Kofi Agbesimah

Kofi Agbesimah (born 18 February 1997) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as defender for Ghanaian Premier League side Bechem United F.C.[1][2]

Career

Agbesimah started his career with Bechem United F.C in 2018 and he made his debut for the club in the 2018 Ghana Premier League.[2] He made his debut on 16 March 2018, in a 3–0 loss to International Allies.[3] He made 12 league matches and scored a goal before the league was cancelled due to the dissolution of the Ghana Football Association in June 2018, as a result of the Anas Number 12 Expose. On 23 May 2018, he scored his debut goal against Liberty Professionals even though they lost the match by 2–1.[4][5] He made 2019 GFA Normalization Competition, he made 12 appearances and scored a goal.[2]

In 2019, Agbesimah continued to enjoy game time as he began to play a more prominent role in the team. Before the league was truncated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he played all 15 league matches.[2] His role as the key central defender for the club became more obvious during the 2020–21 season of which he threw a challenge to Asante Kotoko and stated that the Brazilian playmaker Fabio Gama had no chance against their defence.[6][1] On 9 May 2021, he scored his first goal of the season against Karela United in a match that saw the club lose through to goals from Diawisie Taylor and Reginald Thompson.[7][8]

References

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