Majeed Ashimeru

Majeed Ashimeru
Personal information
Full name	Majeed Ashimeru
Date of birth	10 October 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Anderlecht
Number	18
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2017	WAFA SC
2017–2021	Red Bull Salzburg
2017–18	→ Austria Lustenau (loan)
2018	→ Wolfsberger AC (loan)
2018–2019	→ St. Gallen (loan)
2021	→ Anderlecht (loan)
2021–	Anderlecht
National team‡
2017–	Ghana
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 May 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 May 2017

Majeed Ashimeru (born 10 October 1997) is a Ghanaian footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Belgian club RSC Anderlecht and the Ghana national team.

Career[change | change source]

Ashimeru started his career at West African Football Academy. In 2015 he played for WAFA in the Premier League for the first time. In the 2016 season, however, he was only used five times in the top Ghanaian league.

In August 2017 he moved to the Austrian Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg. He was directly loaned to the second division club SC Austria Lustenau.^[1]

In January 2018 he was loaned out to Bundesliga side Wolfsberger AC. He played his first Bundesliga game in February 2018 when he started against SCR Altach on Matchday 21 of the 2017/18 season. He scored his first goal for Wolfsberg the following round in a 1-0 win over SK Sturm Graz.

For the 2018/19 season he was loaned to FC St. Gallen in Switzerland.^[2] He made his Super League debut in July 2018 when he started against FC Basel on Matchday 1 of that season. In a 3-2 win against FC Zurich in October 2018, he scored his first goal in Switzerland's top division.

After the loan ended, he returned to Salzburg for the 2019/20 season. In the 2019/20 season he made 20 Bundesliga appearances for Salzburg. After another nine until the 2020/21 winter break, Ashimeru was loaned out a fourth time in January 2021 to RSC Anderlecht.^[3] He made his first appearance in Division 1A on 21 February 2021 against KV Kortrijk. Ashimeru made 5 out of 14 possible appearances in the main round, in which he scored a goal. In the champions playoffs he played in all six games. In June 2021 he was signed by Anderlecht and given a contract that runs until June 2025.^[4]

National team[change | change source]

Ashimeru made his debut for Ghana in May 2017 in a friendly against Benin and was replaced by Isaac Twum in the 59th minute. He played his second international match on 6 September 2021 against South Africa as part of a World Cup qualifier.