Ghana forward David Accam has secured a return to Swedish football by joining topflight side Hammarby IF from Nashville SC.
The MLS side, on Thursday, announced that the 30-year-old has joined the Allsvenskan side for 12 months.
The one-year loan agreement comes with an option to buy.
Accam holds the record as the historic scorer in Nashville’s first win in the MLS when they beat FC Dallas 1-0 on August 12, 2020 and appeared in seven matches with a pair of starts.
Overall, Accam who arrived in the United States from Helsingborgs in January 2015, scored 41 goals in 131 MLS appearances in six seasons, playing for Chicago Fire FC, Philadelphia Union, Columbus Crew SC and Nashville SC.
Accam started his professional career with Swedish club Osterunds FK in 2012. He spent just five months with Osterunds before moving to Swedish giants Helsingborgs IF, where he scored 30 goals in 62 league appearances and an additional eight goals in 11 cup matches. He made a pair of Uefa Champions League and Europa League appearances with the club.
Retirement thoughts
The move comes as a refreshing development for Accam who recently revealed he considered bowing out of football over his career struggles in recent times.
The winger’s stock has massively fallen since pursuing a move to Philadelphia Union in 2018.
His challenges have seen him change clubs two more times within the period, joining Columbus Crew in 2019 and then Nashville last year.
“It’s been difficult; one of the most difficult periods of my life. I had never experienced anything like this before,” Accam told Citisports.
“Everyone wants to live a good life but we have to be prepared for obstacles too.
“In the last two years, I have thought about quitting the game and returning home to stay with my family because of everything going on, but I also realize I’m a breadwinner with a lot of people relying on me so I had to keep going.
“I’ve learned a lot in the last two years; how to be resilient, how to stay strong in the face of everything, and here I am, surrounded by my family and friends and I’m just happy to be alive.”
