Davidson Eden


Davidson "Dave" Eden is a German-Ghanaian footballer who plays as a centre back. Until 2015, his surname was Drobo-Ampem.

Career

Eden played in the youth for SC Hamm 02 and signed in 2005 for SC Vorwärts/Wacker 04. In the 2006–07 season he moved to the youth side of FC St. Pauli.
Eden made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for FC St. Pauli on 13 February 2009 when he came on as a substitute in the 24th minute in a game against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. He started in the next game against 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
On 31 January 2011, he went on loan to Esbjerg fB until the end of the season. After returning to Hamburg in summer he did not play in any league matches and on 31 August 2011 he joined Esbjerg again on another loan deal. On 2 July 2012, he signed a two-year deal with Esbjerg.
Two years later, on 1 September 2014 he moved to Austrian Football First League club FC Wacker Innsbruck. On 29 August 2015, he signed a one-year contract with FC St. Pauli.
Eden signed with Danish 1st Division-club Hobro IK on 2 September 2016, but didn't get his contract extended, so he left the club on 1 January 2017.

Personal life

In October 2015, it was announced that Eden had acquired German citizenship. On this occasion he also had his surname changed from "Drobo-Ampem" to "Eden", only stating to the public that it was for "personal reasons".

Honours

Esbjerg