Charles Asampong Taylor

Kweku Asampong

Personal information
Full name	Kweku Charles Bismark Taylor Asampong
Date of birth	July 14, 1981 (1981-07-14) (age 30)
Place of birth	Sefwi Asanwheso, Ghana
Height	1.84 m (6 ft  1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Bechem Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998-2000	Great Olympics
2000-2003	Accra Hearts of Oak
2003-2004	Asante Kotoko
2004-2008	Etoile du Sahel
2008-2010	Accra Hearts of Oak
2010-2011	Enugu Rangers
National team
1999-2004	Ghana	16	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Kweku Charles Bismark Taylor Asampong (born on 14 July 1981 in Sefwi, Western Region) is a Ghanaian football player who currently plays for Bechem Chelsea.^[1] He was often called tailor, after his uncle who was a tailor, he used to help his uncle with work, he adopted the name Charles Taylor after the former Liberian president.

Football career

Early life

His playing career started off at Great Olympics, where he used to polish the shoes of their management, he had a bet with the then chairman Ade Coker that he could play better than the team players, he was asked to play and showed excellent dribbling skills, he later signed for the club.

Accra Hearts of Oak

He transferred to Accra Hearts of Oak in 2000 where he helped them win the Ghana premier national league in 2000, 2001 and 2002 seasons, the African Champions League in 2000 and the African Super Cup Championship in 2001 where he scored the second goal against Al-Zamalek.

Asante Kotoko

He controversially transferred from Accra Hearts of Oak to arch rivals Asante Kotoko in 2003 for the then domestic transfer record fee of GH₵ 40,000 cedis (roughly US$42,000). This transfer caused a lot of bitter local sentiment towards Taylor, from which his popularity has never recovered.^[2] Taylor joined Etoile du Sahel from Kotoko in 2004 for a fee of US$250,000^[3] After an unsuccessful spell in Tunisia he was loaned to Accra Hearts of Oak in October 2006.^[4]

International career

He was part of the Ghanaian 2004 Olympic football team that exited in the first round, having finished in third place in group B. He was a silver medallist with Ghana U-20 team at 2001 Africa youth championship in Ethiopia. He currently has forty one caps for the Ghana national football team, known as the Black Stars scoring nineteen goals. Taylor presented the Black Stars at 2009 African Championship of Nations in Côte d'Ivoire.^[5]

Clubs

• 2000 - 2003 Hearts of Oak
• 2003 - 2005 Asante Kotoko
• 2005 - 2008 Étoile du Sahel
• 2008 - 2009 Hearts of Oak

References

1. ^ Charles Taylor Debuts For Enugu Rangers | Transfers 2010-03-28
2. ^ Charles Taylor fit to play for Hearts
3. ^ Charles Taylor To Miss Next Match
4. ^ Hearts complete Taylor registration
5. ^ CHAN 2009: Squad List

External links

• Player Profile

Persondata
Name	Taylor, Charles Asampong
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	July 14, 1981
Place of birth	Sefwi Asanwheso, Ghana
Date of death
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