EXCLUSIVE: Ghana striker Raphael Dwamena joins Albanian side KF Egnatia

Published on: 15 December 2022

Ghana striker, Raphael Dwamena has completed a move to Albanian top-flight side, KF Egnatia, Footballghana.com can confirm.

The 27-year-old last played for BSC Old Boys in August and has since been clubless. Dwamena scored seven goals in nine games.

Five years ago, Dwamena was under contract with FC Zurich and scored nine goals during the 2017/18 season.

He was on the verge of joining Premier League side, Brighton & Hove Albion but the deal fell through.

Dwamena was diagnosed with a heart defect during his medicals. He now plays with a defibrillator.

On 25 June 2021, he returned to Austria and signed a two-year contract with Blau-Weiß Linz.

However, on 28 October 2021, Dwamena collapsed on the field during an Austrian Cup game against TSV Hartberg as the game was abandoned.

The attacker's path led back to Switzerland via Spain, Denmark and Austria.

Raphael Dwamena made his international debut on June 11, 2017, in an African Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia, where he scored a brace to mark the new era of youngsters being introduced into the national team.

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