Nigel Owusu

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Nigel Owusu
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-01-31) 31 January 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Netherlands
Position(s) Full back
Team information
Current team
ADO Den Haag
Number 31
Youth career
AVV Zeeburgia
Ajax
AZ Alkmaar
ADO Den Haag
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– ADO Den Haag 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:15, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Nigel Owusu (born 31 January 2003) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left back for ADO Den Haag.

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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.