Amidu Salifu
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amidu Salifu | ||
| Date of birth | September 20, 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Mantova (on loan from Fiorentina) | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vicenza | |||
| 2011– | Fiorentina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Vicenza | 8 | (0) |
| 2011– | Fiorentina | 15 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Catania (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | → Modena (loan) | 53 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Perugia (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Brescia (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2016– | → Mantova (loan) | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 August 2016. | |||
Amidu Salifu (born September 20, 1992 in Accra) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mantova, on loan from Fiorentina.[1]
Club career
Vicenza Calcio
Salifu started his youth career with Italian club Vicenza Calcio and made his debut with the senior squad in the 2010–11 Serie B season before going on to sign for ACF Fiorentina in January 2011. He made 8 league appearances for the biancorossi prior to his transfer.
Fiorentina
Following his transfer to the Florence-based club, Salifu was hardly utilized as a first team member. The young midfielder made his Serie A debut for Fiorentina on 23 April 2011 in a match against Cagliari, when he came on as a 90th minute substitute for former club captain, Adrian Mutu.[2] He would eventually go on to make an additional 12 appearances throughout the 2011–12 Serie A season, before being loaned to Calcio Catania in June 2012. He has made 11 appearances in all competitions for the club since his arrival, generally serving as a reserver for the likes of Sergio Almirón, Francesco Lodi, and Marco Biagianti.
Career statistics
- As of 1 July 2013
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Italy | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2010–11 | Vicenza | Serie B | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2010–11 | Fiorentina | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Catania | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
| Total | Italy | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Career total | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
References
- ↑ "Amidu Salifu è un giocatore biancazzurro". bresciacalcio.it (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ↑ Game report by ESPN
External links
- Career summary by tuttocalciatori.net
- Amidu Salifu at Soccerway