Razak Pimpong

Football player infobox
playername = Razak Pimpong


fullname = Razak Pimpong
height = height|ft=5|in=8
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|12|30
cityofbirth = Accra
countryofbirth = Ghana
currentclub = Aalesund
clubnumber = 20
position = Midfielder, forward
youthyears = ?
-1999
youthclubs = Golden Tulip
Accra Great Olympics
years = 2000-2005
2006-2007
2007
2008
2008-
clubs = FC Midtjylland
F.C. Copenhagen
Viking FK
Aalesund (loan)
Viking FK
caps(goals) = 00 (22)
21 0(0)
11 0(2)
nationalyears = 2002-present
nationalteam = Ghana
nationalcaps(goals) = 09 0(0)
pcupdate = August 10, 2007
ntupdate = October 4, 2006

Razak Pimpong (born December 30, 1982) is a Ghanaian football player who plays for the Norwegian Premier League team Viking FK. He has played nine games for the Ghanaian national team, and represented Ghana at the 2004 Summer Olympic football tournament as well as the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

Biography

Brought from Ghana to Denmark by FC Midtjylland, and made his debut for the team in 2000. He was part of the Ghanaian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, having finished in third place in group B. In July 2005, he agreed a move to league rivals F.C. Copenhagen (FCK) from January 2006.

Pimpong did not find initial success at FCK. His first, and only goal, for FCK came on April 2006, when he scored the deciding goal of the 2006 Royal League Final. He came on in the 69th minute; scored the only goal of the game in the 89th minute; before he was sent off in injury time for overtly celebrating his goal.

He was called up for the Ghanaian squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, due to several fine performances for FCK. At the World Cup, Pimpong showed the dribbling skills that earned him a transfer to FCK, but did not score any goals and missed some vital chances.

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] He signed a contract keeping him at the club until 2010. [http://www.viking-fk.no/newsread/news.asp?docid=14209&wce=nyhet]

Honours and awards

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

External links

* [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]