Claud Adjapong (born 6 May 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serie B club Ascoli.[2]
![]() Adjapong with Italy U21 in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1998-05-06) 6 May 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Modena, Italy | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Ascoli | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2017 | Sassuolo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2022 | Sassuolo | 32 | (2) |
2019–2020 | → Verona (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Lecce (loan) | 19 | (1) |
2021–2022 | → Reggina (loan) | 20 | (0) |
2022– | Ascoli | 2 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2016–2017 | Italy U19 | 11[1] | (0) |
2017–2020 | Italy U21 | 21 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2020 |
Adjapong is a youth exponent from Sassuolo. He made his Serie A debut on 11 March 2016 against Juventus. He replaced Matteo Politano after 89 minutes in a 1–0 away defeat.[3]
On 21 August 2019, Adjapong joined Serie A club Verona on loan with an option to buy.[4]
On 9 August 2021, he moved to Serie B side Reggina on a season-long loan.[5]
On 1 September 2022, Adjapong signed a three-year contract with Ascoli.[6]
Adjapong was born and raised in Italy to parents of Ghanaian descent. Until he was 18, he only had a Ghanaian passport. He is eligible to play for the Ghana national team.[7][8]
After receiving his passport, on 25 August 2016, he received a call-up from the Italy-U19.[9][10] He made his debut with the Italy-U21 team on 1 September 2017, in a friendly match lost 3–0 against Spain.
Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Sassuolo | 2015–16 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
2016–17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 13 | 1 | |||
2017–18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | ||||
2018–19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 1 | ||||
Total | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | ||
Verona (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
Lecce (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 1 | ||
Career total | 56 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3 |
Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. – current squad | |
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