Jeremie Frimpong
Personal information
Full name Jeremie Agyekum Frimpong[1]
Date of birth (2000-12-10) 10 December 2000 (age 23)[2]
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Position(s) Right wing-back
Team information
Current team
 Bayer Leverkusen
Number 30
Youth career
2010–2019 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Celtic 36 (3)
2021– Bayer Leverkusen 90 (16)
International career‡
2018–2019 Netherlands U19 3 (0)
2019 Netherlands U20 2 (0)
2021– Netherlands U21 6 (0)
2023– Netherlands 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:45, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023

Jeremie Agyekum Frimpong (born 10 December 2000) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right wing-back for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Netherlands national team.

Club career

Manchester City

Frimpong joined Manchester City at the age of nine[4] and progressed through the club's youth ranks, with regular appearances in Premier League 2 and the UEFA Youth League.[5]

Celtic

On 2 September 2019, Frimpong signed a four-year deal with Celtic.[6] Later that month, he made his professional debut against Partick Thistle in the Scottish League Cup quarter-finals.[7] He made an immediate impact, winning the man of the match award on his debut, and going to become a regular in the first team.[8] His speed and skill was highlighted by the media, and made him popular with Celtic fans.[9][10] Frimpong quickly became a fan favorite with his electrifying pace, tenacity, and attacking prowess from the right-back position.[11] On 27 October, Frimpong scored in a 4–0 win against Aberdeen,[12] his first professional goal.[13] He won his first career honour on 8 December 2019, when Celtic defeated Rangers 1–0 in the Scottish League Cup Final.[14][15] He was described by Celtic manager Neil Lennon as "outstanding" and "arguably our best [outfield] player in the first half", although he was sent off early in the second half for a foul on Alfredo Morelos in the penalty box.[16] In June 2020, Frimpong was voted Celtic's Young Player of the Year for season 2019–20 by the club's supporters.[17]

Bayer Leverkusen

On 27 January 2021, Frimpong signed for German side Bayer Leverkusen for an undisclosed fee, on a four and a half year deal.[18] On 3 October 2023, he extended his contract until 2028.[19]

International career

Born in the Netherlands, Frimpong is of Ghanaian descent.[20][21] His family moved to England when he was seven years old. As such, he is eligible to play for the Netherlands, Ghana, and England.[21]

Frimpong has represented the Netherlands at under-19 youth international level, and made his international debut against Armenia U19 in November 2018.[22] In November 2019, he made his under-20 debut.[23]

In November 2022, Frimpong was included in the final selection of the Netherlands senior national team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[24] Even though, according to an article on the NOS website, he does not speak a lot of Dutch, he understands match talks and football language.[25] He did not appear in the tournament,[26] as the Netherlands were knocked out by Argentina in the quarter-finals.[27] He made his first appearance for the Netherlands on 13 October 2023, making a substitute appearance in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against France.

Personal life

Frimpong is a devout Christian.[28]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 February 2024[29]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester City U21 2018–19 — — — — 4[c] 0 4 0
Celtic 2019–20[30] Scottish Premiership 14 2 3 0 3 0 1[d] 0 — 21 2
2020–21[31] Scottish Premiership 22 1 0 0 0 0 8[e] 0 — 30 1
Total 36 3 3 0 3 0 9 0 — 51 3
Bayer Leverkusen 2020–21[32] Bundesliga 10 0 1 0 — 2[d] 0 — 13 0
2021–22[33] Bundesliga 25 1 2 1 — 7[d] 0 — 34 2
2022–23[34] Bundesliga 34 8 1 0 — 13[f] 1 — 48 9
2023–24[35] Bundesliga 21 7 4 1 — 3[d] 1 — 28 9
Total 90 16 8 2 — 24 2 — 123 20
Career total 126 19 11 2 3 0 33 2 4 0 178 23
  1. ^ Includes Scottish FA Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. ^ Includes Scottish League Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  4. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Celtic

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Scottish Football Association: List of Suspensions" (PDF). Scottish FA. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Jeremie Frimpong". Celtic FC. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Jeremie Frimpong". Custard Boys RTG (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  4. ^ Bajkowski, Simon (3 September 2019). "Man City insert transfer clauses into Celtic deal for young defender Jeremie Frimpong". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  5. ^ Jeremie Frimpong – UEFA competition record (archive)
  6. ^ Cuddihy, Paul (2 September 2019). "Celtic sign Jeremie Frimpong on four-year deal from Manchester City". Celtic FC. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Celtic: Jeremie Frimpong 'crowd pleaser' on debut - Neil Lennon". BBC Sport. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  8. ^ Gannon, Michael (23 October 2019). "Celtic star Jeremie Frimpong on the three-way international battle to secure his services". Daily Record. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  9. ^ McFarlane, Jonathan (12 November 2019). "Jeremie Frimpong rewarded for Celtic form with Netherlands under-20 call-up". Daily Record. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  10. ^ Doyle, Chris (10 November 2019). "Neil Lennon on the Celtic 'love affair' with Jeremie Frimpong as right-back earns huge praise". Daily Record. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Jeremie Frimpong receives inquiries from Barcelona this summer". FootballExpress.in. 15 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Aberdeen 0-4 Celtic: Neil Lennon praise for 'special' first half performance". BBC Sport. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Lennon delight as Celtic complete 'brilliant week' with Aberdeen mauling". Jersey Evening Post. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  14. ^ Wilson, Fraser. "Jeremie Frimpong on his Celtic improvement and the Neil Lennon advice that helped him forget cup final red card". Daily Record. No. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  15. ^ English, Tom. "Rangers 0-1 Celtic". BBC Sport. No. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  16. ^ Sullivan, Joe (10 December 2019). "Oh My Days: Birthday Bhoy Jeremie Frimpong hailed by manager". Celtic FC. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  17. ^ Cuddihy, Paul (8 June 2020). "Oh my days! Jeremie Frimpong wins Celtic Young Player of the Year". Celtic FC. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  18. ^ "Jeremie Frimpong: Bayer Leverkusen sign Celtic full-back". BBC Sport. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  19. ^ "Contract until 2028: Bayer 04 extend deal with Jeremie Frimpong". Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 3 October 2023.
  20. ^ "Ghana set to miss out on whiz-kid Jeremie Frimpong after Netherlands call-up". GhanaSoccernet. 13 November 2019.
  21. ^ a b Halliday, Stephen (23 October 2019). "Jeremie Frimpong aiming to follow in Liverpool star Virgil van Dijk's footsteps at Celtic and in Netherlands national team". The Scotsman. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  22. ^ "Jeremy Frimpong". OnsOranje. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  23. ^ "Jeremy Frimpong". OnsOranje. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  24. ^ @OnsOranje (21 October 2022). "🦁 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝: This is the longlist of 39 players where our final World Cup 2022 squad will be selected from! 📋" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  25. ^ Wieten, Jesse (11 November 2022). "Dag van de WK-selectie: hardste klappen bij Oranje vallen voorin" [Day of the World Cup selection: the hardest hits for the Dutch team are at the front] (in Dutch). NOS. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  26. ^ Ayamga, Emmanuel (13 December 2022). "Netherlands' Jeremie Frimpong still eligible to play for Ghana after not featuring at World Cup". Pulse Ghana. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  27. ^ Fisher, Ben (9 December 2022). "Argentina edge Netherlands in shootout to win World Cup quarter-final thriller". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  28. ^ "Jeremie Frimpong opens up on his religious life; relationship with God". Footballghana. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  29. ^ Jeremie Frimpong at Soccerway
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  33. ^ "Games played by Jeremie Frimpong in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  34. ^ "Games played by Jeremie Frimpong in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  35. ^ "Games played by Jeremie Frimpong in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  36. ^ "Celtic champions & Hearts relegated after SPFL ends season". BBC Sport. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  37. ^ Celtic win fourth straight Scottish Cup as Hazard's shootout saves break Hearts, Ewan Murray, The Guardian, 20 December 2020
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  40. ^ Sarkar, Rohit. "Manchester United Transfer News: Manchester United want Jeremie Frimpon". SoccerTalkies. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
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