Mohamed Daramy

Mohamed Daramy (born 7 January 2002) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as forward for Danish Superliga club Copenhagen, on loan from Eredivisie club Ajax, and the Denmark national team.[1]

Mohamed Daramy
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-01-07) 7 January 2002
Place of birth Hvidovre, Denmark
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Copenhagen
(on loan from Ajax)
Number 15
Youth career
Hvidovre
Copenhagen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Copenhagen 74 (12)
2021– Ajax 12 (1)
2022– → Copenhagen (loan) 25 (8)
International career‡
2020 Denmark U19 1 (0)
2020– Denmark U21 8 (1)
2021– Denmark 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2023

Club career

F.C. Copenhagen

Daramy joined Copenhagen from Hvidovre as a U14 player.[2] He had the opportunity to join both Copenhagen and Brøndby, but ended up choosing Copenhagen.[2] At the age of 15, Daramy was already the topscorer of the U17 squad at F.C. Copenhagen, which earned him a contract extension in October 2017 until 2020.[3] He ended up scoring 18 goals in 26 games in the 2017–18 season, making him the fifth highest scoring player in that season's U17 league.[4]

At the age of 16 years and 263 days, Daramy became the youngest ever player to score for Copenhagen. The goal came in his official debut for the club in a Danish Cup game against Viby IF.[5] Afterwards, there were rumors about several clubs that were scouting Daramy, but especially RB Leipzig were rumored to be interested in the player.[6] But Copenhagen didn't seem to want to let him go and put his price tag at €5 million. Daramy went out and said, that he didn't know yet whether he would stay or not.[7]

Ultimately he decided to stay at the club and in March 2019 it was rumored, that he was about to sign a contract extension with a much higher salary, although there was a bid ready from an unknown club of about €5 million.[8] He got his Danish Superliga debut on 2 December 2018 against AC Horsens. Daramy replaced Dame N'Doye in the 77th minute.[9] On 31 March 2019, Daramy scored his first goal in the Danish Superliga. Daramy got the chance from start in the absence of Robert Skov who was out with an injury, and scored the game's only goal.[10]

On 3 April 2019, Daramy officially signed his first professional contract with Copenhagen until the end of 2021.[11] Beside that, he was also permanently promoted to the first team squad.

AFC Ajax

On 22 August 2021, AFC Ajax announced that they had closed a €12 million deal, which can increase to €13 million with bonuses, with Copenhagen for the transfer of Daramy.[12] On 3 August 2022, Daramy returned to Copenhagen on a season-long loan.[13]

International career

Daramy made his debut for Denmark national team on 1 September 2021 in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Scotland, replacing Andreas Skov Olsen in the 85th minute.[14]

Style of play

Former Schalke 04 striker and Denmark international Ebbe Sand, described Daramy as a player who is fast, strong in "one-on-one situations" and as "extremely talented".[15]

Personal life

Daramy has a Sierra Leonean passport though he is born and raised in Denmark, because both his Oku parents are from Sierra Leone.[2] In December 2018 Daramy revealed, that he had applied for a Danish passport and would like to play for the Danish national team.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 13 November 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Copenhagen 2018–19 Danish Superliga 1111100122
2019–20 294329[lower-alpha 1]1417
2020–21 2851000295
2021–22 62005[lower-alpha 2]2114
Total 7412531439318
Ajax 2021–22 Eredivisie 91222[lower-alpha 3]0133
Copenhagen (loan) 2022–23 Danish Superliga 13 2 2 0 7[lower-alpha 3] 0 22 2
Career total 96159523312823
  1. 1 appearance in UEFA Champions League, 8 appearance and 1 goal in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Copenhagen

Ajax

References
  1. Mohamed Daramy at Soccerway
  2. FCK pønser på genistreg: Vil holde på guldfugl, bt.dk, 9 December 2018
  3. FC København forlænger med ung angriber, tonsser.com, 17 October 2017
  4. DBU Topscorer list 2017/18, dbu.dk
  5. YNGSTE FCK-MÅLSCORER NOGENSINDE: SE 16-ÅRIGE DARAMYS DEBUTANTMÅL, fck.dk, 27 September 2018
  6. FCK kan smadre transferrekord: 16-årigt kæmpe talent er jaget vildt, ekstrabladet.dk, 14 October 2018
  7. Daramy overvejer fremtiden hos FCK, tipsbladet.dk, 9 December 2018
  8. Avis: FCK tæt på at forlænge med ung guldfugl, bold.dk, 21 March 2019
  9. HORSENS VS. KØBENHAVN 1 - 6, soccerway.com, 2 December 2018
  10. 17-årig helt i Parken: Matchvinder Daramy skulle tage bussen hjem, bt.dk, 31 March 2019
  11. FCK FORLÆNGER MED DARAMY, fck.dk, 3 April 2019
  12. https://english.ajax.nl/articles/ajax-and-fc-copenhagen-reach-agreement-for-mohamed-daramy/, english.ajax.nl, 22 August 2021
  13. "DARAMY REJOINS FCK ON LOAN". Copenhagen. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  14. "Denmark v Scotland game report". FIFA. 1 September 2021.
  15. "Werner-Nachfolger: BVB mischt mit". weltfussball.de (in German). 18 March 2020.
  16. "FC Copenhagen are Danish champions". The Copenhagen Post. 6 May 2019. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
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