Mohamed Daramy
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| Intro | Football player | |
| A.K.A. | Mohammed Daramy | |
| A.K.A. | Mohammed Daramy | |
| Places | Sierra Leone | |
| is | Athlete Football player Association football player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 7 January 2002, Hvidovre Municipality, Denmark | |
| Age | 22 years | |
| Star sign | Capricorn |
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Biography
Mohammed Daramy (born 7 January 2002) is a Sierra Leonean-Danish football player who plays as forward for FC Copenhagen in Danish Superliga.
Career
Daramy joined F.C. Copenhagen from Hvidovre IF as a U14 player. He had the opportunity to join both Copenhagen and Brøndby IF, but ended up choosing Copenhagen. At the age of 15, Daramy was already the topscorer of the U17 squad at F.C. Copenhagen, which earned him a contract extension in October 2017 until 2020. He ended up scoring 18 goals in 26 games in the 2017/18 season, making him the fifth most scoring player in that season in the U17 league.
At the age of 16 years and 263 days, Daramy became the youngest ever player to score for F.C. Copenhagen. The goal came in his official debut for the club in a Danish Cup game against Viby. Afterwards, there where rumors about several clubs that was scouting on Daramy, but especially RB Leipzig was rumored to be interested in the player. But Copenhagen didn't seem to want to let him go and put his price tag on 5 million euros. Daramy went out to the medias and said, that he yet didn't knew whether he would stay or not.
However, he decided to stay at the club and in March 2019 it was rumored, that he was about to sign a contract extension with a much higher salary, although there was a bid ready from a unknown club on about 5 million euros. He got his Danish Superliga debut on 12 February 2019 against AC Horsens. Daramy replaced Dame N'Doye in the 77th minute. On 31 March 2019, Daramy scored his first goal in the Danish Superliga. Daramy got the chance from start in the absence of Robert Skov who was out with an injury, and scored the 1-0 goal for Copenhagen, which ended up being the winning goal.
On 3 April 2019, Daramy officially signed his first professional contract with Copenhagen until the end of 2021. Beside that, he was also permanently promoted to the first team squad.
Private life
Daramy has a Sierra Leonean passport though he is born and raised in Denmark, because both his parents are from Sierra Leone. In December 2018 Daramy revealed, that he had applied for a Danish passport and would like to play for the Danish national team.
Honours
Copenhagen
- Danish Superliga: 2018–19