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Thomas Partey
Thomas Teye Partey is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for the Ghana national team.
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sports · Ghanaian footballer (born 1993) · association football player · also Thomas Partey, Yakubu Partey, Thomas Teye Partey, Partey
Born 13 June 1993 · Q15963873
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2026· 10 entries
Public attention spiked: 17,812 Wikipedia readers in one day, 14.1× the usual 1,266, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: upd nationalcaps
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Public attention spiked: 12,161 Wikipedia readers in one day, 9.6× the usual 1,266, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: upd nationalcaps
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Public attention spiked: 136,765 Wikipedia readers in one day, 108× the usual 1,266, with 11 article edits. Editors noted: International career
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Public attention spiked: 13,007 Wikipedia readers in one day, 10.3× the usual 1,266, with 5 article edits. Coverage that week: “Thomas Partey out of World Cup opener after visa appeal rejected amidst rape charges” (Yahoo! Sports).
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Yahoo! Sports: Thomas Partey out of World Cup opener after visa appeal rejected amidst rape charges
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Public attention spiked: 34,198 Wikipedia readers in one day, 27× the usual 1,266, with 2 article edits. Coverage that week: “Ghana's Thomas Partey denied Canada visa ahead of World Cup game vs. Panama” (NBC DFW).
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NBC DFW: Ghana's Thomas Partey denied Canada visa ahead of World Cup game vs. Panama
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Public attention spiked: 6,864 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.4× the usual 1,266, with 0 article edits.
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Yahoo: Ex-Arsenal footballer Thomas Partey charged with further counts of rape
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2025· 6 entries
AOL: Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey pleads not guilty to raping two women
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Yahoo! Sports: Villarreal signs midfielder Thomas Partey after he gets bail on rape charges
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The New York Times: Thomas Partey and Villarreal: Can he play after rape charges? Does he have to attend court date?
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CNN: Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault
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Won award: Ghana Football Awards Footballer of the Year (2024–25).
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Played for Villarreal CF (2025–2026) — 25 appearances, 0 goals.
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2023· 3 entries
Won the English FA Community Shield with Arsenal (2023).
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Won award: CAF Team of the Year (2023).
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Won: FA Community Shield with Arsenal (2023).
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2022· 3 entries
fact checker rated the claim “A video shows Thomas Partey, an Arsenal football club player, stunned while performing Umrah rituals in front of the Kaaba.” misleading.
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In June 2022, it was reported that he had changed his first name to Yakubu as part of his religious conversion, while remaining Thomas Partey both legally and professionally; he said days later that he had changed his name back to Thomas.
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Partey converted to Islam in March 2022.
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2021· 1 entry
Won: La Liga with Atlético Madrid (2020–21).
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2020· 3 entries
Joined Arsenal in 2020.
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Joined Arsenal in a transfer worth £45 million (€50 million), becoming the most expensive Ghanaian player of all time
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Played for Arsenal F.C. (2020–2025) — 130 appearances, 9 goals.
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2019· 2 entries
Won award: Ghana Football Awards Footballer of the Year (2018–19).
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Won award: Ghana Football Awards Foreign-based Player of the Year (2018–19).
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2018· 10 entries
Won the UEFA Europa League with Ath Madrid (2017-2018).
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Won the UEFA Super Cup with Ath Madrid (2018).
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Won award: Ghana Player of the Year (2018).
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Won award: Ghana Football Awards Footballer of the Year (2017–18).
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Won award: Ghana Football Awards Foreign-based Player of the Year (2017–18).
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Won: UEFA Europa League with Atlético Madrid (2017–18).
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Won: UEFA Super Cup with Atlético Madrid (2018).
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Won award: CAF Team of the Year (2018).
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Won award: SWAG Sports Personality of the Year (2018).
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And won Ghana Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019
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2017· 1 entry
Won award: Ghana Player of the Year (2017).
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2016· 2 entries
Runner-up: UEFA Champions League with Atlético Madrid (2015–16).
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Played for Ghana men's national football team (2016) — 61 appearances, 16 goals.
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2014· 2 entries
Played for Unión Deportiva Almería (2014–2015) — 31 appearances, 4 goals.
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Joined Almeria in 2014.
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2013· 5 entries
Played for Atlético Madrid (2013–2020) — 132 appearances, 12 goals.
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Going on loan to Mallorca and Almería, and returned to Atlético in 2015, with whom he won the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super Cup in 2018, as well as appearing in the 2016 UEFA Champions League final
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Joined Ath Madrid in 2013.
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Joined Mallorca in 2013.
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Played for RCD Mallorca (2013–2014) — 37 appearances, 5 goals.
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2012· 3 entries
Played for Atlético Madrid B (2012–2013) — 33 appearances, 4 goals.
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After a short spell with Leganés, and was subsequently moved to the reserves a year later
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Joined Ath Madrid in 2012.
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1993· 1 entry
Born 1993-06-13.
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