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Birth name | Anthony Osei Kwadwo | ||
Date of birth | 31 October 1972 50) | (age||
Place of birth | Kumasi, Ghana |
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Men's association football | ||
Representing Ghana | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1992 Barcelona | Team competition |
Anthony Osei Kwadwo [1] (born 31 October 1972 in Kumasi), known as Anthony Mensah, is a former Ghanaian football goalkeeper.
Mensah used this name whilst playing for Asante Kotoko FC. He won the best defender Award as the goalkeeper for Asante Kotoko FC in the 1993/1994 football season.
Mensah was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. [2]
He is currently a football coach for a youth club in the United States in Cincinnati, Ohio. As well as a goalkeeper coach at Indian Hill High School. [3]
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