Enock Kwakwa (born 2 July 1994) is a Ghanaian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who currently plays for Northern Colorado Hailstorm in the

USL League One USL League One (USL1) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that had its inaugural season in 2019. The Division III league is operated by United Soccer League, the same group that operates the Division II USL Championshi ...

Career

Manchester City

Kwakwa was signed by English club

Manchester City Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The tw ...

in August 2012, and immediately loaned out to Norwegian

Tippeligaen Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...

club

Strømsgodset IF Strømsgodset IF is a Norwegian multi-sports club from Gulskogen in Drammen. It has sections for association football, handball and bandy, but is best known for the top-level football section known as Strømsgodset Toppfotball, which plays in Eli ...

Strømsgodset

Kwakwa arrived at Strømsgodset in September 2012, alongside fellow

Right To Dream Academy Right to Dream is a Ghanaian football academy. The academy started in 1999 training a small number of boys in Accra and grew into a residential school and training center. As of 2021 it was owned by Mansour Group. History Right to Dream Academy ...

graduate

Bismark Adjei-Boateng Bismark "Nana" Adjei-Boateng (born 10 May 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for K League 1 club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. Career Boateng was signed by Manchester City F.C. in 2012, and immediately loaned alon ...

. He spent the final months of the 2012 season on the reserves team in the

Second Division In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...

, and impressed, in particular with a great goal from 40 meters. Unfortunately, he was injured in the

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

pre-season, and had to train alternatively for four weeks. He made his debut on 13 April 2013, when he played the last 6 minutes in the match against

Vålerenga Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for it ...

. Unfortunately, he was injured again in June 2013, when he tore a tendon in his thigh. He never played for the first team again during the loan spell, and returned to the English club when he was unable to renew his work permit.

TPS

He was loaned out to Finnish club TPS in September 2013, but only played one reserve match before the loan deal was canceled.

Ullensaker/Kisa

On 17 March 2014, he signed a permanent deal with

Norwegian First Division The Norwegian First Division, also called 1. divisjon and OBOS-ligaen (named sponsor is property developer OBOS), is the second-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Each year, the top finishing teams in the 1. divisjon are p ...

club

Ull/Kisa Ullensaker/Kisa IL, commonly referred to as Ull/Kisa, is a Norwegian sports club from Jessheim in Ullensaker. Founded in 1894, it has sections for association football, team handball and athletics. General history The club was founded on 15 D ...

, lasting until December 2015. He made his debut for the club on 16 May 2014 in a match against

Bryne Bryne () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Time, Norway, Time municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The city is the administrative centre of the municipality of Time and it is also List of urban areas in Norway by population, o ...

, and played a total of 17 matches for the club in the 2014 season, scoring 3 goals. After the team was relegated, the player was able to leave the club on a free transfer.

Falkenbergs FF

On 24 February 2015, Kwakwa signed a short-term deal lasting until 30 June the same year with the Swedish

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

team

Falkenbergs FF Falkenbergs Fotbollsförening, also known simply as Falkenbergs FF, Falkenberg or (especially locally) FFF, is a Swedish football club based in Falkenberg. Formed on 3 January 1928, the club plays in the second highest Swedish league, Superetta ...

, with an option to extend the contract for another three years if the player impresses.

Jönköpings Södra IF

Jönköpings Södra IF Jönköpings Södra IF, also known as J-Södra IF, J-Södra or simply Jönköping, is a Swedish football club based in Jönköping. The club, founded in 1922, returned to the Swedish second division Superettan in 2018 after relegation from the 2 ...

announced on 20 November 2018, that they had signed Kwakwa for the 2019 season.

Charleston Battery

On 18 March 2022, Kwakwa moved to

USL Championship The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) as a Division II league since 2017, pl ...

side

Charleston Battery The Charleston Battery are an American professional association football, soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 1993, the Battery are one of the oldest continuously operating professiona ...

who compete in the second-tier of US soccer. Kwakwa scored his first goal with the club on 16 July 2022 in a 3-1 home victory over

Hartford Athletic Hartford Athletic is an American professional soccer team based in Hartford, Connecticut. The club was founded in 2018 and started play in the USL Championship in 2019. It is the only pro soccer team in Connecticut. History On June 8, 2021, Ha ...

. Following the 2022 season, Kwakwa was released by Charleston.

Northern Colorado Hailstorm

On 30 January 2023, Kwakwa signed with

side Northern Colorado Hailstorm.

References

1994 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Manchester City F.C. players Strømsgodset Toppfotball players Ullensaker/Kisa IL players Falkenbergs FF players Jönköpings Södra IF players Charleston Battery players Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC players Right to Dream Academy players Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in England Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Men's association football midfielders USL Championship players {{Ghana-footy-midfielder-stub