Owusu-Ansah Kontoh (born 24 August 1993 in

Kumasi Kumasi (historically spelled Comassie or Coomassie, usually spelled Kumase in Twi) is a city in the Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region near Lake Bosomtwe, and is the ...

) is a

Ghana 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 the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

ian

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 plays as a defender.

Career

Asante Kotoko

He made his first steps as part of

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 ...

club

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 ...

Owusu-Ansah Kontor
at Worldfootball.net Coached by Serbian manager Bogdan Korak, during the summer of 2011, the team came on a tour to Serbia to play a series of friendlies and to try to impress clubs and scouts in Europe.

Metalac Gornji Milanovac

Kwame Boateng and Owusu-Ansah Kontoh finally stayed in Serbia and joined Metalac Gornji Milanovac a club playing in the

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

. He made his debut in official matches on September 20, 2011, in a

2011–12 Serbian Cup The 2011–12 Serbian Cup season was the sixth season of the Serbian national football tournament. The competition started on 31 August 2011 and concluded with the Final on May 16, 2012. The winner of the competition qualified for the second qua ...

match against

FK Srem FK Srem () is a football club based in Sremska Mitrovica, Vojvodina, Serbia. They compete in the Sremska Mitrovica City League, the seventh tier of the national league system. History The club was founded as Građanski in 1919. They initiall ...

, making his league debut 4 days later in a round 6 match against

FK BSK Borča Fudbalski klub BSK Borča ( sr-cyr, Фудбалски клуб БСК Борча) is a Serbian football club from Borča, City of Belgrade. It is the football club of the Sports Society BSK Borča, ''BSK'' stands for ''Borčanski sportski klu ...

Novi Pazar

After his contract with Metalac Gornji Milanovac expired on 30 June 2015, Ansah remained a free agent until January 2016 when he joined Serbian SuperLiga team

Novi Pazar Novi Pazar ( sr-cyr, Нови Пазар, lit. "New Bazaar"; ) is a city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. As of the 2011 census, the urban area has 66,527 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 100,410 inhabita ...

. However, he only remained with Novi Pazar for six months.

AEL

In July 2016, Owusu was tested by the

Greek Superleague The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

team AEL. He made a good appearance in his debut on the friendly match against

Levadiakos Levadiakos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Λεβαδειακός) is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, afte ...

and resulted being offered a contract which he accepted. During the game, he surprised AEL fans with his powerful throw in and his excellent ball handling.

Orange County

During the winter-break of 2017–18 he moved to the United States and joined USL Championship side

Orange County SC Orange County Soccer Club is an American soccer team based in the Orange County, California city of Irvine. Founded in 2010 as the Los Angeles Blues, the team currently plays in the second tier USL Championship. The team plays its home games at ...

Phoenix Rising

Kontoh signed with

Phoenix Rising FC Phoenix Rising Football Club is an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 2014 as Arizona United Soccer Club, the team is a member of the USL Championship. History On March 13, 2014, Kyle E ...

on December 5, 2019.

References

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* 1993 births Living people Footballers from Kumasi Ghanaian men's footballers Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Asante Kotoko S.C. players FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac players FK Novi Pazar players Serbian First League players Serbian SuperLiga players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Orange County SC players Phoenix Rising FC players USL Championship players {{Ghana-footy-defender-stub