Daniel Owusu

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Daniel Owusu
Personal information
Full name Daniel Owusu
Date of birth (1989-06-13) 13 June 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Labadi, Accra, Ghana
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 AC Oulu
Number 17
Youth career
2003–2006 Right to Dream Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2010 Fulham 0 (0)
2007–2009 → Germinal Beerschot (loan) 10 (0)
2009–2010 → KV Turnhout (loan) 29 (3)
2011 AC Oulu 23 (2)
2012–2013 KV Turnhout 8 (0)
2013– AC Oulu 21 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 June 2013

Daniel Owusu (born 13 June 1989) [1] is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for AC Oulu.

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Career

Right to Dream

Tom Vernon, Director of the Right to Dream Academy said “In my experience in football, nobody has worked harder to earn a professional contract and nobody deserves a contract more than Daniel. With his attitude it is simply impossible to predict how far Daniel can go in the game”.

Fulham

Following a trial period at Fulham, Owusu signed for the club during the summer transfer window of 2007.

Talking about the moment he signed his professional contract, Daniel said "this is what I’ve wanted since I was a small boy, this was my dream to become a professional in Europe, my family, my friends, everyone at the Academy knew this was my dream. Signing is just the beginning, I have so much I want to do, I want to work hard and make my club, the Academy and my family proud. This is just the start, I have a lot of work ahead of me and I’m ready! I want to thank everyone who has helped me and who continues to support me, especially Tom and the whole Academy." [2]

General Manager of the academy, Samuel Mawuena, who has known Daniel from before he joined the academy knows what this chance means to him "Daniel comes from a very tough background in Labadi, one of the poorest areas of Accra. The positive and negative experiences that Daniel went through during childhood, that remain with him as he has grown up, has made Daniel the person he is now and has helped to drive him forward and make him hungry for success. Daniel has made this opportunity happen for himself, he has an excellent attitude which has led him to where he is now. This first contract is a life changing opportunity for him and will have such an impact beyond just Daniel. Everybody in his family and the community will be looking up to him. Although this is a massive change for Daniel, it will help him and the people around him."

G.B.A.

Owusu was then loaned out to Germinal Beerschot [3] and played in his first season eight games. [4]

Turnhout

He was than loaned out in summer 2009 from his club Fulham to newly promoted Belgian Second Division club KV Turnhout, [5] between 30 June 2010. [6]

AC Oulu

His first match at AC Oulu was against FC Haka and lost 3-0 . [7]

He won Player Of The Year at AC Oulu. Owusu was voted 2013 player of the season by an overwhelming landslide. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Daniel Owusu at Soccerway
  2. ↑ Signing off with a glimpse of African football's future
  3. ↑ "Owusu signe au GBA". Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Career history at worldsoccerstats". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2008.
  5. ↑ VOETBAL 2de KLASSE / EXQI LEAGUE René Desaeyere en KV Turnhout winnen een veldslag, maar nog niet de oorlog
  6. ↑ "Officiel : Owusu du GB à Turnhout". Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  7. ↑ "Haka vs. Oulu - 29 April 2013 - Soccerway".
  8. ↑ "Sinitahdet.net".
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