Solomon Asante

Solomon Asante
Personal information
Full name Solomon Asante
Date of birth (1990-03-06) 6 March 1990 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Las Vegas Lights
Number 14
Youth career
0000–2007 Feyenoord Ghana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Feyenoord Ghana 66 (12)
2009–2011 ASFA Yennenga 57 (39)
2011–2013 Berekum Chelsea 70 (21)
2013–2017 TP Mazembe 17 (4)
2018–2021 Phoenix Rising 107 (54)
2022–2023 Indy Eleven 58 (3)
2024– Las Vegas Lights 2 (0)
International career
2011 Burkina Faso 1 (0)
2012– Ghana 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 March 2024

Solomon Asante (born 6 March 1990) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger for USL Championship club Las Vegas Lights. With Phoenix Rising FC, he was named the 2019 and 2020 USL Championship Most Valuable Player (MVP).[3][4] With Indy Eleven, Asante became the first player in USL Championship history to record 50 career goals and career assists.[5]

  1. ^ [1], Phoenix
  2. ^ Solomon Asante – TP Mazembe
  3. ^ USLChampionship.com Staff (21 November 2019). "Phoenix's Asante Named 2019 Championship Most Valuable Player". USL Championship. United Soccer League. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. ^ USLChampionship.com Staff (6 November 2020). "Phoenix's Solomon Asante Voted 2020 Championship Most Valuable Player". USL Championship. United Soccer League. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Solomon Asante and Aodhan Quinn complete the 50/50 split". Indy Eleven. Retrieved 23 February 2024.