Kingsley Owusu (born 3 August 2002) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ghanaian Premier League side Dreams F.C.[1][2]

Club career

Owusu began his career with Dreams FC in their youth team, Still Believe FC, broke into the starting line-up of Dreams FC from the youth academy in 2019.[3][4][5] In 2019, ahead of the 2019 GFA Normalization Committee Special Competition, he was promoted to the first team. He made his debut on 31 March 2019, being named on the starting line-up in a 1–0 loss to Hearts of Oak.[6] He went on to make 9 league matches. During the 2019–20 Ghana Premier League, he made 10 league matches before the league was put on hold and later cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] In October 2020, he signed a new three-year deal to keep at the club until 2023.[3][4][5] He was included in the club's squad list for the 2020–21 Ghana Premier League in the club's bid to push for a top 4 league position at the end of the season.[7][1]

International career

At the age of 14, Owusu was part of the Ghana u17 team for the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations that featured and placed second, and qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[2][8][9] He was invited by Paa Kwesi Fabin to be included in the Ghana 26-man u17 preliminary team for camping for the World Cup but missed out on the final cut.[10][11]

He also received a call-up in the Ghana u20 team for the 2020 WAFU ‘B’ U20 tournament, but missed out on the final cut.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "The ultimate 18-team Ghana Premier League season guide 2020/21 - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Kingsley Owusu - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 Amankwaa, Coudjoe (19 October 2020). "Four Dreams FC players sign new contract extension! – Panafricanfootball". Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Four Dreams FC players sign contract extensions". MyNewsGh. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  5. 1 2 Osman, Abdul Wadudu (17 October 2020). "Micheal Agbekpornu and three others renew contract with Dreams FC". Football Made In Ghana. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. "Match Report of Accra Hearts of Oak SC vs Dreams FC - 2019-03-31 - GFA Normalization Special Competition - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  7. "2020/21 Ghana Premier League full squads: Dreams FC". GhanaSoccernet. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  8. Teye, Prince Narkortu (11 May 2017). "Caf announces final squads for under-17 Afcon". www.goal.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  9. Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "World Cup U-17 : Ghana profile". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  10. Teye, Prince Narkortu (3 July 2017). "Ghana invite 26 players ahead of U-17 World Cup | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  11. Quao, Nathan. "26 Players called up for Black Starlets camping | Citi Sport". Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  12. "70 players invited for Black Satellites pre-selection camping - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.


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