Daniel Amartey is a Ghanaian professional footballer who last played as a defender or midfielder for EFL Championship club Leicester City and the Ghana national team. A graduate of International Allies’ youth academy, Amartey played for Djurgården and Copenhagen before joining Leicester City in 2016.Information Guide Nigeria

Club career

Djurgårdens IF

According to a report from BBC news, Amartey started out playing for the second-tier club International Allies in Ghana where he was spotted as a sixteen-year-old by Magnus Pehrsson who was on a scouting trip in Africa during his preparation to take over as manager of Djurgårdens IF. However, it was confirmed that when Pehrsson became manager he secured the transfer rights for Amartey from the day he turned 18. In other to help prepare Amartey for his future permanent move to Sweden in 2013, the club brought him over for shorter periods of time in both 2011 and 2012 where he got to play for the club’s U21 team.Information Guide Nigeria

The report has it that the young player made his Svenska Cupen debut on the 3rd of March 2013 against Umeå FC. And he then made his league debut in the 2013 Allsvenskan opening game away against Helsingborgs IF on the 31st of March. It was shown that Amartey was praised by the media for his strong start to the 2013 season, and foreign clubs like FC Schalke 04 and 1. FC Kaiserslautern started to scout him.Information Guide Nigeria

And on the 26th of May he scored his first ever goal for the club when he headed home the 1–1 equalizer in the 2013 Svenska Cupen Final which Djurgården eventually lost against IFK Göteborg on penalties. According to talkSPORT report, after his first season in the Swedish league as an eighteen-year-old Amartey was ranked as the 10th-best player in the league by newspaper Expressen and 18th best by Aftonbladet.Information Guide Nigeria

Copenhagen

In the month of July 2014, Amartey moved to F.C. Copenhagen for a fee of €2.5 million plus add-ons, and made his Superliga-debut on 20 July in a match against Silkeborg IF.NYSC Portal

Leicester City

According to skysport, Amartey joined Premier League side Leicester City on a four-and-a-half-year contract for a fee around the region of up to £6 million on the 22nd of January 2016. However, in his first season in his new country, Amartey featured five times as his team Leicester City won the Premier League title. The young star made his debut for the club on the 27th of February 2016, in 1–0 home league win over Norwich City.

Reports have it that in the month of October 2018, Amartey broke his ankle in a game against West Ham United, ruling him out for the rest of the 2018–19 season.NYSC Portal

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According to the club official site, out of action for nearly a year, the closest Amartey came to a first team return was making the bench for an EFL Cup match against Luton Town in September 2019. The midfielder made his first team return almost two years after his injury in an EFL Cup match against Arsenal on the 23rd of September 2020, which Leicester lost 2–0. After a fram of four days, he made his Premier League return when he started away at Manchester City in a 5–2 win.

And on the 18th of February 2021, Amartey started in his Europa League debut for Leicester in a 0–0 away draw against Slavia Prague in the first leg of the Europa League round of 32 tie. Again, Amartey scored his first goal for the Foxes in over four years, heading in a late winner to seal a 2–1 away league win over Brighton & Hove Albion on the 6th of March 2021. The holding midfielder and Leicester started the 2021–22 season with the 2021 FA Community Shield against Manchester City. He played the full match as Iheanacho scored the winning goal, an 89th-minute penalty against his former club.NYSC Portal

International career

In the month of May 2012 Amartey made his debut for the Ghana national under-20 football team in a game against Nigeria. According to report, he was also selected to play in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup but Djurgården wanted to keep him in Sweden since the tournament clashed with the 2013 Allsvenskan season. However, in the month of January 2015, Amartey played in all the group matches for Ghana at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, where the Black Stars finished as runners-up.

The Ghanaian international played six times at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, lasting 90 minutes in every match to help Ghana finish fourth in the tournament. Amartey’s performances saw him named in the CAF Team of the tournament. Again, the player featured in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon whom the Ghana national team was eliminated in the early stage of the competition.NYSC Portal

Daniel Amartey Net Worth

According to the Forbes report, the Ghanaian midfielder’s spell with Swedish side Djurgårdens IF, F.C. Copenhagen of Denmark, and most recently Premier League side Leicester City has seen him accumulate a net worth of €7.5 million (£6.5 million).

Daniel Amartey’s Salary

Midfielder signed a contract with Leicester City that nets him a whopping salary of 1.2 Million Euro (1 Million Pound) per year. We have crunched the numbers, this means he earns €3,279 (£2,831) per day and €137 (£118) per hour!

Per year           €1,200,000    £1,043,478

Per month        €100,000      £86,957

Per week           €23,077     £20,067NYSC Portal

Per day            €3,288       £2,859

Per hour           €137         £119

Per minute        €2           £2

Honours

Copenhagen

Danish Superliga: 2015–16

Danish Cup: 2014–15, 2015–16

Leicester City

Premier League: 2015–16

FA Cup: 2020–21

FA Community Shield: 2021NYSC Portal

Ghana

Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2015

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