Romania-based midfielder Samuel Asamoah has accepted an invitation from the Togo national team after being persistently overlooked by Ghana for an international call-up at the time the Black Stars are chasing foreign-born players, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively reveal.
The 27-year-old, who plays for Romanian side FC U Craiova 1948, has been summoned to the Togo national team for the first time to play in this month’s friendlies.
Asamoah, who was born to a Ghanaian father and a Togolese mother, would have loved to represent the more gallant and illustrious Black Stars and was desperate for a call-up from his father’s country.
But with the clock ticking without a look-in, the former Sint-Truiden enforcer has accepted to switch nationality to feature for the Sparrow Hawks as the only chance to play international football.
He was born in Accra, Ghana and hold a Ghanaian passport.
Togo coach Paulo Duarte has finally been successful in the pursuit of Asamoah, who has now agreed to play for Ghana’s neighbours.
Asamoah is unhappy that the Ghanaian football authorities are chasing reluctant foreign-born player to play for the Black Stars when players born in the country and keen on playing are not being considered.
He has had an illustrious career playing for several clubs abroad teams in the Belgium top-flight before he moved to Romanian over the summer transfer window.
Togo featured at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and has participated in eight Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.
Asamoah, a 1.63m tall midfielder, has always been a starter throughout his career.
He played for Saint-Truiden, Leuven and Eupen.
In Romania, he ticked 30 matches for FC Oltenia, scoring a goal.
Source: ghanasoccernet.com