Razak Pimpong

Razak Pimpong

Personal information
Full name	Razak Pimpong
Date of birth	(1982-12-30) 30 December 1982
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Height
Position(s)	Striker Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Ringkøbing IF
Youth career
	Golden Tulip
	Great Olympics
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2006	Midtjylland	125	(22)
2006–2007	Copenhagen	21	(0)
2007–2009	Viking	16	(2)
2008	→ Aalesund (loan)	8	(0)
2009	El Masry	10	(0)
2009–2013	Viborg	98	(6)
2013–	Ringkøbing	0	(0)
International career
2002–2006	Ghana	10	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2011

Razak Pimpong (born 30 December 1982) is a Ghanaian footballer who is playing as an striker and attacking midfielder for the Danish 2nd Division West club Ringkøbing IF. He was very versatile and could also play wide either as a right sided midfielder or right winger.

Career

Pimpong was brought from Ghana to Denmark by FC Midtjylland, and made his debut for the team in 2000. He played more than 100 times for FCM, scoring 25 league goals for the club. In July 2005, he agreed a move to league rivals F.C. København 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.

In 2007, Pimpong was transferred to Norwegian Tippeligaen club Viking FK for a sum reported to be around 4 million Norwegian Kroner. He signed a contract keeping him at the club until 2010.

In February 2009, Egyptian side Al-Masry signed Pimpong from Viking FK. A few months later, on 27 July 2009, he signed for Danish club Viborg FF.

On June 24th 2013 he announced his retirement from professional football, but a month later he regretted his decision and made a 6-month-deal with the Danish 2nd Division West club Ringkøbing IF.

International

Pimpong was part of the Ghanaian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, having finished in third place in group B.

He was called up for the Ghanaian squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. 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.

Honours and awards

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

External links

• F.C. København statistics
• Fifa 2006 World Cup Profile