BRIEF PROFILE OF KWADWO ASAMOAH

Kwadwo "Kojo" Asamoah (; born 9 December 1988 in Accra) is a currently playing as a left midfielder/wing-back for Serie A club Juventus in Italy. He began his Youth football at first division side Asokwa Depotivo before Liberty Professionals.

Asamoah was awarded CAF Most Promising African Player in 2010 and named Ghana Player of the Year twice consecutively for 2012 and 2013. In 2013, Asamoah was ranked as the 27th best footballer in the world by Bloomberg. 

Asamoah was scouted playing for a local based club, which belongs to Kamara and was recommended by the scout Mr. Charles Mensah Gapson to the late Alhaji Sly Tetteh, former CEO of Liberty Professionals. He joined Swiss club Bellinzona and was loaned to Italian side Torino in the winter of 2007–08.

In June 2008 Asamoah was signed by Serie A club Udinese. He eventually established himself for both club and country. After some good performances at the 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations, he became a target of top clubs in Europe. 

Asamoah and Udinese teammate Mauricio Isla both joined Juventus in July 2012 on co-ownership agreements, with Juventus paying €9 million for 50% of Asamoah's contract. He made his debut on 11 August against Napoli in the Supercoppa Italiana and scored.

International career

On the international level, Asamoah was given his debut for the Ghana national football team, Black Stars in 2006 under manager Claude Le Roy who was from France. He also appeared for Ghana at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was part of the Black Stars squad that placed 3^rd in the African cup of nations hosted by Ghana. He also featured for Ghana at the cup of nations in 2010. He loves to were the number 20 Jersey. Asamoah has scored 4 times in 60 appearances for the Black Stars.