Five Important things about Brandon Thomas-Asante
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Thomas-Asante joined MK Dons as a 12-year-old and progressed through their academy before making his senior debut for the club as a 75th-minute substitute against Shrewsbury Town in August 2016.
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Albion’s new man won MK Dons’ Academy Player of the Year award in the 2016/17 term having made 12 senior appearances across all competitions.
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The striker’s first senior goal came in 3-2 victory over Spennymoor Town in the Emirates FA Cup in November 2016.
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Thomas-Asante joined Salford City from Ebbsfleet United in the summer of 2019. He made his debut for the club against Aston Villa’s U21 side in the EFL Trophy and went on to make his first league appearance for the Ammies in a clash with Cheltenham Town at Salford’s Peninsula Stadium in September 2019.
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Brandon was part of the Salford City side which secured their first piece of major silverware by beating Portsmouth on penalties at Wembley in the final of the Papa John’s Trophy in March 2021.
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The game finished 0-0 after 90 minutes and extra-time, meaning penalties were needed to decide the victors. Thomas-Asante scored Salford’s third spot-kick as they recorded a 4-2 triumph in the shootout.
“Everyone at West Bromwich Albion would like to congratulate Brandon and the club wishes him all the very best of luck during his time away on international duty,” wrote West Bromwich Albion in a good luck message to the 25-year-old Brandon Thomas-Asante.
The striker received his first-ever call-up for Ghana on Wednesday when Ghana’s head coach Otto Addo announced his squad.
Check out the FIVE important things to know about the West Bromwich striker.
1. Brandon Thomas-Asante is half Jamaican
2. Brandon Thomas-Asante started his football at the Milton Keynes Academy
Asante joined MK Dons’ academy at age 12 and enjoyed proper nurturing through the academy and made his debut in 2016 at age 17. Asante won the MK Dons’ Academy Player of the Year award in the 2016/17 season after making 12 senior appearances across all competitions at a very young age.
3. West Bromwich Albion is Thomas Asante’s 6th club
He’s only 25 but has already played for 6 clubs. In his senior career, He spent 3 years with MK Dons, his boyhood club. Asante enjoyed two loan spells with Sutton United and Oxford City while at MK Dons. He joined Ebbsfleet United before moving to Salford. Brandon Thomas-Asante finally signed for West Bromwich Albion in 2022. Will he be a much-travelled man in football?
4. Asante has won twice as the top scorer of West Bromwich Albion
Asante scored 11 goals and provided 2 assists in 42 appearances in all competitions in the 2023-24 season. In the 2022-23 season, Asante scored 8 goals in all competitions to win WBA’s top scorer. He has been the main source for goals for West Bromwich Albion in the last two seasons.
5 Thomas-Asante Brandon was once a dancer and a musician
Asante used to perform as a solo artist in his spare time and used to be a street dancer with a street dance group. Imagine Asante behind the microphone or on the dance floor!
