Kingsley Owusu

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Kingsley Owusu (born 3 August 2002) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ghanaian Premier League side Dreams F.C. [1] [2]

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Club career

Owusu began his career with Dreams FC in their youth team, Still Believe FC, broke into the starting line-up of Dreams FC from the youth academy in 2019. [3] [4] [5] In 2019, ahead of the 2019 GFA Normalization Committee Special Competition, he was promoted to the first team. He made his debut on 31 March 2019, being named on the starting line-up in a 1–0 loss to Hearts of Oak. [6] He went on to make 9 league matches. During the 2019–20 Ghana Premier League, he made 10 league matches before the league was put on hold and later cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. [2] In October 2020, he signed a new three-year deal to keep at the club until 2023. [3] [4] [5] He was included in the club's squad list for the 2020–21 Ghana Premier League in the club's bid to push for a top 4 league position at the end of the season. [7] [1]

International career

At the age of 14, Owusu was part of the Ghana u-17 national team for the 2017 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations that featured and placed second, and qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [2] [8] [9] He was invited by Paa Kwesi Fabin to be included in the Ghana 26-man u17 preliminary team for camping for the World Cup but missed out on the final cut. [10] [11]

He also received a call-up in the Ghana u-20 national team for the 2020 WAFU ‘B’ U20 tournament, but missed out on the final cut. [12]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Kingsley Owusu - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 Amankwaa, Coudjoe (19 October 2020). "Four Dreams FC players sign new contract extension! – Panafricanfootball" . Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Four Dreams FC players sign contract extensions". MyNewsGh. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  5. 1 2 Osman, Abdul Wadudu (17 October 2020). "Micheal Agbekpornu and three others renew contract with Dreams FC". Football Made In Ghana. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Match Report of Accra Hearts of Oak SC vs Dreams FC - 2019-03-31 - GFA Normalization Special Competition - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "2020/21 Ghana Premier League full squads: Dreams FC". GhanaSoccernet. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  8. ↑ Teye, Prince Narkortu (11 May 2017). "Caf announces final squads for under-17 Afcon". www.goal.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  9. ↑ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "World Cup U-17 : Ghana profile". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  10. ↑ Teye, Prince Narkortu (3 July 2017). "Ghana invite 26 players ahead of U-17 World Cup | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  11. ↑ Quao, Nathan. "26 Players called up for Black Starlets camping | Citi Sport" . Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "70 players invited for Black Satellites pre-selection camping - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.


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