Patrick Agyemang (born 29 September 1980 in Walthamstow, England) is a professional football player who has been capped twice by the Ghana national football team. He currently plays for Queens Park Rangers in the Football League Championship.

Agyemang's former clubs include Preston North End and Wimbledon.

[edit] Club career

Agyemang joined Preston North End in a deal in the region of £300,000 from Gillingham after spending less than a year at Priestfield.

The forward made his name at Wimbledon, where he came through the ranks and went on to make 116 appearances and scored 22 goals.

Agyemang went on to make 31 appearances in his first season, chipping in with four goals but finished the campaign behind Cresswell and Nugent in the pecking order.

This season the former Wimbledon striker has made 49 appearances, although 25 came from the substitutes bench but he did finish the season as second leading scorer with 6.

His good form earned him a recall to the Ghana squad, three years after his last and only other appearance, he went on to pick up three caps for his country but was left out of the final 23 man squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

At half time with sub jacket on while at PNE

Agyemang spent much of his first seasons at Deepdale making appearances from the bench - however injuries to key players saw him start games early in the 2006/07 season , scoring a memorable winner against West Bromwich Albion.

[edit] QPR career

In the January 2008, Agyemang left Preston and signed for Queens Park Rangers, for around £100,000. He scored his first goal for QPR against Sheffield United in his first league start for the club.

Agyemang flourished since joining QPR and scored 8 goals in 6 League starts for QPR in the richest goalscoring form of his career.

After a 3-1 defeat to Watford on 7 December 2009, Aygemang reportedly had to restrain club manager, Jim Magilton, after he headbutted team mate Akos Buzsaky

[edit] International career

Agyemang made his International debut for Ghana[1] against Nigeria on 30 May 2003 in the 4-Nation LG Cup, hosted by Nigeria. He scored for Ghana, just 3 minutes into his debut. Ghana lost the game 3-1. Recently, he played for Ghana in the Pre-2006 World Cup International Friendly against Mexico on 1 March 2006^[1]. He however lost out on a place in the final 2006 FIFA World Cup Ghana team. [2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Soccer News of Thursday, 16 February 2006

[edit] External links

• QPR Profile
• PNE Profile
• Ghana Football Association - official website
• Ghanaweb Football Forum - Ghana Football Fan Forum
• Patrick Agyemang career stats at Soccerbase