Nigel Owusu

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Nigel Owusu
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-01-31) 31 January 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Netherlands
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Lisse
Number 24
Youth career
AVV Zeeburgia
Ajax
AZ Alkmaar
ADO Den Haag
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2024 ADO Den Haag 3 (1)
2024– Lisse 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:23, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Nigel Owusu (born 31 January 2003) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a left-back for Lisse.

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Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Owusu has Ghanaian roots. [1] [2] [3]

Career

Owusu was with AVV Zeeburgia before being welcomed into the youth academy at Ajax from 2012. After a spell with AZ Alkmaar, and still only seventeen, he was signed by ADO Den Haag in October 2020 and signed to a contract until the end of the 2021–22 season. [4] He made his Eerste Divisie debut on 6 May 2022 against FC Emmen. [5] In May 2022, he signed a new contract for two more seasons with the option of a third. [6]

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References

  1. "Dutch top-flight side capture 17-year-old Ghanaian teenager". ghanasportsonline.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. "Nigel Owusu: 'ADO Den Haag is a great club". Ghananewspage.com.
  3. "Dutch top-flight side ADO Den Haag snap up talented Ghanaian left-back". mynewsgh.com. 7 October 2020.
  4. "YOUTH PLAYER NIGEL OWUSU (17) FROM AZ TO ADO THE HAGUE". adodebhaag.nl. 7 October 2020.
  5. "EMMEN VS. DEN HAAG 3-0". Soccerway.
  6. "ADO DEN HAAG BINDS FIVE YOUTH PLAYERS TO THE CLUB LONGER". adodenhaag.nl. 20 May 2022.