Amidu Salifu (born September 20, 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as midfielder.

Amidu Salifu
Personal information
Full name Amidu Salifu
Date of birth (1992-09-20) September 20, 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–2010 Vicenza
2011–2012 Fiorentina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Vicenza 8 (0)
2011–2020 Fiorentina 15 (0)
2012–2013Catania (loan) 10 (0)
2013–2015Modena (loan) 53 (1)
2015Perugia (loan) 5 (0)
2016Brescia (loan) 13 (0)
2016–2017Mantova (loan) 28 (0)
2017–2018Vicenza (loan) 18 (0)
2018–2019Arezzo (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2020Al-Salmiya (loan) 15 (2)
2020–2021 Petrolul Ploiești 9 (0)
2022 Kelantan United 5 (1)
International career
2012 Ghana U-20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 February 2022

Club career edit

Vicenza Calcio edit

Salifu started his youth career with Italian club Vicenza Calcio and made his debut with the senior squad in the 2010–11 Serie B season before going on to sign for ACF Fiorentina in January 2011. He made eight league appearances for the biancorossi prior to his transfer.

Fiorentina edit

Following his transfer to the Florence-based club, Salifu was hardly utilized as a first team member. The young midfielder made his Serie A debut for Fiorentina on 23 April 2011 in a match against Cagliari, when he came on as a 90th minute substitute for former club captain, Adrian Mutu.[1] He would eventually go on to make an additional 12 appearances throughout the 2011–12 Serie A season, before being loaned to Calcio Catania in June 2012. He has made 11 appearances in all competitions for the club since his arrival, generally serving as a reserve for the likes of Sergio Almirón, Francesco Lodi, and Marco Biagianti.

In the summer of 2019, he moved to Kuwaiti club Al-Salmiya on loan.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Game report by ESPN
  2. ^ "Here is every transfer Fiorentina made this summer". Viola Nation. 3 September 2019.

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