External links
- Kwame Otu at Global Sports Archive
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 January 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Ghana | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dreams F.C. | |||
| Still Believe FC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Dreams | 10 | (1) |
| 2021–2024 | Vision | 57 | (11) |
| 2024– | SJK II | 0 | (0) |
| 2024 | → SalPa (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2024 | → KTP (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2025 | KTP | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2022– | Ghana | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 October 2024 | |||
Kwame Otu (born 11 January 2002) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward. [1]
Otu played for and is a product of the Dreams FC youth side Still Believe FC. He was promoted to the senior team in 2019. [2]
In December 2019, Otu was promoted from the senior team in January 2019, ahead of the 2019–20 Ghana Premier League season. On 5 January 2020, he made his debut in a 1–o victory over West African Football Academy (WAFA), coming on in the 57th minute for Emmanuel Ocran. [3] He scored his On 27 January 2020, he scored his debut goal after scoring a consolation goal in the 90+ minute in a 2–1 loss to Ebusua Dwarfs. [4] [5] He went on and played 10 league matches and scored in 1 before the league was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [6]
With the league set to restart for the 2020–21 Ghana Premier League season, he was named on the team's senior squad list. [7] [1]
After playing for fellow Ghanaian side Vision FC in Ghana Division One, on 1 April 2024, Otu signed with Finnish Veikkausliiga club SJK organisation. It was also announced that he will be loaned out to Ykkösliiga club Salon Palloilijat (SalPa) for the 2024 season. [8] On 4 July 2024, Otu was further loaned out to Ykkösliiga club KTP. [9] On 27 August, KTP exercised their purchase option and signed a permanent contract with Otu until the end of the 2026 season. [10] KTP won the 2024 Ykkösliiga title and were promoted to top-tier Veikkausliiga. His contract was terminated on 2 April 2025 due to prison sentence. [11]
Otu has made three appearances for the Ghana national team in the 2022 African Nations Championship in January 2023.
On 11 February 2025, it was reported in Finnish media that a player of KTP was sidelined from the club's operations due to ongoing police investigation of a suspected crime. [12] On 24 March 2025, it was reported that the suspected crime was rape. [13] On 2 April 2025, Otu was found guilty of rape by the Kymenlaakso district court and was given a 22-month probationary prison sentence and additional 60 hours of community service and a total fine of €5,500. [14]
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dreams | 2019–20 | Ghana Premier League | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | |||
| Vision | 2021–22 | Ghana Division One | 25 | 2 | – | – | – | 25 | 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | Ghana Division One | 24 | 6 | – | – | – | 24 | 6 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Ghana Division One | 8 | 3 | – | – | – | 8 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 57 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 11 | ||
| SJK Akatemia | 2024 | Ykkösliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SalPa (loan) | 2024 | Ykkösliiga | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| KTP (loan) | 2024 | Ykkösliiga | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | |||
| KTP | 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 [b] | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Career total | 91 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 96 | 13 | ||
| Ghana | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
KTP
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