand • Coach: Klinsmann Flag of Germany
FC Schalke 04 – current squad

1 Neuer • 2 Westermann • 3 Kobiashvili • 4 Abel • 5 Bordon • 7 Varela • 8 Ernst • 9 Larsen • 10 Rakitić • 11 Løvenkrands • 13 Jones • 14 Asamoah • 16 Rodríguez • 17 Özil • 18 Rafinha • 19 Altıntop • 20 Krstajić • 21 Grossmüller • 22 Kurányi • 23 Höwedes • 24 Pander • 25 Bajramović • 26 Azaouagh • 28 Heppke • 31 Boenisch • 32 Fährmann • 33 Schober • 34 Tapalovic First international  Switzerland 5 - 3 Germany (Basel, Switzerland; 5 April 1908) Biggest win Germany 16 - 0 Russia (Solna, Sweden; July 1, 1912) Biggest defeat England amateur 9 - 0 Germany (Oxford, England; 16 March 1909) World Cup Appearances 16 (First in 1934) Best result - Winners, 1954, 1974, 1990 European Championship Appearances... Qualifying countries The 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 17th staging of the World Cup, was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Oliver Kahn (born 15 June 1969 in Karlsruhe) is a German football goalkeeper. ... 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Carsten Jancker (born August 28, 1974 in Grevesmühlen, Germany) is a German professional footballer who plays for Austrian side SV Mattersburg. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Miroslav Klose (born, June 9, 1978 in Opole, Silesia, Poland as MirosÅ‚aw Marian Kloze) is a German footballer who plays as a striker. ... For other persons named Jens Lehmann, see Jens Lehmann (disambiguation). ... Michael Ballack (born September 26, 1976 in Görlitz, Saxony) is a German football player. ... Sebastian Kehl (born February 13, 1980) is a German Football defender/midfielder who currently plays for Borussia Dortmund. ... Jens Jeremies (born March 5, 1974 in Görlitz, East Germany) is a German footballer, known for being a hard-tackling defensive midfielder. ... Marco Bode (born July 23, 1969) is a former German footballer. ... Jörg Böhme (born January 22, 1974 in Hohenmölsen) is a German footballer. ... Bernd Schneider (born November 17, 1973 in Jena, Thuringia region) is a German football player. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Christoph Metzelder (born November 5, 1980 in Haltern, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a football defender for Real Madrid. ... Torsten Frings (born November 22, 1976 in Würselen, Germany) is a German football midfielder who currently plays for Werder Bremen of the German Bundesliga. ... Hans-Jörg Butt (born May 28, 1974 in Oldenburg, Germany) is a German goalkeeper currently without a club. ... Rudolf Rudi Völler (born April 13, 1960) is a German former international football striker, and a former manager of the German national team. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... 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Jens Nowotny (born January 11, 1974 in Malsch) is a German football (soccer) player playing in the position of defender. ...   (born August 1, 1984 in Kolbermoor, Bavaria, Germany) is a professional footballer from Germany who currently plays in midfield for Bayern Munich. ... Torsten Frings (born November 22, 1976 in Würselen, Germany) is a German football midfielder who currently plays for Werder Bremen of the German Bundesliga. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Oliver Neuville (born May 1, 1973) is a striker of the National Football Team of Germany. ... Miroslav Klose (born, June 9, 1978 in Opole, Silesia, Poland as MirosÅ‚aw Marian Kloze) is a German footballer who plays as a striker. ... Oliver Kahn (born 15 June 1969 in Karlsruhe) is a German football goalkeeper. ... Michael Ballack (born September 26, 1976 in Görlitz, Saxony) is a German football player. ... Thomas Hitzlsperger (born 5 April 1982 in Munich, Germany) is a midfielder for VfB Stuttgart. ... Philipp Lahm (born November 11, 1983 in Munich, Bavaria) is a German footballer who currently plays as a defender for Bayern Munich and Germany at Euro 2004 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup. ... Per Mertesacker (born September 29, 1984 in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Werder Bremen and Germany. ... Tim Borowski (born May 2, 1980 in Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany), is a German football midfielder with SV Werder Bremen of the German Bundesliga and Germany. ... Bernd Schneider (born November 17, 1973 in Jena, Thuringia region) is a German football player. ... Lukas Podolski (IPA–German: ) (born as on June 4, 1985 in Gliwice, Silesia, Poland, nicknamed (Prinz) Poldi, is a German footballer