Davidson "Dave" Eden (born 26 March 1988) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a centre back for Oberliga Hamburg club Hamm United. 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.

Davidson Eden

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.

Davidson Eden

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.

Davidson Eden

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

Danish Cup: 2012–13

References

External links

1988 births

Living people

German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent

Footballers from Hamburg

Ghanaian men's footballers

German men's footballers

Men's association football defenders

FC St. Pauli II players

FC St. Pauli players

Esbjerg fB players

FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players

Hobro IK players

Lüneburger SK players

Lüneburger SK Hansa players

FC Teutonia Ottensen players

2. Bundesliga players

Regionalliga players

Bundesliga players

Danish Superliga players

Danish 1st Division players

2. Liga (Austria) players

Oberliga (football) players

Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers

German expatriate men's footballers

Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark

German expatriate sportspeople in Denmark

Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark

Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Austria

German expatriate sportspeople in Austria

Expatriate men's footballers in Austria

Footballers from Accra

Expatriate sportspeople in Germany