Davidson "Dave" Eden (born 26 March 1988) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a centre back for Oberliga Hamburg club Hamm United.[1] Until 2015, his surname was Drobo-Ampem.

Davidson Eden
Personal information
Birth name Davidson Drobo-Ampem
Date of birth (1988-03-26) 26 March 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Hamm United
Number 77
Youth career
0000–2005 SC Hamm 02
2005–2006 SC Vorwärts/Wacker
2006–2008 FC St. Pauli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 FC St. Pauli II 75 (5)
2009–2012 FC St. Pauli 16 (0)
2011–2012Esbjerg (loan) 16 (1)
2012–2014 Esbjerg 27 (0)
2014–2015 FC Wacker Innsbruck 7 (0)
2015–2016 FC St. Pauli II 24 (0)
2016 FC St. Pauli 2 (0)
2016 Hobro IK 5 (0)
2017–2018 Lüneburger SK Hansa 23 (0)
2018–2022 Teutonia Ottensen 76 (9)
2022– Hamm United 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2022

Career edit

Eden played in the youth for SC Hamm 02 and signed in 2005 for SC Vorwärts/Wacker 04. In the 2006–07 season he moved to the youth side of FC St. Pauli.

Eden made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for FC St. Pauli on 13 February 2009 when he came on as a substitute in the 24th minute in a game against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.[2] He started in the next game against 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[3]

On 31 January 2011, he went on loan to Esbjerg fB until the end of the season.[4] After returning to Hamburg in summer he did not play in any league matches and on 31 August 2011 he joined Esbjerg again on another loan deal.[5] On 2 July 2012, he signed a two-year deal with Esbjerg.[6]

Two years later, on 1 September 2014 he moved to Austrian Football First League club FC Wacker Innsbruck.[7] On 29 August 2015, he signed a one-year contract with FC St. Pauli.[8]

Eden signed with Danish 1st Division-club Hobro IK on 2 September 2016, but didn't get his contract extended, so he left the club on 1 January 2017.[9]

Personal life edit

In October 2015, it was announced that Eden had acquired German citizenship. On this occasion he also had his surname changed from "Drobo-Ampem" to "Eden", only stating to the public that it was for "personal reasons".[10]

Honours edit

Esbjerg

References edit

  1. ^ Davidson Eden at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Heppkes Doppelpack lässt Pauli weiter warten" (in German). kicker.de. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Ludwig und Sako untermauern Heimstärke" (in German). kicker.de. 23 February 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  4. ^ "EfB henter alsidig tysker" (in Danish). Esbjerg fB. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Drobo-Ampem og Vestergaard nye i EfB-truppen" (in Danish). Esbjerg fB. 3 September 2011. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  6. ^ "EfB laver permanent aftale med Davidson Drobo-Ampem" (in Danish). Esbjerg fB. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Drobo-Ampem ist Schwarz-Grüner". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Davidson Drobo-Ampem kehrt zum FC St. Pauli zurück" [Davidson Drobo-Ampem returns to FC St. Pauli] (in German). FC St. Pauli. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  9. ^ Davidson Eden er færdig i Hobro‚ bold.dk, 5 January 2017
  10. ^ "Davidson Drobo-Ampem lässt seinen Nachnamen ändern" [Davidson Drobo-Ampem had his surname changed] (in German). Hamburger Abendblatt. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.

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