Majeed Ashimeru

Majeed Ashimeru (born 10 October 1997) is a Ghanaian footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Belgian club RSC Anderlecht and the Ghana national team. Ashimeru began his football career at a young age, playing for Strong Tower FC in Ghana before joining the West African Football Academy (WAFA) in 2009. He spent eight years at WAFA, eventually moving to Austria to join Red Bull Salzburg in 2017. During his time at Salzburg , he was loaned out to several clubs, including Austria Lustenau, Wolfsberger AC, and St. Gallen, where he gained valuable experience and honed his skills.

Career
Ashimeru started his career at West African Football Academy. In 2015 he played for WAFA in the Premier League for the first time. In the 2016 season, however, he was only used five times in the top Ghanaian league.

In August 2017 he moved to the Austrian Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg. He was directly loaned to the second division club SC Austria Lustenau.

In January 2018 he was loaned out to Bundesliga side Wolfsberger AC.  He played his first Bundesliga game in February 2018 when he started against SCR Altach on Matchday 21 of the 2017/18 season. He scored his first goal for Wolfsberg the following round in a 1-0 win over SK Sturm Graz.

For the 2018/19 season he was loaned to FC St. Gallen in Switzerland. He made his Super League debut in July 2018 when he started against FC Basel on Matchday 1 of that season. In a 3-2 win against FC Zurich in October 2018, he scored his first goal in Switzerland's top division.

After the loan ended, he returned to Salzburg for the 2019/20 season. In the 2019/20 season he made 20 Bundesliga appearances for Salzburg. After another nine until the 2020/21 winter break, Ashimeru was loaned out a fourth time in January 2021 to RSC Anderlecht.Homepage RSC Anderlecht  He made his first appearance in Division 1A on 21 February  2021 against KV Kortrijk. Ashimeru made 5 out of 14 possible appearances in the main round, in which he scored a goal. In the champions playoffs  he played in all six games. In June 2021 he was signed by Anderlecht and given a contract that runs until June 2025.Homepage RSC Anderlecht

National team
Ashimeru made his debut for Ghana in May 2017 in a friendly against Benin and was replaced by Isaac Twum in the 59th minute. He played his second international match on 6 September  2021 against South Africa as part of a World Cup qualifier.
 Honours 

 Club 
Red Bull Salzburg

 Austrian Bundesliga: 2019–20
 Austrian Cup: 2019–20

References

Category:1997 births
Category:Living people
Category:Ghanaian footballers
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:Association football midfielders
Category:Austrian football champions