Paul Ayongo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 November 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ararat-Armenia | ||
| Number | 90 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2014 | Charity Stars | ||
| 2014 | Oeiras | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Oeiras | ||
| 2015–2018 | Amarante | 73 | (29) |
| 2018–2019 | Paços de Ferreira | 10 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | → Mafra (loan) | 21 | (2) |
| 2020–2022 | Académico de Viseu | 61 | (14) |
| 2022–2023 | Central Coast Mariners | 9 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Swift Hesperange | 6 | (1) |
| 2024 | União de Leiria | 15 | (2) |
| 2024–2025 | Chaves | 22 | (3) |
| 2025– | Ararat-Armenia | 20 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 May 2026 | |||
Paul Ayongo (born 16 November 1996) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Armenian Premier League club Ararat-Armenia.
Career
[edit]Ayongo made his professional debut with Paços de Ferreira in a 3–2 Taça da Liga win over Académico de Viseu on 28 July 2018.[1][2]
In July 2022, Ayongo joined Australian club Central Coast Mariners as a foreign player on a two-year deal.[3] He scored once in nine appearances, before announcing his departure to the staff and was rumoured to join a Romanian club.[4]
In July 2023, Ayongo joined Luxembourgian club Swift Hesperange and made his debut for them in the first qualifying round of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League against Slovan Bratislava.[5][6]
On 3 January 2024, Ayongo returned to Portugal, joining Liga Portugal 2 club União de Leiria on a contract until 2025.[7]
On 10 June 2025, Armenian Premier League club Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Ayongo.[8]
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]Ararat-Armenia
References
[edit]- ↑ "Paços de Ferreira vs. Academico Viseu – 28 July 2018 – Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
- ↑ "Ghanaian forward Paul Ayongo delighted to secure Portuguese Liga I promotion with Paços de Ferreira". 28 May 2019.
- ↑ "Mariners sign Ghanaian Paul Ayongo". Central Coast Mariners. 3 July 2022.
- ↑ Criniti, Dominic (2 February 2023). "Paul Ayongo set to depart Central Coast for European opportunity". 1116 SEN.
- ↑ @LuxembourgFooty (12 July 2023). "63' First Swift subs. Newly-signed Paul Ayongo and Torino loanee Lado Akhalaia on the pitch" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Sl. Bratislava 1 - 1 Swift Hesperange". Diario AS. 12 July 2023.
Substitution, Swift Hesperange. Paul Ayongo replaces Bryan Nouvier.
- ↑ "Comunicado: Paul Ayongo assina até 2025" [Announcement: Paul Ayongo signs until 2025] (in European Portuguese). U.D. Leiria. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ↑ "We are delighted to announce that the 28-year-old Ghanaian striker Paul Ayongo has joined our team". instagram.com/fc_ararat_armenia/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Instagram. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ↑ "We Are The Champions, My Friend". instagram.com/fc_ararat_armenia/. FC Ararat-Armenia Instagram. 23 May 2026. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
External links
[edit]- Paul Ayongo at Soccerway
- 1996 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Footballers from Accra
- Men's association football forwards
- Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- A-League Men players
- Luxembourg National Division players
- AD Oeiras players
- Amarante F.C. players
- F.C. Paços de Ferreira players
- C.D. Mafra players
- Académico de Viseu F.C. players
- Central Coast Mariners FC players
- FC Swift Hesperange players
- U.D. Leiria players
- G.D. Chaves players
- Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg
- Charity Stars F.C. players
- FC Ararat-Armenia players