Antoine Serlom Semenyo (born 7 January 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championship side Bristol City. Born in England, he plays for the Ghana national football team.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Antoine Serlom Semenyo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 22)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Chelsea, England[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bristol City | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2018 | Bristol City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Bristol City | 93 | (13) |
| 2018 | → Bath City (loan) | 14 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | → Newport County (loan) | 21 | (3) |
| 2020 | → Sunderland (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2022– | Ghana | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:58, 16 September 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:27, 2 June 2022 (UTC) | |||
Semenyo made his Bristol City debut on the final day of the 2017–18 season coming on as a second-half substitute for Lloyd Kelly in the 3–2 loss to Sheffield United at Ashton Gate.[4] Semenyo was allocated shirt number 18 for Bristol City and he was named as a substitute for the Championship away match against Blackburn Rovers on 9 February 2019. On 27 April 2019, Semenyo controversially received his first career red card against Derby County for a challenge on Tom Huddlestone.[5] In June 2019, he signed a new four-year contract with the club.[6] On 5 September 2020 he scored his first goal for Bristol City in an EFL Cup tie against Exeter City.[7] Semenyo played consistently for Bristol City in the 2020–21 season playing fifty competitive games also scoring five and assisting seven goals.[8]
Semenyo won the EFL Championship Player of the Month award for January 2022 after scoring 3 goals and getting 3 assists.[9] Semenyo would finish the season with 8 goals and 12 assists in 32 games in all competitions, the best season of his career so far.[10]
On 18 July 2018, Semenyo joined Newport County on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[11] He made his Newport debut in a 3–0 defeat against Mansfield Town on 4 August 2018 as a second-half substitute.[12] On 14 August 2018, he scored his first goal for Newport in a 4–1 win over Cambridge United in the EFL Cup.[13]
He was recalled by Bristol City on 28 January 2019.[14]
On January deadline day 2020, Semenyo joined League One side Sunderland on a sixth-month loan deal until the end of the 2019–20 season.[15]
Born in England, Semenyo is of Ghanaian descent.[16] He debuted with the Ghana national team in a 3–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Madagascar on 1 June 2022.[17]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bristol City | 2017–18[18] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018–19[19] | Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20[20] | Championship | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21[21] | Championship | 44 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 50 | 5 | ||
| 2021–22[22] | Championship | 31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 8 | ||
| 2022–23[23] | Championship | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 4 | ||
| Total | 93 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | 103 | 17 | |||
| Bath City (loan) | 2017–18[24] | National League South | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | 16 | 6 | |
| Newport County (loan) | 2018–19[19] | League Two | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | 32 | 6 |
| Sunderland (loan) | 2019–20[20] | League One | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 135 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 158 | 29 | ||
Individual
Bristol City F.C. – current squad | |
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