Richmond Antwi (born 7 August 2000) 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 last played as a

forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ...

for USL Championship side Phoenix Rising FC.

Club career

Early career

Richmond began his football career with a youth club Tema Sports Youth in Tema. Richmond later moved to Al Khartoum FC in

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

. He stayed at Al Khartoum FC for a season, played a lot of games and won the league goal king for the 2018–2019 season. Richmond got huge attention nationwide because of his outstanding performance. Richmond helped Al Khartoum FC to finish 3rd on the league table and later joined

Al-Merrikh SC Al-Merrikh Sporting Club ( ar, نادي المريخ الرياضي) is a Sudanese football club based in Omdurman. Their home stadium is Al-Merrikh Stadium, which is locally known as The Red Castle. Founded in 1908, Al-Merrikh is one of the ol ...

Al-Merrikh

In January 2020, Richmond was transferred to

Sudan Premier League Sudan Premier League ( ar, الدوري السوداني الممتاز) is the top division of the Sudan Football Association, it was created in 1965. It starts on August 1 and ends May 31. Sudan Premier League Clubs 2022-23 Championship hist ...

club

on a deal to end the season. He tallied 7 goals in 14 league matches, emerging as one of the top front men in the league as Al-Merrikh clinched a league title.

Legon Cities

In February 2021, Richmond signed for

Legon Cities FC Legon Cities FC (formerly known as Wa All Stars FC) is a football club from Ghana currently based in Accra, Greater Accra. The club won the 2016 Ghanaian Premier League. History The club was founded in January 2006 through investments by Kwesi ...

Phoenix Rising

Antwi joined Phoenix Rising FC of the USL Championship in December 2021. Antwi led Phoenix Rising in goals per minutes played, however his contract option for 2023 was declined at the conclusion of the 2022 season.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Al-Merrikh *

winner: 2019-2020 Individual *

Top Goalscorer: 2018-2019 season

References

Living people 2000 births Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Khartoum NC players Al-Merrikh SC players Sudan Premier League players Ghana Premier League players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Sudan Expatriate men's footballers in Sudan Footballers from Kumasi Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Phoenix Rising FC players USL Championship players {{Ghana-footy-forward-stub