Kwame Bonsu

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Kwame Bonsu
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Personal information
Date of birth (1994-09-25) 25 September 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Buduburam, Ghana
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 ES Tunis
Number 3
Youth career
Anokye Stars
Heart of Lions
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Heart of Lions 22 (4)
2013 → FC Rosengård (loan) 8 (2)
2014–2015 Mjällby AIF 39 (2)
2015–2017 Gefle IF 42 (0)
2018–2019 Asante Kotoko
2019– Espérance ST 6 (0)
National team‡
2019– Ghana 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:42, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2019

Kwame Bonsu (born 25 September 1994) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Espérance Sportive de Tunis.He has had previous spells in Sweden with Gefle IF, Mjällby AIF, Rosengård and for Asante Kotoko in his home country Ghana.

Club career[]

Youth Career (Heart of Lions)[]

At the age of 17 he got a contract to play for the Ghanaian premier league team Heart of Lions in the 2012/13 season By the end of the season he had played 22 games and scored 4 goals for the Ghanaian premier club.[1][2]

Career in Sweden[]

In 2013 whilst playing for Heart of Lions based in Kpando, Kwame secured a loan deal to play in Sweden for Malmo team FC Rosengard. He played eight league matches and scored two goals for Rosengård both goals were scored on 7 September 2013 in a 2–1 win over Hässleholms IF.

His performances for Heart of Lions secured him permanent contract to play for Mjallby AIF in the 2014/15 season. Bonsu played a total of 39 matches scoring two goals for Mjällby AIF[3] He then signed a 3-year contract with Gefle IF in July 2015 after leaving Mjällby AIF.[4] He played 42 league matches between 2015 and 2017 until the sadden career-threatening incident happened to him where he was accused of assaulting his then wife Maria Magnusson.[5][6]

Asante Kotoko[]

The former IF Gafle midfielder moved back to Ghana to join Asante Kotoko in October 2018 after serving a jail sentence of 1year 10months for sexually assaulting his wife in Sweden.[7][5] He played a key role in the team impressive run in the CAF Confederation Cup as they progressed to the group stages of the cup for the first time in 11years[8][9] and also helped the club to win the Normalization Committee Tier one cup.[10][11][6]

Espérance Sportive de Tunis[]

Due to his brilliant performance for Asante Kotoko in the CAF Confederation 2019 Competition[6] he secured a move to Tunisian League giants Espérance Sportive de Tunis July 2019.[12]

He played in 15 matches out of 26 matches of which he started 14 matches as Espérance ST won the 2019–20 Tunisian Ligue[13]

International[]

He made his debut for the Ghana national football team on 26 March 2019 in a friendly against Mauritania.[14]

Honours[]

Club[]

Espérance de Tunis

References[]

  1. ^ "Heart of Lions 2-0 Hearts of Oak: Phobians' heart broken at Kpando | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. ^ "A Resurrected Dream: The Story Of An Ex-Convict Kwame Bonsu". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Officiellt: Kwame Bonsu klar för Mjällby AIF". Fotbolltransfers. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Kwame Bonsu ready for Gefle IF". gefleiffotboll. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Ghana's Kwame Bonsu handed two-year jail sentence for sexually assaulting wife in Sweden - Sports News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  6. ^ a b c Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Free from captivity Bonsu steering Kotoko wheel". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Ghanaian footballer Kwame Bonsu returns to action after serving jail time in Sweden". GhanaSoccernet. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Kotoko will qualify from group stage — Frimpong". Graphic Online. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Konadu expects Kotoko not to struggle in group stage | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  10. ^ Osman, Abdul Wadudu (17 July 2019). "Official : Esperance complete the signing of Kwame Bonsu". Football Made In Ghana. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  11. ^ Association, Ghana Football. "GFA-NC congratulates Kotoko on Tier 1 Special Competition victory". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Ghanaian midfielder Kwame Bonsu delighted with Esperance move". GhanaSoccernet. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Kwame Bonsu becomes fifth Ghanaian to win Tunisian League after latest Espérance triumph". MyJoyOnline.com. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Ghana v Mauritania game report". Footy Ghana. 26 March 2019.
  15. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Esperance are Tunisian League Champions for 30th time". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  16. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Penalty joy as Esperance wins fifth Tunisian Super Cup". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

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