Edmund Owusu-Ansah (born 2 April 1983 in Kumasi, Ghana) is a Ghanaian retired

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who plays as a midfielder and former

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Career

Edmund Owusu-Ansah is a Ghanaian-born football player. He is a midfielder who has often been touted as the "midfield general" for his command in midfield. He has the ability to control and influence the game, exert energy in supporting offensive and defensive plays. Edmund Owusu-Ansah began his professional career with Feyenoord, and later joined

Asante Kotoko Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, simply known as Asante Kotoko, is a professional football club founded on 31 August 1935 and based in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nicknamed the ''Porcupine Warriors'', they compete in the Ghana Premier Lea ...

. After four years in the Ghana Premier League for the '' Porcupine Warriors'' joined in summer 2007 to League rival

Heart of Lions Heart of Lions Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Kpandu, Volta. The club competed in the Glo Premier League The is the top professional association football division of the football league system in Ghana. Offic ...

. He joined the V-League side Sông Lam Nghệ An in 2010 and helped them win the league title that year. Vicem Hải Phòng purchased him from Sông Lam Nghệ An in 2011 for the 2011/12 season. He returned to his native country Ghana and re-signed with his former team Heart of Lions in 2013. Before joining Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Edmund played for the Feyenoord Rotterdam youth team, Holland. Since turning professional he has trained with Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine), Udinese (Italy), Krylia Sovetov (Russia) and FC Lyn Oslo (Norway). Edmund signed with Arizona United SC for the 2015 season.

International career

Edmund begun his international career through the Ghana Black Satellites (National under 20 team), and carried on through to the Black Meteors (National under 23 team). He was a member of the

who earned his first cap in 2007. He captained the national team to play a friendly against Argentina in 2009 under their then coach Diego Maradona. He also led the local select side of the Ghana national team at the CHAN tournament in 2009, where Ghana lost in the finals to DR Congo. In November 2013, coach Maxwell Konadu, invited him to be a part of the Ghana squad for the 2013 WAFU Nations Cup. He helped the team to a first-place finish after Ghana beat Senegal by three goals to oneFokus auf: Edmund Owusu-Ansah - Kapitän und Führungsspieler!
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* Ghanaian footballers Association football defenders Asante Kotoko S.C. players 1983 births Living people Footballers from Kumasi Expatriate footballers in Vietnam Phoenix Rising FC players Expatriate soccer players in the United States Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Ghana international footballers Ghana A' international footballers 2009 African Nations Championship players {{Ghana-footy-defender-stub