Andy Ansah

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Andy Ansah
Personal information
Full name Andrew Owusu Ansah [1]
Date of birth (1969-03-19) 19 March 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Lewisham, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Charlton Athletic
Crystal Palace
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1989 Dorking 10 (4)
1989–1990 Brentford 8 (2)
1990–1996 Southend United 157 (33)
1994 → Brentford (loan) 3 (1)
1995 → Brentford (loan) 6 (1)
1996 Peterborough United 2 (1)
1996 Gillingham 2 (0)
1996–1997 Leyton Orient 2 (0)
1997 Hayes 88 (45)
1997 Bromley 24 (12)
1997 Heybridge Swifts 32 (16)
1997–1999 Brighton & Hove Albion 25 (3)
1999–2000 Farnborough Town 14 (1)
2000–2001 Dulwich Hamlet 20 (8)
Total393(127)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Owusu Ansah (born 19 March 1969) is an English actor and former professional footballer.

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Playing career

He played for six Football League teams in his career, most notably Southend United, where he played 180 games and scored 38 goals between 1990 and 1996, [2] when they played in the new Division One following two successive promotions at the beginning of the decade. [3] Ansah left Southend in March 1996, one year before they suffered the first of two successive relegations. [3] [4] Ansah was called into two Ghana squads, but did not make an appearance. [5]

Post-playing career

While working as an assistant on Wayne Rooney's Street Striker, he coined the term "unbelievable tekkers", which spurred Soccer A.M. to create a new segment showcasing a piece of skill from the week's football. [6] In 2011, [7] Ansah launched his debut fashion label "Tekkers" on the back of the success of the term "unbelievable tekkers" currently selling T-shirts and hoodies. [8]

As an actor, he is known for portraying a player/assistant manager also named Andy Ansah on the fictional Harchester United football team on the television series Dream Team . [5] In addition, he has served as a football consultant or football choreographer for other television series and films. [5] This included choreographing the goal celebrations for the South African national football team in co-operation with Coca-Cola at the 2010 FIFA World Cup hosted in South Africa. [9]

Personal life

He has a son, Zak, [10] who was a striker for Arsenal Academy, [11] until 2014 when he joined Charlton Athletic, [12] the club where the elder Ansah began his youth career. [4]

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  2. ↑ "Andy Ansah:profile". Soccerbase . Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Southend United". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  4. 1 2 "Brentford | News | Where Are They Now? | Where Are They Now? | WHERE ARE THEY NOW?". brentfordfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "Brentford | News | Where Are They Now? | Where Are They Now? | WHERE ARE THEY NOW?". world.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Soccer A.M. segment". YouTube . Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Andy Ansah Launches New Clothing Brand Tekkers". Getty Images. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Tekkers Website".
  9. ↑ Shea, Julian (24 September 2005). "Football on film". BBC Sport . Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  10. ↑ "Former Southend United star Andy Ansah backs Blues after son Zak loses in semi-finals with Plymouth Argyle". Echo. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  11. ↑ "Zak Ansah | Academy Players | Reserves & Youth | Arsenal.com". Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "Zak Ansah joins Charlton Athletic". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
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