Randy Edwini-Bonsu

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Randy Edwini-Bonsu
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Edwini-Bonsu with the Vancouver Whitecaps in 2009
Personal information
Full name Randy Edwini-Bonsu
Date of birth (1990-04-20) April 20, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Kumasi, Ghana
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Edmonton Green & Gold
2007 Metz
2007 Vancouver Whitecaps
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2010 Vancouver Whitecaps 32 (2)
2008–2010 Whitecaps Residency 26 (11)
2011 AC Oulu 20 (16)
2011–2013 Eintracht Braunschweig 16 (0)
2012–2013 Eintracht Braunschweig II 5 (1)
2014–2015 Stuttgarter Kickers 52 (7)
2015–2016 VfR Aalen 11 (0)
2016–2017 FC Homburg 20 (0)
2017–2018 Tennis Borussia Berlin 23 (6)
2019 FC Edmonton 12 (0)
International career
2006–2007 Canada U17 15 (2)
2008–2009 Canada U20 5 (3)
2012 Canada U23 2 (0)
2010–2015 Canada 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2015

Randy Edwini-Bonsu (born April 20, 1990) is a Canadian soccer player who last played for FC Edmonton in the Canadian Premier League.

Contents

Club career

Early career

Edwini-Bonsu started playing soccer when his family immigrated from Ghana to Edmonton, Alberta in 2002. He played club soccer for the Green & Gold Soccer Club at the University of Alberta in Edmonton and, from 2004 and 2006, was a member of the Alberta provincial team, leading his province to a gold medal victory at the 2006 Canadian All-Star Championship.

At club level, Edwini-Bonsu played for Southwest United of the Edmonton Interdistrict Youth Soccer Association (EIYSA) between 2003 and 2006, and in his last year with the club he took Southwest United U-16's to an Alberta provincial title and a second-place finish at Canadian Club Championship in Moncton, New Brunswick.

In 2007, he trained with the U-18 and reserve sides of French club FC Metz. [1]

Vancouver Whitecaps

Later in 2007 he signed with the youth academy of USL First Division side Vancouver Whitecaps. He played for Whitecaps' development team, Vancouver Whitecaps Residency, in the USL Premier Development League, helping the team to the Conference Finals in its inaugural season, scoring nine goals in 15 games along the way.

Following the conclusion of the 2008 PDL season, Edwini-Bonsu was called up to the senior Vancouver Whitecaps team, and made his professional debut on August 20, 2008, in a 0–0 tie with the Seattle Sounders. [2]

AC Oulu

In 2011, Edwini-Bonsu played for Finnish second tier Ykkönen side AC Oulu. [3] [4] He was named the Ykkönen Player of the Month in September 2011. [5]

Eintracht Braunschweig

On November 22, 2011, it was announced that Edwini-Bonsu had signed a contract with Eintracht Braunschweig through June 2013, [6] after impressing in two friendlies while on trial, scoring a total of four goals. Edwini-Bonsu made his debut in Germany on February 5, 2012, in a 2–1 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt, he came on as a second half sub for Mathias Fetsch. [7]

On March 4, 2012, Edwini-Bonsu made his home debut in a league game for Eintracht Braunschweig as a sub for Damir Vrančić (32nd minute). [8] This substitution set the basics for Eintracht beating Hansa Rostock 3–2: Edwini-Bonsu initiated an attack that led to Braunschweig's second goal. In minute 79, Edwini-Bonsu was fouled which led to the final result by a directly converted free-kick from Nico Zimmermann. [9]

His good performance in this match got confirmed by Eintracht Braunschweig's fans who have voted him as the "Player of the Day". [10] However, subsequently Edwini-Bonsu could not establish himself as a regular at the club, and his contract was not renewed at the end of the 2012–13 season. [11]

Stuttgarter Kickers

After six months without a club, he signed for 3. Liga side Stuttgarter Kickers in January 2014.

VfR Aalen

After his contract had not been renewed, he moved to fellow leaguer VfR Aalen on June 30, 2015, signing a contract until 2017. [12]

FC Edmonton

In November 2018, Edwini-Bonsu signed with Canadian Premier League club FC Edmonton. [13] He made his debut for Edmonton on May 4 against Valour FC. On November 4, Edmonton announced Edwini-Bonsu would be leaving the club. [14]

International career

Youth

On November 12, 2008, he was called to a Canada U-20 training camp in Switzerland. Edwini-Bonsu represented Canada at the 2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament in Kingston, Jamaica; Canada finished fourth in Group B. Edwini-Bonsu was later called up to a U-20 camp for Canada in November 2008 which included an exhibition match against U-21 from Young Boys Bern on November 24 in Bern and then an international friendly match against Switzerland on November 26, 2008, in Solothurn. He tied for the goal-scoring lead with three goals in three games at the 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship even though Canada didn't advance past the group stage. In January 2010, he was called up for the U-23 of Canada alongside his teammate Philippe Davies. [15]

Senior

On January 31, 2010, he earned his first cap for the Canada national men's soccer team in a friendly match against Jamaica. [16] [17] [18] Edwini-Bonsu didn't return to Canada's senior team until March 22, 2013, when he received his second cap in a friendly against Japan. [19] On June 27, 2013, Edwini-Bonsu was listed as a part of the confirmed 23-man squad for Colin Miller's Canada squad for 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup. [20] Edwini-Bonsu scored his first goal for Canada in a friendly against Puerto Rico on March 30, 2015. [21]

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 November 2019 [22]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [lower-alpha 1] League CupContinentalOther [lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vancouver Whitecaps 2008 USL First Division 40000040
2009 USL First Division1000051151
2010 USSF Division 2 1823010222
Total32230000061414
AC Oulu 2011 Ykkönen 20160000002016
Eintracht Braunschweig 2011–12 2. Bundesliga 80000080
2012–13 2. Bundesliga80100090
Total16010000000170
Eintracht Braunschweig II 2012–13 Oberliga Niedersachsen 510051
Stuttgarter Kickers 2013–14 3. Liga 1720000172
2014–15 3. Liga3551000365
Total52710000000537
VfR Aalen 2015–16 3. Liga1100000110
FC Homburg 2016–17 Regionalliga Südwest 2001000210
Tennis Borussia Berlin 2017–18 NOFV-Oberliga 2360000236
FC Edmonton 2019 Canadian Premier League 1202000140
Career total191328000006120533
  1. Includes appearances in the Canadian Championship and DFB-Pokal.
  2. Includes appearances in the USL First Division Playoffs and USSF Division 2 Playoffs.

International

As of 19 January 2019 [23]
Canada national team
YearAppsGoals
201010
201100
201200
201330
201430
201531
Total101

International goals

Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first. [24]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
130 March 2015 Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamon, Puerto RicoFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
2–0
3–0

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