David Amoo

Liverpool

Amoo played for Millwall as a youth, scoring nine goals in 20 games for the under-18s in the 2006–07 season. He left London at 16 years of age to sign for Liverpool in July 2007. He was in the Liverpool Academy squad for the FA Youth Cup final in 2009 when they lost 6–2 to the Arsenal Academy. He signed a new two-year contract with Liverpool in 2010, having successfully worked his way through the reserves to train with the first-team at Melwood in 2009. He was named in Liverpool's 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round squad for a match on 28 July 2010, and made his debut for the club the following day, starting in a 2–0 away win in a tie against FK Rabotnički at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, Macedonia. However, Kenny Dalglish replaced Roy Hodgson as manager in January 2011, and felt that Amoo was not strong enough to compete for a first-team place for the "Reds". On 25 January 2011, he joined League One club Milton Keynes Dons on a one-month loan, and made his Football League debut for the Dons later that day as a 65th-minute substitute against Leyton Orient. He failed to break into Karl Robinson's first-team however, and made just two further substitute appearances at Stadium MK before returning to Anfield on 23 February. On 28 February, he joined Championship side Hull City on loan until the end of the 2010–11 season. He made his "Tigers" debut coming on as a replacement for Jay Simpson in a 1–0 win at Nottingham Forest on 5 March. He scored…

Primarily a winger, he uses his natural pace to beat defenders as a former sprinter in his youth. Speaking in July 2019, Port Vale manager John Askey commented that "David is somebody who can go past his full back, he has a lot a lot of pace. Hopefully we can work on his finishing". He is also able to play as a striker.

As of match played 20 April 2024

Amoo is of Nigerian descent. He represented London as a sprinter in the English Schools National Track and Field Championships. He grew up supporting Chelsea and watched all the Chelsea games.