Ema Twumasi

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Ema Twumasi
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Twumasi with FC Dallas in 2021
Personal information
Full name Emmanuel Twumasi
Date of birth (1997-05-18) 18 May 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Position(s) Wing-back, winger
Team information
Current team
 Piast Gliwice
Number 55
Youth career
2008–2012 Right to Dream Academy
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 47 (16)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017 Michigan Bucks 0 (0)
2017 GPS Portland Phoenix 0 (0)
2018–2024 FC Dallas 103 (1)
2018 → Oklahoma City Energy (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2020 → Austin Bold (loan) 32 (4)
2025– Piast Gliwice 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:00, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Emmanuel "Ema" Twumasi (born 18 May 1997) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Ekstraklasa club Piast Gliwice.

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Career

Youth and college

Twumasi played high school soccer at the Kent School in Kent, Connecticut, where he was named the Connecticut Boy's Soccer Gatorade Player of the Year in 2015. [2]

Twumasi played two years of college soccer at Wake Forest University between 2016 and 2017. [3] He left college early to sign a Generation Adidas contract with Major League Soccer ahead of the MLS SuperDraft. [4]

While at college, Twumasi played with USL PDL sides Michigan Bucks and GPS Portland Phoenix in 2017, appearing for the latter in the US Open Cup. [5]

Professional

On 19 January 2018, Twumasi was selected 11th overall in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft by FC Dallas. [6] On 2 March 2018, he was loaned to United Soccer League side Oklahoma City Energy. [7] He made his debut on 17 March 2018, appearing as a 60th-minute substitute in a 1–0 win over Tulsa Roughnecks. [8]

On 12 June 2019, Twumasi joined USL Championship side Austin Bold FC on loan until the end of the season. [9] On 6 March 2020, it was announced that the loan would be extended for the 2020 season. [10]

He was released by Dallas following their 2024 season. [11]

After spending the first half of 2025 without a club, he joined Polish top flight club Piast Gliwice on 25 June 2025. [12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 June 2021 [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Dallas 2018 MLS 1010—20
2019 MLS20000020
2020 MLS40—1 [b] 050
2021 MLS2300000230
2022 MLS310102 [b] 0340
2023 MLS231104 [c] 0281
2024 MLS190001 [d] 0200
Total103130801141
Oklahoma City Energy (loan) 2018 USL 6000—60
Austin Bold (loan) 2019 USL183002 [e] 0204
2020 USL141——141
Total3240021345
Career total1415301011546
  1. ↑ Includes U.S. Open Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in MLS Cup playoffs
  3. ↑ Three appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs, one appearance in Leagues Cup
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in USL Championship playoffs

References

  1. ↑ "Kadra" (in Polish). Piast Gliwice . Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Ema Twumasi - Men's Soccer". Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Ema Twumasi Bio - Wake Forest Men's Soccer - WakeForestSports.com". Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "MLS draft: Major League Soccer announces 2018 Generation Adidas class | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  5. ↑ "Francis Atuahene". Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Epperley, Drew (19 January 2018). "MLS Draft: FC Dallas trades up to select Francis Atuahene". Big D Soccer. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  7. ↑ Epperley, Drew (2 March 2018). "FC Dallas loans Francis Atuahene and Ema Twumasi to OKC Energy FC". Big D Soccer.
  8. ↑ "OKC Energy FC vs Tulsa Roughnecks FC". Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  9. ↑ Communications, Austin Bold FC (12 June 2019). "AUSTIN BOLD FC RECEIVES FRANCIS ATUAHENE AND EMA TWUMASI ON LOAN FROM FC DALLAS". Austin Bold FC.
  10. ↑ Communications, Austin Bold FC (6 March 2020). "AUSTIN BOLD FC ACQUIRES EMA TWUMASI ON LOAN FOR 2020 USL CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON". Austin Bold FC.
  11. ↑ Dallas, F. C. "FC Dallas Announces Roster Decisions for 2025 Season". FC Dallas.
  12. ↑ "PKO BP Ekstraklasa. Nowym piłkarzem Piasta Gliwice został Emmanuel Twumasi". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 25 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  13. ↑ Ema Twumasi at Soccerway . Retrieved January 3, 2021.


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