of Polish origin. ... Christoph Metzelder (born November 5, 1980 in Haltern, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a football defender for Real Madrid. ... David Odonkor (born February 21, 1984 in Bünde, Germany), born to a German mother and Ghanaian father, is a young German international footballer currently playing for La Liga side Real Betis. ... Timo Hildebrand (born April 5, 1979 in Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) is a goalkeeper for VfB Stuttgart and the German national squad. ... Jürgen Klinsmann (born July 30, 1964 in Göppingen) is a German football manager and former football player, who played for several prominent clubs in Europe and was part of the German team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... FC Schalke 04 is a German football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. ... Manuel Neuer is the current goalkeeper of the German football club FC Schalke 04. ... Heiko Westermann (born August 14, 1983) is a German footballer who currently plays for Arminia Bielefeld. ... Levan Kobiashvili Levan Kobiashvili (born July 10, 1977 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian football midfielder. ... Mathias Abel (b. ... Marcelo José Bordon (born January 07, 1976 in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil) is a Brazilian football defender. ... Gustavo Varela (born 14 May 1978) is an Uruguayan football player. ... Fabian Ernst traning in the German national football team Fabian Ernst (born 30 May 1979 in Hannover) is a professional German footballer. ... Søren Larsen (born September 6, 1981) is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a striker for FC Schalke 04 in the German Bundesliga. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands (born January 29, 1980) is a professional footballer who currently plays for Scottish Premier League team Rangers. ... Jermaine Jones (born November 3, 1981 in Frankfurt am Main) is an American-German football (soccer) player who plays for FC Schalke 04, Germany. ... Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña (born 17 September 1974 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan football defender, who has three sisters and one brother. ... Mesut Özil (born October 15, 1988) is a young German footballer of Turkish descent currently playing for FC Schalke 04. ... Rafinha Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza, nicknamed Rafinha (born 7 September 1985 in Londrina) is a Brazilian footballer who plays right-back for FC Schalke 04. ... Halil Altıntop (born December 8, 1982 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany) is a Turkish national footballer playing for Bundesliga team Schalke 04. ... Mladen Krstajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Младен Крстајић; born March 4, 1974) is a Serbian footballer. ... Carlos Javier Grossmüller (born May 4, 1983 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan international Football player of German/Spanish descent. ... Kevin Dennis Kurányi (born March 2, 1982 in Rio de Janeiro) is a German football (soccer) player, who currently plays for the German Bundesliga team Schalke 04. ... Christian Pander (born 28 August 1983 in Münster) is a German footballer. ... Zlatan Bajramović (born August 12, 1979 in Hamburg, Germany) is a professional Bosnian football player. ... Mimoun Azaouagh (born November 17, 1982 in Benisidel) is a Moroccan-born German footballer. ...


  Results from FactBites:
 
FC Schalke 04 - round 1 - match report (534 words)
Gerald Asamoah (3), Rafinha, Mesut Özil, Kevin Kuranyi, Ivan Rakitic, Christian Pander and Heiko Westermann got the goals in front of 11,000 spectators at the Moselle Stadium.
Asamoah completed a hat-trick on (47) and Mesut Özil, Kevin Kuranyi, Ivan Rakitic (with his first competitive goal in Schalke colours), Christian Pander and Heiko Westermann took the score to 9-0.
21'), 0-3 Asamoah (31'), 0-4 Asamoah (47'), 0-5 Özil (52'), 0-6 Kuranyi (58'), 0-7 Rakitic (69'), 0-8 Pander (87'), 0-9 Westermann (89')
FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (684 words)
Asamoah moved to Schalke in the summer of 1999 where he established himself as a regular in Rudi Assauer's side.
Gerald joined him eight years later and says his earliest memories of Germany were of refusing to get out of his father's car to face the cold November weather.
Asamoah himself insists he does not want to appear as a "fl saviour" but he is keen to change attitudes in Germany.
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