Jamal Amofa

Jamal Amofa

Amofa with Go Ahead Eagles
Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-11-25) 25 November 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Cambuur
Number	6
Youth career
	SV Bijlmer
0000–2009	AVV Zeeburgia
2009–2010	AFC
2010–2011	AZ
2011–2014	AFC
2014–2018	SC Heerenveen
2018–2020	ADO Den Haag
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2020	Jong ADO Den Haag	15	(0)
2020–2022	ADO Den Haag	41	(0)
2022–2025	Go Ahead Eagles	55	(1)
2025	Botev Plovdiv	14	(0)
2025–	Cambuur	36	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 April 2026

Jamal Amofa (born 25 November 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eredivisie club Cambuur.

Amofa began his footballing development in the youth systems of SV Bijlmer, AVV Zeeburgia, AFC, and AZ, before returning to AFC and later joining Heerenveen. In 2018, he moved to ADO Den Haag, where he initially featured for Jong ADO Den Haag in the reserve setup.

On 29 June 2020, he signed his first professional contract with the club. He made his senior debut on 13 September 2020 in a 2–0 away defeat to Heracles Almelo, coming on as a 74th-minute substitute for Jonas Arweiler in an Eredivisie fixture.

Following ADO Den Haag's relegation to the Eerste Divisie at the end of the 2020–21 season, Amofa established himself as a first-team regular. He missed only three matches during the 2021–22 campaign and made 41 appearances in total, including all six matches of the promotion play-offs. In the final against Excelsior, ADO held a 3–0 lead until the 77th minute, but a late comeback sent the match into extra time. Both sides scored once more, resulting in a 4–4 draw after 120 minutes and a subsequent penalty shootout. After 17 successful penalties, Amofa's miss proved decisive, allowing Excelsior to secure promotion. His contract with ADO expired at the end of the season.

On 5 July 2022, Amofa signed a three-year contract with Go Ahead Eagles, returning to the Eredivisie. He made his debut in the season opener against AZ and immediately established himself as a regular starter.

Amofa featured under new head coach Paul Simonis at the start of the 2024–25 season, starting in both UEFA Conference League qualifiers and the first two league matches. He was later dropped from the starting line-up and did not make further appearances. In December 2024, following his conviction for assaulting his partner, he was formally excluded from the first-team squad pending the outcome of his appeal.

On 4 February 2025, Amofa joined Bulgarian First League side Botev Plovdiv. He made his debut five days later, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Hebar Pazardzhik. Amofa made 15 appearances during his five-month spell with the club.

On 18 June 2025, Amofa returned to the Netherlands, signing a two-year deal with Cambuur of the Eerste Divisie. Amofa made his Cambuur debut on 8 August 2025 in a 1–0 league defeat away to Dordrecht, coming on as a substitute. He quickly established himself as a regular starter in central defence under head coach Henk de Jong, partnering Ismaël Baouf; after the pair kept a clean sheet in a 1–0 away win at Jong AZ on 25 August 2025, both were named in the Eerste Divisie Team of the Week.

On 3 March 2026, Amofa scored his first goal for the club, heading in from a corner to put Cambuur 2–1 ahead in a 3–2 home win over Almere City at Kooi Stadion that secured a period title and reduced the gap to leaders ADO Den Haag at the top of the Eerste Divisie to five points. Amofa made 36 league appearances and one KNVB Cup appearance as Cambuur finished second in the Eerste Divisie and returned to the Eredivisie for the first time since 2022–23.

Amofa was born in the Netherlands and is of Ghanaian and Surinamese descent.

On 26 August 2024, after attending a wedding, Amofa assaulted his partner on the hard shoulder of the A1 motorway near Laren. He had pushed her from a moving car following an argument. The Amsterdam district court convicted him of assault in December 2024 and sentenced him to 100 hours of community service, of which 40 were suspended, with two years of probation. Amofa denied pushing his partner from the car and described the incident as a struggle. He apologised in court, said he was in therapy and announced an appeal.

Following Amofa's move to Cambuur in June 2025, he served the community service order in the second half of 2025.

As of match played 24 April 2026

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• Jamal Amofa at WorldFootball.net
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