Emmanuel Gyasi

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Emmanuel Gyasi
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Gyasi with Spezia in 2022
Personal information
Full name Emanuel Quartsin Gyasi
Date of birth (1994-01-11) 11 January 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Palermo, Italy
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward, left winger
Team information
Current team
 Empoli
Number 11
Youth career
–2011 Pro Vercelli
2012–2014 Torino
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2016 Torino 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Pisa (loan) 2 (0)
2015 → Mantova (loan) 16 (1)
2015–2016 → Carrarese (loan) 24 (6)
2016 Pistoiese 0 (0)
2016–2023 Spezia 178 (24)
2016–2017 → Pistoiese (loan) 36 (5)
2017–2018 → Südtirol (loan) 37 (4)
2023– Empoli 58 (3)
International career
2021– Ghana 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 February 2025

Emanuel Quartsin Gyasi (born 11 January 1994) is a professional footballer and plays as a forward or left winger for Serie A club Empoli. Born in Italy, he plays for the Ghana national team.

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Club career

A Torino youth product, Gyasi made his Serie C debut for Pisa on 17 September 2014 in a game against Savona. [2]

After a number of years spent on loan to minor league teams, Gyasi signed for Spezia in 2018. With the Ligurian club, Gyasi won promotion to Serie A in 2020 and made his top-flight debut later that year.In 2023 he signed for Empoli.

International career

Gyasi debuted for the Ghana national team in a 1–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tie with South Africa on 25 March 2021. [3]

Personal life

Gyasi was born in Palermo to Ghanaian parents, living in the Sicilian capital until the age of four. [4] After moving back to Ghana, he returned in Italy with his family at the age of 11, settling down in Pino Torinese. [5] He became an Italian citizen in 2017. [6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 August 2024 [7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [a] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pisa (loan) 2014–15 Lega Pro 2010——30
Mantova (loan) 2014–15 Lega Pro16100——161
Carrarese (loan) 2015–16 Lega Pro24500——245
Pistoiese (loan) 2016–17 Lega Pro36520——385
Südtirol (loan) 2017–18 Serie C 34410—2 [b] 0374
Spezia 2018–19 Serie B 31320—1 [c] 0343
2019–20 33821—4 [c] 13910
2020–21 Serie A 37421——395
2021–22 36610——376
2022–23 35210——362
Total1722382—5118526
Empoli 2023–24 Serie A33110——341
2023–24 Serie A3210——41
Total36320——383
Career total32041142—7134144
  1. ↑ Includes Coppa Italia, Coppa Italia Serie C
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Serie C play-off
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Serie B play-off

References

  1. ↑ "Emmanuel Gyasi". Spezia Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 17 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Match Report of South Africa vs Ghana - 2021-03-25 - Total Africa Cup of Nations Qualification". Global Sports Archive. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Da Palermo alla Nazionale del Ghana, la storia di Emmanuel Gyasi" (in Italian). Giornale di Sicilia. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Genitori ghanesi, nato a Palermo ed esploso al Nord. Balotelli? No. Ima Gyasi: "Segno per la Carrarese ma sogno la A con il Toro"" (in Italian). GianlucaDiMarzio.com. 13 October 2015. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Adesso è italiano il calciatore della Pistoiese Emmanuel Gyasi" (in Italian). Il Tirreno. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  7. ↑ Emmanuel Gyasi at Soccerway


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