Kwame Bonsu (born 25 September 1994) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Arabian club Al-Ain. He has had previous spells in Sweden with Gefle IF, Mjällby AIF, Rosengård and for Asante Kotoko in his home country Ghana.
 Bonsu with Gefle IF in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kwame Bonsu[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 September 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Buduburam, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Ain | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Anokye Stars | |||
| Heart of Lions | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Heart of Lions | 22 | (4) |
| 2013 | → FC Rosengård (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Mjällby AIF | 39 | (2) |
| 2015–2017 | Gefle IF | 42 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Asante Kotoko | 16 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Espérance ST | 24 | (3) |
| 2020–2022 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 45 | (1) |
| 2023 | Al Bataeh | 10 | (0) |
| 2024 | Naft Al-Basra | 22 | (1) |
| 2024– | Al-Ain | 1 | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Ghana | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:42, 27 November 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2019 | |||
Club career
editYouth career (Heart of Lions)
editAt the age of 17 Bonsu got a contract to play for the Ghanaian premier league team Heart of Lions in the 2012/13 season By the end of the season he had played 22 games and scored 4 goals for the Ghanaian premier club.[2][3]
Career in Sweden
editIn 2013 whilst playing for Heart of Lions based in Kpando, Kwame secured a loan deal to play in Sweden for Malmo team FC Rosengard. He played eight league matches and scored two goals for Rosengård, both goals scored on 7 September 2013 in a 2–1 win over Hässleholms IF.
His performances for Heart of Lions secured him a permanent contract to play for Mjallby AIF in the 2014/15 season. Bonsu played a total of 39 matches, scoring two goals for Mjällby AIF.[4] He then signed a three-year contract with Gefle IF in July 2015 after leaving Mjällby AIF.[5]
He played 42 league matches between 2015 and 2017 .[6][7]
Asante Kotoko
editThe former IF Gafle midfielder moved back to Ghana to join Asante Kotoko in October 2018.[8][6]
He played a key role in the team's impressive run in the CAF Confederation Cup as they progressed to the group stages of the cup for the first time in 11 years.[9][10] He also helped the club to win the Normalization Committee Tier one cup.[11][12][7]
Espérance Sportive de Tunis
editDue to his performance for Asante Kotoko in the CAF Confederation 2019 Competition,[7] he secured a move to Tunisian League giants Espérance Sportive de Tunis July 2019.[13]
He played in 15 matches out of 26 matches, of which he started 14 matches as Espérance ST won the 2019–20 Tunisian Ligue[14]
Al-Ain
editOn 24 August 2024, Bonsu joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Ain.[15]
International
editBonsu made his debut for the Ghana national football team on 26 March 2019 in a friendly against Mauritania.[16]
Honours
editClub
edit- Espérance de Tunis
References
edit- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: ES Tunis" (PDF). FIFA. 5 December 2019. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2019.
- ^ "Heart of Lions 2-0 Hearts of Oak: Phobians' heart broken at Kpando | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "A Resurrected Dream: The Story Of An Ex-Convict Kwame Bonsu". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Officiellt: Kwame Bonsu klar för Mjällby AIF". Fotbolltransfers. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "Kwame Bonsu ready for Gefle IF". gefleiffotboll. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Ghana's Kwame Bonsu handed two-year jail sentence for sexually assaulting wife in Sweden". Firstpost. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ a b c Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Free from captivity Bonsu steering Kotoko wheel". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Ghanaian footballer Kwame Bonsu returns to action after serving jail time in Sweden". GhanaSoccernet. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Kotoko will qualify from group stage — Frimpong". Graphic Online. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Konadu expects Kotoko not to struggle in group stage | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ Osman, Abdul Wadudu (17 July 2019). "Official : Esperance complete the signing of Kwame Bonsu". Football Made In Ghana. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ Association, Ghana Football. "GFA-NC congratulates Kotoko on Tier 1 Special Competition victory". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Ghanaian midfielder Kwame Bonsu delighted with Esperance move". GhanaSoccernet. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Kwame Bonsu becomes fifth Ghanaian to win Tunisian League after latest Espérance triumph". MyJoyOnline.com. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "كوامي بونســو ينظم للعيــن السعودي".
- ^ "Ghana v Mauritania game report". Footy Ghana. 26 March 2019.
- ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Esperance are Tunisian League Champions for 30th time". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Penalty joy as Esperance wins fifth Tunisian Super Cup". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
External links
edit- Kwame Bonsu at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Kwame Bonsu at National-Football-Teams.com
- Kwame Bonsu at Soccerway
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