Ellia Kofi Junior (born 7 March 2004) is a

Ghanaian Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

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who currently plays as a midfielder for

Ghana Premier League The is the top professional association football division of the football league system in Ghana. Officially formed in 1956 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition (which began in 1933 and ended in 1953–54), t ...

side

Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs Cape Coast Mysterious Ebusua Dwarfs is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Cape Coast. The club competes in the Ghana Premier League, the Premier division on the Ghanaian football pyramid, and hold home games at Cape Coast Sports Sta ...

Career

Kofi started his senior career with

Ebusua Dwarfs Cape Coast Mysterious Ebusua Dwarfs is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Cape Coast. The club competes in the Ghana Premier League, the Premier division on the Ghanaian football pyramid, and hold home games at Cape Coast Sports St ...

in October 2020 ahead of the 2020–21 season. On 12 December 2020, he made his Ebusua Dwarfs debut as 76th-minute substitute, replacing Obed Bentum during a 1–0 Ghana Premier League loss to Medeama at

Cape Coast Sports Stadium Cape Coast Sports Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Ebusua Dwarfs. The stadium holds 20,000 people. Stadium etymology Construction Cap ...

. His first start came on 31 January 2021 in a 2–2 draw against

Aduana Stars Aduana Football Club is a professional football club, based in Dormaa Ahenkro, Bono Region, Ghana. The club is competing in the Ghanaian Premier League. It made history by winning the Ghana Premier League at their first attempt with 53 points. I ...

. On 3 March 2021, after putting up an impressive performance to guarantee a 2–1 home victory for Dwarfs, he was adjudged the man of the match. On 24 April 2021, Kofi scored his first senior goal in a league match against

Great Olympics Accra Great Olympics is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Accra, Greater Accra. The club is currently competing in the Ghana Premier League. It has won the Ghana Premier League twice, in 1970, 1974 and the Ghana FA Cup thrice, in 197 ...

by scoring the second goal in the first half as Ebusua Dwarfs won 4–1. He was substituted in the 90th minute to make way for Jindo Morishita. After breaking through the squad in the first round of the season, he went on to start in the 10 of the final 17 matches and ended the season with 22 league appearances and one goal and three assists. At the end of the season, he was reportedly set to go for trials at Belgian Jupiler Pro League side

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from 1 September 2021 to 31 October 2021.

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* Living people 2004 births Men's association football midfielders Ghanaian men's footballers Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs players Ghana Premier League players {{Ghana-footy-midfielder-stub