The former Heart of Lions centre back was part of the Black Stars teammate that qualified Ghana for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but he suffered a career threatening injury in the team's warm-up game against the Netherlands ahead of the Mundial.

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Akaminko, after several months on the sidelines returned to active football to seal a deal with Eskişehirspor, a lower division side in Turkey.

His teammates expressed their love on his special day with a cake which took him by surprise.

Jerry  Akaminko has played in 14 league games this season with most of them coming since the turn of the year.