Kyle Emmanuel Kwabena Asante (born 9 April 1991) is an English EX-professional

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who plays for

Bishop's Stortford Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, just west of the M11 motorway on the county boundary with Essex, north-east of central London, and by rail from Liverpool Street station. Stortford had an estimated po ...

Career

Asante was born in

Chelmsford Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It is located north-east of London a ...

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

. He made his debut for

Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. Southend are known as ...

on 7 November 2009 in their 3–0 away defeat to Gillingham in the

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, replacing James Walker in the 83rd minute as a substitute. Asante suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury which hampered his progress with the first team. On 8 February 2011, Asante scored a

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in a 4–1 against Luton Town in a reserve game which led to manager

Paul Sturrock Paul Whitehead Sturrock (born 10 October 1956) is a Scottish former association football, football coach and former player. As a player, Sturrock spent his entire senior career with Dundee United, making more than five hundred appearances betwe ...

naming him in his first team squad. Asante made his league debut as a sub on 19 February 2011 replacing

Blair Sturrock Blair David Sturrock (born 25 August 1981) is a former Scottish footballer who played as a forward. His previous clubs include Dundee United, Brechin City, Plymouth Argyle, Kidderminster Harriers, Rochdale, Swindon Town, AFC Bournemouth, Torquay ...

against

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...

. On 18 May 2012, Asante was one of eleven players to be released at the end of their contract. He moved on to

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on a trial which never materialised in a contract, before signing for St Neots Town in December 2012. He then spent the first half of the 2013–14 season with

, before joining

Aveley Aveley is a town and former civil parish in the unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex, England, and forms one of the traditional Church of England parishes. Aveley is 16 miles (26.2 km) east of Charing Cross. In the 2021 United Kingdom ...

midway through the campaign. After rejoining Bishop's Stortford in the summer of 2014, he was injured in a serious car crash on the A12 major road. When recovered later that year he had a brief spell with Maldon & Tiptree, before returning to Aveley. In February 2015 he joined Thamesmead Town as a trialist. Further transfers that season include

Cheshunt Cheshunt ( ) is a town in Hertfordshire, England, north of London on the River Lea and Lee Navigation. It contains a section of the Lee Valley Park, including much of the River Lee Country Park. To the north lies Broxbourne and Wormley, Hertfor ...

in 2015, Witham Town in January 2016, VCD Athletic in February 2016, and Aveley for the third time in March 2016, In July 2016 he joined Bishop's Stortford for a third spell. Shortly after he signed for

Billericay Town Billericay Town Football Club is a football club based in Billericay, Essex, England. The club are currently members of and play at New Lodge. They are the second most successful club in FA Vase history, having won the competition on three o ...

on dual registration basis to gain match fitness, but the spell was cut short by 2 September 2016 after making just one appearance, and instead he switched to Great Wakering Rovers on similar terms on 13 September 2016.

References

External links

Southend United profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Asante, Kyle 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Chelmsford English footballers Association football forwards Southend United F.C. players Harlow Town F.C. players Concord Rangers F.C. players Canvey Island F.C. players Thurrock F.C. players St Neots Town F.C. players Bishop's Stortford F.C. players Aveley F.C. players Maldon & Tiptree F.C. players Cheshunt F.C. players Witham Town F.C. players VCD Athletic F.C. players Billericay Town F.C. players Great Wakering Rovers F.C. players English Football League players Isthmian League players