Jeremie Frimpong

Jeremie Agyekum Frimpong (born 10 December 2000) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.

Jeremie Frimpong
Personal information
Full name Jeremie Agyekum Frimpong[1]
Date of birth (2000-12-10) 10 December 2000[2]
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Bayer Leverkusen
Number 30
Youth career
2010–2019 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Celtic 36 (3)
2021– Bayer Leverkusen 35 (1)
National team‡
2018–2019 Netherlands U19 3 (0)
2019 Netherlands U20 2 (0)
2021– Netherlands U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Manchester City

Frimpong joined Manchester City at the age of nine[4] and progressed through the club's youth ranks, with regular appearances in Premier League 2 and the UEFA Youth League.[5]

Celtic

On 2 September 2019, Frimpong signed a four-year deal with Celtic.[6] Later that month, he made his professional debut against Partick Thistle in the Scottish League Cup quarter-finals.[7] He made an immediate impact, winning the man of the match award on his debut, and going to become a regular in the first team.[8] His speed and skill was highlighted by the media, and made him popular with Celtic fans.[9][10] On 27 October, Frimpong scored in a 4–0 win against Aberdeen,[11] his first professional goal.[12] He won his first career honour on 8 December 2019, when Celtic defeated Rangers 1–0 in the Scottish League Cup Final.[13][14] He was described by Celtic manager Neil Lennon as "outstanding" and "arguably our best [outfield] player in the first half", although he was sent off early in the second half for a foul on Alfredo Morelos in the penalty box.[15] In June 2020, Frimpong was voted Celtic's Young Player of the Year for season 2019-20 by the club's supporters.[16]

Bayer Leverkusen

On 27 January 2021, Frimpong signed for German side Bayer Leverkusen for an undisclosed fee, on a four and a half year deal.[17]

International career

Born in the Netherlands, Frimpong is of Ghanaian descent on his mother's side.[18][19] His family moved to England when he was seven years old. As such, he is eligible to play for the Netherlands, Ghana and England.[19]

Frimpong has represented the Netherlands at under-19 youth international level, and made his international debut against Armenia U19 in November 2018.[20] In November 2019, he made his under-20 debut.[21]

Career statistics
As of match played 13 March 2022.[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsApps GoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City U21 2018–19 ————4[lower-alpha 1]040
Celtic 2019–20[23] Scottish Premiership 14230301[lower-alpha 2]0—212
2020–21[24] Scottish Premiership 22100008[lower-alpha 3]0—301
Total 363303090—513
Bayer Leverkusen 2020–21[25] Bundesliga 10010—2[lower-alpha 2]0—130
2021–22[26] Bundesliga 25121—7[lower-alpha 2]0—342
Total 35131—90—472
Career total 7146130180401025
  1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours
Celtic

References
  1. "Scottish Football Association: List of Suspensions" (PDF). Scottish FA. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  2. "Jeremie Frimpong". Celtic FC. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  3. "Jeremie Frimpong". Bayer 04 Leverkusen (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  4. Bajkowski, Simon (3 September 2019). "Man City insert transfer clauses into Celtic deal for young defender Jeremie Frimpong". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  5. Jeremie Frimpong – UEFA competition record (archive)
  6. Cuddihy, Paul (2 September 2019). "Celtic sign Jeremie Frimpong on four-year deal from Manchester City". Celtic FC. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  7. "Celtic: Jeremie Frimpong 'crowd pleaser' on debut - Neil Lennon". BBC Sport. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  8. Gannon, Michael (23 October 2019). "Celtic star Jeremie Frimpong on the three-way international battle to secure his services". Daily Record. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  9. McFarlane, Jonathan (12 November 2019). "Jeremie Frimpong rewarded for Celtic form with Netherlands under-20 call-up". Daily Record. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  10. Doyle, Chris (10 November 2019). "Neil Lennon on the Celtic 'love affair' with Jeremie Frimpong as right-back earns huge praise". Daily Record. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  11. "Aberdeen 0-4 Celtic: Neil Lennon praise for 'special' first half performance". BBC Sport. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  12. "Lennon delight as Celtic complete 'brilliant week' with Aberdeen mauling". Jersey Evening Post. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  13. Wilson, Fraser. "Jeremie Frimpong on his Celtic improvement and the Neil Lennon advice that helped him forget cup final red card". Daily Record. No. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  14. English, Tom. "Rangers 0-1 Celtic". BBC Sport. No. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  15. Sullivan, Joe (10 December 2019). "Oh My Days: Birthday Bhoy Jeremie Frimpong hailed by manager". Celtic FC. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  16. Cuddihy, Paul (8 June 2020). "Oh my days! Jeremie Frimpong wins Celtic Young Player of the Year". Celtic FC. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  17. "Jeremie Frimpong: Bayer Leverkusen sign Celtic full-back". BBC Sport. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  18. "Ghana set to miss out on whiz-kid Jeremie Frimpong after Netherlands call-up". GhanaSoccernet. 13 November 2019.
  19. Halliday, Stephen (23 October 2019). "Jeremie Frimpong aiming to follow in Liverpool star Virgil van Dijk's footsteps at Celtic and in Netherlands national team". The Scotsman. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  20. "Jeremy Frimpong". OnsOranje. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  21. "Jeremy Frimpong". OnsOranje. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  22. Jeremie Frimpong at Soccerway
  23. "Games played by Jeremie Frimpong in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  24. "Games played by Jeremie Frimpong in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  25. "Games played by Jeremie Frimpong in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  26. "Games played by Jeremie Frimpong in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  27. "Celtic champions & Hearts relegated after SPFL ends season". BBC Sport. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  28. Celtic win fourth straight Scottish Cup as Hazard's shootout saves break Hearts, Ewan Murray, The Guardian, 20 December 2020
  29. "Rangers 0 – 1 Celtic". BBC Sport. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
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