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{{short description|Ghanaian footballer (born 1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Razak Pimpong
| image          = Razak Pimpong.jpg
| upright        = 1.1
| caption        = Pimpong in 2008
| fullname       = Razak Pimpong<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Ghana |publisher=FIFA |page=13 |date=21 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2019}}</ref>
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1982|12|30|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Accra]], Ghana
| height         = 1.73 m
| position       = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]<br>[[Attacking midfielder]]
| currentclub    = Aulum IF (Manager)
| youthyears1    =   |youthclubs1 = Golden Tulip
| youthyears2    =   |youthclubs2 = [[Great Olympics]]
| years1         = 2000–2006 |clubs1 = [[FC Midtjylland|Midtjylland]]     |caps1 = 125 |goals1 = 22
| years2         = 2006–2007 |clubs2 = [[F.C. Copenhagen|Copenhagen]]     |caps2 = 21  |goals2 = 0
| years3         = 2007–2009 |clubs3 = [[Viking FK|Viking]]               |caps3 = 16  |goals3 = 2
| years4         = 2008      |clubs4 = → [[Aalesunds FK|Aalesund]] (loan) |caps4 = 8   |goals4 = 0
| years5         = 2009      |clubs5 = [[El-Masry|El Masry]]              |caps5 = 10  |goals5 = 0
| years6         = 2009–2013 |clubs6 = [[Viborg FF|Viborg]]               |caps6 = 98  |goals6 = 6
| years7         = 2013      |clubs7 = [[Ringkøbing IF|Ringkøbing]]       |caps7 =     |goals7 = 
| nationalyears1 = 2002–2006 |nationalteam1 = [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] |nationalcaps1 = 10 |nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1  = 2013
| managerclubs1  = [[Ringkøbing IF|Ringkøbing]] (Playing assistant)
| manageryears2  = 2014–2017
| managerclubs2  = Møldrup/Tostrup IF
| manageryears3  = 2018–
| managerclubs3  = Aulum IF
}}

'''Razak Pimpong''' (born 30 December 1982) is a Ghanaian former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]] and [[attacking midfielder]] for [[FC Midtjylland]], [[FC Copenhagen]], [[Viborg FF]] and other clubs. He was very versatile and could also play wide either as a right sided [[midfielder]] or [[right winger]].

==Club career==
Pimpong was brought from Ghana to Denmark by [[FC Midtjylland]], and made his debut for the team in 2000. He played more than 100 times for FCM, scoring 25 league goals for the club. In July 2005, he agreed a move to league rivals [[F.C. Copenhagen|F.C. København]] from January 2006.

Pimpong did not find initial success at FCK. His first, and only goal, for FCK came in April 2006, when he scored the deciding goal of the [[2006 Royal League Final]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | FC Copenhagen]  on www.news.bbc.co.uk</ref> He came on in the 69th minute and scored the only goal of the game in the 89th minute before he was [[sent off]] in [[injury time]] for overtly celebrating his goal.

In 2007, Pimpong was transferred to Norwegian [[Norwegian Premier League|Tippeligaen]] club [[Viking FK]] for a sum reported to be around 4 million [[Norwegian Kroner]].<ref>[http://www.rogalandsavis.no/sport/viking/article2680123.ece Pimpong til Viking] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927082017/http://www.rogalandsavis.no/sport/viking/article2680123.ece |date=27 September 2007 }} on www.rogalandsavis.no</ref> He signed a contract keeping him at the club until 2010.<ref>[http://www.viking-fk.no/newsread/news.asp?docid=14209&wce=nyhet Masri complete Pimpong signing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929131613/http://www.viking-fk.no/newsread/news.asp?docid=14209&wce=nyhet |date=29 September 2007 }} on www.viking-fk.no</ref>

In February 2009, Egyptian side [[Al-Masry]] signed Pimpong from Viking FK.<ref>[http://www.filgoal.com/English/News.asp?NewsID=51802 Masri complete Pimpong signing] on www.filgoal.com</ref> A few months later, on 27 July 2009, he signed for Danish club [[Viborg FF]].<ref>[http://ghanaweb.info/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/artikel.php?ID=163581 Gossip/Transfers: Kyere for Atletico Madrid] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721202816/http://ghanaweb.info/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/artikel.php?ID=163581 |date=21 July 2011 }}</ref>

On 24 June 2013, he announced his retirement from professional football, but a month later he regretted his decision and made a six-month deal with the [[Danish 2nd Division|Danish 2nd Division West]] club [[Ringkøbing IF]].<ref>[http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Razak-Pimpong-klar-for-Ringkoebing Razak Pimpong klar for Ringkøbing]</ref>

==International career==
Pimpong was part of the Ghanaian [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympic football]] team, who exited in the first round, having finished in third place in group B.

He was called up for the Ghanaian squad for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] in [[Germany]]. He has played nine games for the [[Ghana national football team|Ghana national team]], and represented Ghana at the [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Summer Olympic football]] tournament as well as the 2006 World Cup in Germany.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100824080244/http://de.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=183007/index.html FIFA.com - FIFA Spielerstatistik Razak PIMPONG] on www.de.fifa.com</ref>

==Honours and awards==
* [[FIFA World Youth Championship]] runner-up: 2001
* [[Danish Superliga]]: [[Danish Superliga 2005-06|2005–06]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080210052808/http://www.fck.dk/saesonen/statistik/spillerstatistik/?search=1&play_playerid_fk=123 F.C. København statistics]
* [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/player/183007_PIMPONG_Razak.html Fifa 2006 World Cup Profile]

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