Ernest Sowah

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Ernest Sowah
Personal information
Full name Ernest Sowah
Date of birth (1988-03-31) 31 March 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana [1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Great Olympics
Youth career
0000–2007 Tema Youth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2009 Tema Youth
2010–2013 Berekum Chelsea
2013–2015 CS Don Bosco
2015–2018 Asante Kotoko
2018–2019 Hearts of Oak
2020–2021 Great Olympics
International career
2011–2015 Ghana 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:40, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Ernest Sowah (born 31 March 1988, [3] [4] in Accra) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Great Olympics. [5] [1]

Contents

Club career

Sowah, a former member of Tema Youth, was regarded as one of the most promising goalkeepers in Ghana in 2007 and 2008. [3] [6]

International career

Sowah made his debut for Ghana in a friendly versus China on 15 August 2012. [7] He played for the Ghana national team at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. [1] [6]

Honours

Club

Berekum Chelsea

Asante Kotoko

International

Ghana

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  3. 1 2 "BEREKUM CHELSEA 1-0 ASANTE KOTOKO FC". WEST AFRICAN FOOTBALL. 2011-01-18. Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
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  5. Mission accomplie pour le Djoliba Archived 2014-04-08 at the Wayback Machine . CAFonline.com.
  6. 1 2 Ernest Sowah - 2012 Africa Cup of Nations profile. He currently plays for Accra Hearts of Oak. Archived 2013-10-07 at the Wayback Machine . mtnfootball.com. MTN Group.
  7. "No joy for African sides in Asia". FIFA.com. 15 August 2012. Archived from the original on August 19, 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
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