Kwesi Kawawa

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Kwesi Kawawa
Personal information
Full name Kwesi Zion Pira Kawawa
Date of birth (2001-12-05) 5 December 2001 (age 22)
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Syrianska
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021 Hammarby TFF 14 (0)
2022 Syrianska 17 (0)
2023 Karlslunde IF 0 (0)
2024– Syrianska 0 (0)
International career
2023- Tanzania 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:15 (UTC) 1 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:15 (UTC) 1 June 2024

Kwesi Zion Pira Kawawa (born 5 December 2001) is a Swedish-Tanzanian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Tanzania national football team. [1]

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Club career

Born in Sweden, [2] He made 14 appearances for Hammarby TFF during the 2021 season. He signed for Syrianska in January 2022. [3] He made his debut for his new club in April 2022 against his former club Hammarby TFF, and kept a clean sheet. [4]

In 2023, he signed for Danish side Karlslunde IF, [5] although was not first-choice goalkeeper in his first season. [6]

International career

He made his debut for Tanzania in November 2023, in a 2026 World Cup qualifying match against Morocco. [7] He was included in the Tanzania squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. [8] [9]

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