Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gullit Asante Okyere | ||
Date of birth | (1988-05-23) 23 May 1988 (age 36) | ||
Place of birth | Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Prevalle | ||
Youth career | |||
000?–2007 | Atalanta | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2009 | Atalanta | 0 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Caravaggese (loan) | 29 | (2) |
2009–2010 | Caravaggese | 26 | (6) |
2010–2012 | Palazzolo | 51 | (33) |
2012–2013 | ScanzoPedrengo | 34 | (25) |
2013–2016 | Grumellese | 88 | (47) |
2016–2018 | Giana Erminio | 60 | (12) |
2018–2019 | Pergolettese | 25 | (11) |
2019–2020 | Virtus CiseranoBergamo | 25 | (12) |
2020–2021 | Real Calepina | 28 | (6) |
2021–2022 | Lumezzane | ? | (15) |
2022– | Prevalle | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:15, 11 September 2019 (UTC) |
Gullit Asante Okyere (born 23 May 1988) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Prevalle. He was named after Dutch footballer Ruud Gullit.
Early life
Okyere was born in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy as son of Ghanaian immigrants who later moved to Palazzolo sull'Oglio.
Career
He began his career at Atalanta youth team In mid-2007, he joined Caravaggese of Serie C2. He returned to Atalanta in the 2008–09 season, playing with the Primavera under-19 team.
In summer 2009 he left the team for Caravaggese.
In summer 2010 he joined Eccellenza amateurs Palazzolo on a free transfer.
After two years, he joined the squad of ScanzoPedrengo, in Eccellenza; he played all the 34 games of the season scoring also 25 goals; the team finished the championship in the second position.
Later, he played with Grumellese in Eccellenza, scoring 12 goals in 25 matches in the 2013–2014 season.
In July 2016 he joins Giana Erminio team in Italian Lega Pro signing a single year contract, which was later renewed also for the following season.
He left Giana Erminio in 2018 to join Serie D club Pergolettese.
On 21 July 2019, he moved to Serie D club Virtus CiseranoBergamo.
He signed for Eccellenza amateurs Lumezzane in July 2021.
After winning promotion with Lumezzane, in July 2022 Gullit left to sign for another Eccellenza club, Prevalle.
References
- "Okyere Asante Gullit". Archived from the original on 6 March 2012.
- "Piacere Gullit, da Caserta" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 16 February 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
- spezia calcio e ...altre
- "L'Atalanta Primavera torna al successo Segnano Gullit e Girasole: Mantova ko" (in Italian). L'Eco di Bergamo. 14 March 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
- Tutte le Decisioni del Giudice Sportivo Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- "Mercato, i movimenti in Eccellenza" (in Italian). Bergamo e Sport. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- "La Pergolettese annuncia Okyere Asante Gullit | Sprint e Sport". Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- "Gullit Asante Okyere è il nuovo attaccante della Virtus CiseranoBergamo" (Press release) (in Italian). Virtus CiseranoBergamo. 21 July 2019.
- "Comunicato Ufficiale: Gullit Okyere è un nuovo giocatore rossoblù" (in Italian). Lumezzane. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- "New Entry" (in Italian). Pol. Prevalle. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
External links
- "Player Profile". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
- Asante Gullit Okyere at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- Calciatori Profile
- 1988 births
- Italian people of Ghanaian descent
- Living people
- People from Santa Maria Capua Vetere
- Italian men's footballers
- Atalanta BC players
- AS Giana Erminio players
- US Pergolettese 1932 players
- SSD Virtus CiseranoBergamo 1909 players
- Men's association football forwards
- Serie C players
- Serie D players
- Footballers from the Province of Caserta
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen