Gerald Asamoah

Gerald Asamoah (born October 5 1978) is a former German football player. He played 43 matches for the German national team and scored 6 goals.

Gerald Asamoah

Personal information
Full name	Gerald Asamoah
Date of birth	(1978-10-03) 3 October 1978
Place of birth	Mampong, Ghana
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
1990	VfV Hainholz
1990–1991	SG Borken
1991–1994	BV Werder Hannover
1994–1996	Hannover 96
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1999	Hannover 96	79	(28)
1999–2010	Schalke 04	279	(44)
2004	Schalke 04 II	1	(0)
2010–2011	FC St. Pauli	27	(6)
2012–2013	Greuther Fürth	27	(5)
2013–2015	Schalke 04 II	49	(8)
Total		462	(91)
National team
2001–2006	Germany	43	(6)
Teams managed
2016–2021	Schalke 04 II
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			DFB-Pokal		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hannover 96	1996–97	Regionalliga Nord	25	5	1	0	–		2	0	28	5
	1997–98		33	19	3	0	–		2	1	38	20
	1998–99	2. Bundesliga	21	4	1	0	–		–		22	4
	Total		79	28	5	0	0	0	4	1	88	29
Schalke 04	1999–2000	Bundesliga	33	4	2	1	–		–		35	5
	2000–01		29	4	6	4	–		–		35	8
	2001–02		32	6	6	0	5	1	2	0	45	7
	2002–03		27	3	3	1	6	0	2	0	38	4
	2003–04		24	4	0	0	4	0	6	1	34	5
	2004–05		31	8	5	1	7	1	6	2	49	12
	2005–06		24	3	1	0	10	1	2	0	37	4
	2006–07		13	2	1	2	2	0	–		16	4
	2007–08		31	7	3	3	10	1	3	0	47	11
	2008–09		27	2	2	0	7	1	–		36	3
	2009–10		8	1	0	0	–		–		8	1
	Total		279	44	29	12	51	5	21	3	380	64
Schalke 04 II	2003–04	Regionalliga Nord	1	0	0	0	–		–		1	0
FC St. Pauli	2010–11	Bundesliga	27	6	0	0	–		–		27	6
Greuther Fürth	2011–12	2. Bundesliga	10	5	2	0	–		–		12	5
	2012–13	Bundesliga	17	0	1	0	–		–		18	0
	Total		27	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	30	5
Schalke 04	2013–14	Bundesliga	0	0	1	0	0	0	–		1	0
Schalke 04 II	2013-14	Regionalliga West	28	6	–		–		–		28	6
	2014-15		21	2	–		–		–		21	2
	Total		49	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	8
Career total			462	91	38	12	51	5	25	4	576	112

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany	2001	7	1
	2002	10	1
	2003	1	0
	2004	7	1
	2005	11	3
	2006	7	0
Total		43	6

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Asamoah goal.

List of international goals scored by Gerald Asamoah

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	29 May 2001	Weserstadion, Bremen, Germany	Slovakia	1–0	2–0	Friendly
2	13 February 2002	Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany	Israel	6–1	7–1	Friendly
3	21 December 2004	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	4–1	5–1	Friendly
4	4 June 2005	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	1–1	4–1	Friendly
5	21 June 2005	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany	Argentina	2–1	2–2	2005 Confederations Cup
6	17 August 2005	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	2–2	2–2	Friendly

Honours

Schalke 04

• DFB-Pokal: 2000–01, 2001–02
• DFL-Ligapokal: 2005
• UEFA Intertoto Cup 2003, 2004

Greuther Fürth

• 2. Bundesliga: 2011–12

Germany

• FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2002; third place: 2006
• FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2005

Gerald Asamoah Media

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  Asamoah training with Schalke 04 in March 2007

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  Asamoah celebrating Greuther Fürth's historical promotion in Bundesliga with his team-mates and head coach Mike Büskens in April 2012