Dennis Agyare "Denny" Antwi (born 12 January 1993) is a Ghanaian professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Antwi started his career with

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in 2009.

Kelantan FA

Antwi signed with Malaysian Super League giant

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for two years contract for

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seasons. He makes great appearances with Kelantan in the Super League. He also was the 5th Ghanaian footballer ever to play for

after Edward Aboagye, Enock Bentil, Ishaq Debrah and Emmanuel Okine. The team had their first major success in the 2012 season, when they have won treble which is Malaysia Super League championship,

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and

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. Domestically, TRW have won the Malaysia Super League Championship on 2 occasions, most recently in the 2012 season, 2

titles, 2

titles, 1 Charity Shield and 1 Malaysia Premier League title.2012 was their debut playing in the

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. They played well in the group stage to gain first place. However, the team lost in the quarter final to

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Loan to Perlis FA

After a season played for Kelantan, Antwi was loan to Malaysian Premier League based club, Perlis FA caused of his young age. However, he was terminated his contract with Kelantan and back to Ghana.

Inter Allies F.C.

Antwi joins newly promoted club,

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which competing in the

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FC Rosengård 1917

He signed in January 2014 with Swedish Division 2 Östra Götaland side

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FK Jerv

In August 2015, Antwi signed a 1.5 year contract with Norwegian OBOS-ligaen side FK Jerv. In his first season, he played 11 times and scored four goals in OBOS-ligaen. He also scored one goal and played in all four play-off matches for promotion to top flight Tippeligaen, just to see his team lose the final match of the play-off against local rivals

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3-1 after a 1–1 draw at home. After netting five goals in 15 league appearances for Jerv in the 2016 season, Antwi signed for

at the end of July 2016 in a controversial transfer. Initially he signed a pre-contract, which would bring him to Start on a free transfer on 1 December 2016. Then the player himself publicly announced that he wanted to move to neighbouring club Start immediately, and the clubs agreed upon a compensation fee expected to be around 500 000 Norwegian kroner (around €55 000 at the time). Antwi played a total of 32 official games and scored 10 goals for Jerv.

IK Start

After signing with Start at the end of July 2016, Antwi made his Tippeligaen debut against

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as a 67th-minute substitute. Start went on to lose Antwi's debut game 1–0, which meant they extended the number of games without winning in Tippeligaen to 33, in the number 33's 33rd game in Norwegian football. Antwi scored only one goal, a tap-in in an away fixture against Lillestrøm SK, in 11 appearances in his debut sesong in Tippeligaen. His debut goal will be remembered for Antwi being attacked by a Lillestrøm fan after celebrating in front of the home supporters, Kanarifansen. Antwi was loaned out to

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in February 2018, and returned to Start at the end of 2018.

Trelleborgs FF

After being released from IK Start, Antwi signed for

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club Trelleborgs FF on 23 March 2019. He left the club at te end of the years.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

;

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: Champions (1):

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Personal

*I-League Team of the season:

International career

Antwi once attended a national training camp with the

Ghana national under-23 football team Ghana U23 football team (also known as Ghana Olympic football team or Black Meteors), represents Ghana in international football competitions in Olympic Games, All-Africa Games, and CAF U-23 Championship. The selection is limited to players ag ...

for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship qualification. However, he was never chosen for the final squad.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Antwi, Denny Alumni of the Accra Academy 1993 births Living people Ghanaian footballers Ghanaian expatriate footballers Ghana international footballers Footballers from Accra Perlis FA players Kelantan FA players FK Jerv players IK Start players Åsane Fotball players FC Rosengård 1917 players Trelleborgs FF players Al-Taawon (UAE) Club players Superettan players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Malaysia Premier League players UAE First Division League players Association football forwards Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Sweden Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Expatriate footballers in Malaysia Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate footballers in Norway Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates