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Patrick Twumasi
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 04/2026


Personal information
Date of birth
9 May 1994 

Place of birth
Obuasi, Ghana

Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Position
Winger

 

Team information
Current team
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Number
21


 

Youth career

Red Bull Ghana


Senior career*

Spartaks Jūrmala
2012-2014
31x apps  16x goals

→ Astana (loan)
2013
11x apps  6x goals

→ Amkar Perm (loan)
2014
6x apps  0x goal

→ Astana (loan)
2014
11x apps  10x goals

Astana
2015-2018
101x apps  32x goals

Alavés
2018-2020
11x apps  0x goal

→ Gaziantep (loan)
2019-2020
26x apps  6x goals

Hannover 96
2020-2022
22x apps  3x goals

Maccabi Netanya
2022-2023
40x apps  14x goals

Pafos
2023-2025
23x apps  3x goals

→ Beitar Jerusalem (loan)
2024-2025
33x apps  7x goals

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2025-
4x apps  0x goal

 

International career‡

 

Ghana
2017-

2x apps  0x goal

 

* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 January 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 November 2017

Patrick Twumasi is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for K League 1 club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. He made two appearances for the Ghana national team in 2017.

Club career

Spartaks Jūrmala
Born in Obuasi, Patrick Twumasi joined the Latvian Higher League club Spartaks Jūrmala from Red Bull Ghana prior to the 2012 Latvian Higher League season.

Soon he established himself as a first eleven player, scoring 10 goals in 22 league appearances and becoming the team's top scorer and divided seventh top scorer of the championship.

In the beginning of the 2013 season, Twumasi scored six goals in the first nine matches and was named Latvian Higher League player of the month in May 2013.
 

Loans

In July 2013, Twumasi joined the Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Astana on loan from Spartaks Jūrmala.

He scored six goals in 11 matches during the loan spell and later returned to Spartaks Jūrmala.

Prior to the 2014 season, Twumasi was loaned out to Russian Premier League club Amkar Perm.

He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 10 March 2014 in a game against Volga Nizhny Novgorod.

On 9 July 2014, Twumasi rejoined FC Astana on loan for the rest of the 2014 season. Scoring 10 goals in 11 matches, he became the club's top scorer and helped Astana win the league.

Astana
Twumasi signed permanently for FC Astana prior to the 2015 season, despite attracting attention from other European clubs. On 27 July 2017, Twumasi signed a new two-year contract with Astana.

Alavés
On 27 July 2018, Twumasi signed a four-year deal with La Liga side Deportivo Alavés.

Gaziantep
On 16 August 2019, Twumasi signed a one-year loan deal with Turkish Süper Lig club Gaziantep.

Hannover 96
On 4 September 2020, Twumasi signed a three-year contract with 2. Bundesliga club Hannover 96.

Maccabi Netanya
On 3 February 2022, Twumasi signed with Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Netanya.

Pafos
On 3 August 2023, Pafos announced the signing of Twumasi from Maccabi Netanya.

Beitar Jerusalem (loan)
On 23 July 2024, Beitar Jerusalem announced the season-long loan signing of Twumasi from Pafos.

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
On 20 June 2025, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors announced the signing of Twumasi.

 

International career

Twumasi was called up to the senior Ghana squad by Avram Grant for a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Mauritius in June 2016.