Gerald Asamoah

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Gerald Asamoah

Gerald Asamoah in June 2005
Personal information
Full name Gerald Asamoah
Date of birth October 3, 1978 (age 28)
Place of birth    Mampong, Ghana
Nickname Asa, Blondie, DJ Asa
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club FC Schalke 04
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1994-1999
1999-		 Hannover 96
FC Schalke 04		 79 (29)
204 (32)   
National team2
2001- Germany 43 (6)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 19 October 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 6 September 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Gerald Asamoah (born October 3, 1978 in Mampong) is a Ghanaian-German football player.

Born in Ghana, Asamoah and his family emigrated to Germany in 1990. He played for Hannover 96 before moving to FC Schalke 04 in 1999. He made his debut for Germany in 2001, the first black player to ever play for the side (however, with Erwin Kostedde and Jimmy Hartwig, there were two previous German internationals who had one black and one white parent). He scored on his debut, and went on to play in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Asamoah suffers from a heart condition, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). In his case, the flesh lobe that separates the right and left heart chambers is extremely thick, which can cause an arrhythmic heartbeat. Whenever he participates in sports, a defibrillator is on standby near the pitch. With his wife Linda he has twins: Jaden and Jada (*26.2.2007).

He is currently recovering from a compound leg fracture suffered in Schalke 04's UEFA Cup defeat by AS Nancy. Asamoah was taken to hospital while the game was still underway and underwent surgery the same night. He broke both his tibia and fibula following a horrific looking tackle from Pape Diakhate. He is expected to be out for many months until he fully recovers.


Flag of Germany Germany squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Runners-up Flag of Germany

1 Kahn | 2 Linke | 3 Rehmer | 4 Baumann | 5 Ramelow | 6 Ziege | 7 Neuville | 8 Hamann | 9 Jancker | 10 Ricken | 11 Klose | 12 Lehmann | 13 Ballack | 14 Asamoah | 15 Kehl | 16 Jeremies | 17 Bode | 18 Böhme | 19 Schneider | 20 Bierhoff | 21 Metzelder | 22 Frings | 23 Butt | Coach: Völler
Flag of Germany Germany squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Third Place Flag of Germany

1 Lehmann | 2 Jansen | 3 Friedrich | 4 Huth | 5 Kehl | 6 Nowotny | 7 Schweinsteiger | 8 Frings | 9 Hanke | 10 Neuville | 11 Klose | 12 Kahn | 13 Ballack | 14 Asamoah | 15 Hitzlsperger | 16 Lahm | 17 Mertesacker | 18 Borowski | 19 Schneider | 20 Podolski | 21 Metzelder | 22 Odonkor | 23 Hildebrand | Coach: Klinsmann
FC Schalke 04 - Current Squad

3 Kobiashvili | 5 Bordon | 6 Hamit Altıntop | 7 Varela | 8 Ernst | 9 Larsen | 10 Lincoln | 11 Løvenkrands | 14 Asamoah | 16 Rodríguez | 17 Özil | 18 Rafinha | 19 Halil Altıntop | 20 Krstajić | 22 Kurányi | 24 Pander | 25 Bajramović | 26 Bungert | 27 Hoogland | 29 Neuer | 31 Boenisch | 33 Laumann


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