Kwame Gershion Quansah (born 24 November 1982) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Quansah was born in Tema, Ghana. He previously played for

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 ...

, Ajax,

Germinal Beerschot Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian association football, football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from Belgian First Division 1999–2000, 1999–2000 ...

and AIK. He subsequently joined

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to th ...

in 2004, where he spent the major part of his career and became the club's record holder for most appearances in the Eredivisie with 262. This feat was only surpassed in December 2020, when Tim Breukers reached matched the record. His form in the 2008–09 season earned him two caps for Ghana. Quansah retired in 2016, after a short stint in China with

Qingdao Red Lions Qingdao Red Lions Football Club is a professional football club and academy from Qingdao in Shandong province, China. The first team has its home base in Laixi city, with youth training taking part in Laixi and several districts of Qingdao. F ...

International career

Quansah made his debut for the

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on 15 October 2008 in a

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against South Africa. He was called up to an

African Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...

qualifications game. He was part of Ghana national team preparation for

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Honours

Heracles Almelo * Eerste Divisie: 2004–05

References

External links

Voetbal International profile

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Quansah, Kwame 1982 births Living people Footballers from Tema Men's association football midfielders Ghanaian men's footballers Ghana men's international footballers Asante Kotoko S.C. players AFC Ajax players Beerschot A.C. players AIK Fotboll players Heracles Almelo players Belgian Pro League players Allsvenskan players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in China Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in China