Charles Buaku Atsina Junior is a Ghanaian-Italian professional football player currently playing for Uerdingen 05 in the Regionalliga West.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Charles Atsina (Carlo) | ||
Date of birth | (1989-03-24) 24 March 1989 (age 33)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Takoradi, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Uerdingen 05 | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2011 | Virtus Vecomp Verona | ||
2011–2012 | Alcorcón | ||
2013–2014 | VfL Bochum II | ||
2014–2015 | TuS Ennepetal | 22 | (5) |
2015–2016 | KäPa | 9 | (2) |
2017 | Panevėžys | 15 | (5) |
2017–2018 | Vllanzia | 10 | (2) |
2018 | Kastrioti | 9 | (1) |
2019–2020 | Hibernians | 9 | (0) |
2021– | Uerdingen 05 | 11 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:11, 6 October 2021 (UTC) |
Born on 24 March 1989, he grew up in Italy where he started his football academy in Verona. 2012 he joined the Spanish liga2 AD Alcorcon.[2]
In 2013, he moved to VfL Bochum II.
In 2015, he joined Tus Ennepetal and became the only player to score five goals in a game during the first round of the German Kreispokal.[3][4] On 28 July 2013, he became the first Ghanaian and Italian footballer to score eight goals in 60 minutes during a tournament of Rodemann cup in Bochum, Germany. His team beat DJK Adler Dahlhausen 1923 e.V. 13–1 in the Rodemann Cup.[5][4][6][2]
On 14 October 2017, he signed a contract with Albanian club Vllanzia brought in by manager Armando Cungu.[7]
In August 2019, he signed a contract with Maltese Premier League club Hibernians F.C.[8]
In August 2021, he returned to Germany to play for Uerdingen 05.[9]
KFC Uerdingen 05 – current squad | |
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