Hearts of Oak
Which team did the player Charles Asampong Taylor belong to from 2000 to 2003?
Charles Asampong Taylor Kweku Charles Bismark Taylor Asampong ( born 14 July 1981 in Sefwi , Western Region ) is a Ghanaian football striker who currently plays for Berekum Chelsea . He had his greatest playing days and is one of the few players to play for Accra Hearts of Oak S.C . and Asante Kotoko . As a kid , he was often called tailor , after his uncle who was a tailor as he used to help his uncle with work , hence , he adopted the name Charles Taylor after the former Liberian president . Nicknamed Terror due to his ability to terrorise opponents . Hes arguably one of the greatest players to ever play the Ghana premier league and a key member of the famous 64 Battalion squad of Accra Hearts of Oak S.C . that won the African Champions League in 2000 and consecutive Ghanaian league titles . Football career . Early life . His playing career started off at Great Olympics , where he used to polish the shoes of their management , he had a bet with the then chairman Ade Coker that he could play better than the team players , he was asked to play and showed excellent dribbling skills , he later signed for the club . Personal life On 31 August 2015 , reports suggest that he has been ordained as a priest . Accra Hearts of Oak . Asamponk transferred to Accra Hearts of Oak in 2000 where he helped them win the Ghana premier national league in 2000 , 2001 and 2002 seasons . Then coached by Sir Cecil Jones Attuquayefio and Offei-Ansah , Taylor formed a fantastic partnership with Ishmael Addo and Emmanuel Osei Kuffour affectionately called the deadly trio . In addition to the national premier league in 2000 , Hearts of oak won the FA cup and the African champions league for the first time . In February 2001 , they won the African Super Cup Championship where he scored the first goal against Al-Zamalek of Egypt at the Kumasi Sports Stadium . Charles Taylor alongside Charles Allotey , Amankwah Mireku , Joseph Ansah , Jacob Nettey , Stephen Tetteh , Ishmael Addo , Emmanuel Osei Kuffour , Sammy Adjei , Edmund Copson , and Emmanuel Adjogu were deemed as the best squad ever to be assembled by Accra Hearts of oak and also famously called 64 Battalion a name after the most feared unit of the Ghana Army during Jerry Rawlings rule . Asante Kotoko . He controversially transferred from Accra Hearts of Oak to archrivals Asante Kotoko in 2003 for the then domestic transfer record fee of GH₵ 40,000 ( roughly US$42,000 ) . Charles Taylor essentially boycotted training with Hearts of oak and did not play any games way into the season just to force the move . His first season with Kotoko was a success and he won the Ghana Premier league with Kotoko in 2003 . However , this transfer caused a lot of bitter local sentiment towards Taylor , from which his popularity has never recovered.. . Taylor joined Etoile du Sahel from Kotoko in 2004 for a fee of US$250,000 After an unsuccessful spell in Tunisia he was loaned to Accra Hearts of Oak in October 2006 . International career . He was part of the Ghanaian 2004 Olympic football team that exited in the first round , having finished in third place in group B . He was a silver medalist with Ghana U-20 team at 2001 Africa youth championship in Ethiopia . He currently has forty one caps for the Ghana national football team , the Black Stars , scoring nineteen goals . Taylor represented the Black Stars at 2009 African Championship of Nations in Côte dIvoire , where they finished second , beaten by the famous Congo . Honours - 2000 : African Champions League with Accra Hearts of Oak - 2000 : African Super Cup with Accra Hearts of Oak - 2000 : Ghana FA Cup with Accra Hearts of Oak - 2000 : Ghana Premier League with Accra Hearts of Oak - 2001 : Ghana Premier League with Accra Hearts of Oak - 2002 : Ghana Premier League with Accra Hearts of Oak - 2009 : African Nations Championship runners-up with Blackstars Individual ▪ 2002 : Ghana premier league Top Scorer ( shared with Bernard Dong Bortey ) ▪ 2002 : SWAG Sports Personality of the year award . ▪ 2001 : GFA player of the year . Clubs . - 2000–2003 Hearts of Oak - 2003–2005 Asante Kotoko - 2005–2008 Étoile du Sahel - 2008–2009 Hearts of Oak - 2010–2011 Enugu Rangers - 2011 – ( current ) Berekum Chelsea F.C .