Kwasi Owusu

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Kwasi Owusu
Personnel
birthday November 7, 1945
date of death March 30, 2020
Place of death Sunyani ,  Ghana
size 170 cm
position attack
Juniors
Years station
0000-1965 Yara Stars
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1965–? Bofoakwa Tano
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1966-1976 Ghana at least 23 (40)
1 Only league games are given.

Kwasi Owusu (born November 7, 1945 - March 30, 2020 in Sunyani ) was a Ghanaian football player .

Career

Owusu started playing soccer at the Yara Stars in Kintampo . In 1965 he was committed by Bofoakwa Tano , an association from Sunyani . In 1966, Kwasi "Powerhouse" Owusu was appointed to the senior national team of Ghana for the first time , with which he finished second at the 1970 African Cup . In 1972 the 1.70 m tall and 87 kg heavy attacker was used in two games at the Olympic football tournament in Munich . Between 1973 and his last appearance in the national team in 1976 Owusu was the captain of the "Black Stars".

In June 2013, the journalist Thomas Freeman Yeboah published the results of his research, according to which Kwasi Owusu is together with Edward Acquah (1935-2011) the record scorer of the Ghanaian national team. Between 1969 and 1976 Owusu scored a total of 40 goals for the "Black Stars" in at least 23 games. In 1969 he scored five and four goals respectively in the 6-0 and 9-1 victories over Niger's national team .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kwasi Owusu in the FIFA database , accessed on May 29, 2014
  2. ↑ ghanacrusader.com/: BREAKING: Another Ghana Legend Kwasi Owusu 'Powerhouse' Dies Aged 72 (March 30, 2020) , accessed March 30, 2020
  3. ↑ Interview With Kwesi "Powerhouse" Owusu , in: ghanaweb.com (September 21, 2001), accessed on May 29, 2014.
  4. ^ African Nations Cup 1970 , in: rsssf.com (September 12, 2013), accessed on May 29, 2014.
  5. ↑ Kwasi Owusu eyes coaching , in: ghanaweb.com (October 23, 2001), accessed on May 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ Kwasi Owusu is Ghana's all-time highest scorer, not Gyan-Researcher , in: modernghana.com (June 12, 2013), accessed on May 29, 2014.
  7. ↑ IMPROVED FIND: Acquah tied with Owusu as Ghana's all-time leading scorers , in: ghanasoccernet.com (July 2, 2013), accessed on May 29, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Owusu, Kwasi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ghanaian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1945
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 2020