Patrick Twumasi
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Personal information
Date of birth
9 May 1994
Place of birth
Obuasi, Ghana
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position
Winger
Team information
Current team
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Number
21
Youth career
Red Bull Ghana
Senior career*
Spartaks Jūrmala
2012-2014
31x apps 16x goals
→ Astana (loan)
2013
11x apps 6x goals
→ Amkar Perm (loan)
2014
6x apps 0x goal
→ Astana (loan)
2014
11x apps 10x goals
Astana
2015-2018
101x apps 32x goals
Alavés
2018-2020
11x apps 0x goal
→ Gaziantep (loan)
2019-2020
26x apps 6x goals
Hannover 96
2020-2022
22x apps 3x goals
Maccabi Netanya
2022-2023
40x apps 14x goals
Pafos
2023-2025
23x apps 3x goals
→ Beitar Jerusalem (loan)
2024-2025
33x apps 7x goals
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2025-
4x apps 0x goal
International career‡
Ghana
2017-
2x apps 0x goal
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 January 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 November 2017
Patrick Twumasi is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for K League 1 club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. He made two appearances for the Ghana national team in 2017.
Club career
Spartaks Jūrmala
Born in Obuasi, Patrick Twumasi joined the Latvian Higher League club Spartaks Jūrmala from Red Bull Ghana prior to the 2012 Latvian Higher League season.
Soon he established himself as a first eleven player, scoring 10 goals in 22 league appearances and becoming the team's top scorer and divided seventh top scorer of the championship.
In the beginning of the 2013 season, Twumasi scored six goals in the first nine matches and was named Latvian Higher League player of the month in May 2013.
Loans
In July 2013, Twumasi joined the Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Astana on loan from Spartaks Jūrmala.
He scored six goals in 11 matches during the loan spell and later returned to Spartaks Jūrmala.
Prior to the 2014 season, Twumasi was loaned out to Russian Premier League club Amkar Perm.
He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 10 March 2014 in a game against Volga Nizhny Novgorod.
On 9 July 2014, Twumasi rejoined FC Astana on loan for the rest of the 2014 season. Scoring 10 goals in 11 matches, he became the club's top scorer and helped Astana win the league.
Astana
Twumasi signed permanently for FC Astana prior to the 2015 season, despite attracting attention from other European clubs. On 27 July 2017, Twumasi signed a new two-year contract with Astana.
Alavés
On 27 July 2018, Twumasi signed a four-year deal with La Liga side Deportivo Alavés.
Gaziantep
On 16 August 2019, Twumasi signed a one-year loan deal with Turkish Süper Lig club Gaziantep.
Hannover 96
On 4 September 2020, Twumasi signed a three-year contract with 2. Bundesliga club Hannover 96.
Maccabi Netanya
On 3 February 2022, Twumasi signed with Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Netanya.
Pafos
On 3 August 2023, Pafos announced the signing of Twumasi from Maccabi Netanya.
Beitar Jerusalem (loan)
On 23 July 2024, Beitar Jerusalem announced the season-long loan signing of Twumasi from Pafos.
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
On 20 June 2025, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors announced the signing of Twumasi.
International career
Twumasi was called up to the senior Ghana squad by Avram Grant for a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Mauritius in June 2016.
The former Dutch football-star, Ruud Gullit, hopes a team from Africa will perform well and prove to be the surprise package at the World Cup in Brazil.
Leicester City's Jeffery Schlupp has been axed from Ghana's 2014 World Cup squad. The defender is one of three players dropped from the preliminary 26-man World Cup squad announced on 12 May.
Appiah, a former Black Stars captain, was appointed in April 2012 with objectives to win the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations and qualify the side for the 2014 World Cup.
The former AC Milan midfielder also spoke about his plans to build a school in Kumasi - Ghana's second-largest city and his father's home town - in order to strengthen the bond with the local support.
African teams participating in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil
Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah dropped a number of big names.
Fixtures and results for the 2014 Confed Cup.
2013 champions: CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)
Winners advance to group stage
Jordan Ayew is the son of Ghana great Abedi Pele and has so far won 11 caps and scored two goals for the Black Stars. Ayew has scored three goals for Sochaux since he joined from Marseille on loan in January and knows playing well for his club can only help his chances of getting into the Black Stars' squad for Brazil.
He was the captain of Ghana's national football team for six years (1992-1998) and was one of the first African football players to earn a top placing in FIFA World Player of the Year voting in 1991 and 1992.
Abedi Pele played for Ghana 73 times and is considered the greatest football player in his country's history, and among the best in Africa. Until 7 June 2013 when he was surpassed by Asamoah Gyan, he was the top goal scorer for Ghana with 33 goals.
