Kwame Bonsu

Kwame Bonsu (born 25 September 1994) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a midfielder.He has had previous spells in Sweden with Gefle IF, Mjällby AIF, Rosengård and for Asante Kotoko in his home country Ghana.

Kwame Bonsu
Bonsu with Gefle IF in 2015
Personal information
Full name Kwame Bonsu[1]
Date of birth (1994-09-25) 25 September 1994
Place of birth Buduburam, Ghana
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Free Agent
Youth career
Anokye Stars
Heart of Lions
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Heart of Lions 22 (4)
2013 → FC Rosengård (loan) 8 (2)
2014–2015 Mjällby AIF 39 (2)
2015–2017 Gefle IF 42 (0)
2018–2019 Asante Kotoko
2019–2020 Espérance ST 17 (0)
2020–2022 Ceramica Cleopatra 45 (0)
2023 Al Bataeh 10 (0)
International career‡
2019– Ghana 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:42, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2019

Club career

Youth career (Heart of Lions)

At the age of 17 he got a contract to play for the Ghanaian premier league team Heart of Lions in the 2012/13 season By the end of the season he had played 22 games and scored 4 goals for the Ghanaian premier club.[2][3]

Career in Sweden

In 2013 whilst playing for Heart of Lions based in Kpando, Kwame secured a loan deal to play in Sweden for Malmo team FC Rosengard. He played eight league matches and scored two goals for Rosengård both goals were scored on 7 September 2013 in a 2–1 win over Hässleholms IF.

His performances for Heart of Lions secured him permanent contract to play for Mjallby AIF in the 2014/15 season. Bonsu played a total of 39 matches scoring two goals for Mjällby AIF[4] He then signed a 3-year contract with Gefle IF in July 2015 after leaving Mjällby AIF.[5] He played 42 league matches between 2015 and 2017 until the sadden career-threatening incident happened to him where he was accused of assaulting his then wife Maria Magnusson.[6][7]

Asante Kotoko

The former IF Gafle midfielder moved back to Ghana to join Asante Kotoko in October 2018 after serving a jail sentence of 1year 10months for sexually assaulting his wife in Sweden.[8][6] He played a key role in the team impressive run in the CAF Confederation Cup as they progressed to the group stages of the cup for the first time in 11years[9][10] and also helped the club to win the Normalization Committee Tier one cup.[11][12][7]

Espérance Sportive de Tunis

Due to his brilliant performance for Asante Kotoko in the CAF Confederation 2019 Competition[7] he secured a move to Tunisian League giants Espérance Sportive de Tunis July 2019.[13]

He played in 15 matches out of 26 matches of which he started 14 matches as Espérance ST won the 2019–20 Tunisian Ligue[14]

International

He made his debut for the Ghana national football team on 26 March 2019 in a friendly against Mauritania.[15]

Honours

Club
Espérance de Tunis

References
  1. "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: ES Tunis" (PDF). FIFA. 5 December 2019. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2019.
  2. "Heart of Lions 2-0 Hearts of Oak: Phobians' heart broken at Kpando | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. "A Resurrected Dream: The Story Of An Ex-Convict Kwame Bonsu". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. "Officiellt: Kwame Bonsu klar för Mjällby AIF". Fotbolltransfers. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  5. "Kwame Bonsu ready for Gefle IF". gefleiffotboll. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015.
  6. "Ghana's Kwame Bonsu handed two-year jail sentence for sexually assaulting wife in Sweden". Firstpost. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  7. Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Free from captivity Bonsu steering Kotoko wheel". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  8. "Ghanaian footballer Kwame Bonsu returns to action after serving jail time in Sweden". GhanaSoccernet. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  9. "Kotoko will qualify from group stage — Frimpong". Graphic Online. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  10. "Konadu expects Kotoko not to struggle in group stage | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  11. Osman, Abdul Wadudu (17 July 2019). "Official : Esperance complete the signing of Kwame Bonsu". Football Made In Ghana. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  12. Association, Ghana Football. "GFA-NC congratulates Kotoko on Tier 1 Special Competition victory". www.ghanafa.org. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  13. "Ghanaian midfielder Kwame Bonsu delighted with Esperance move". GhanaSoccernet. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  14. "Kwame Bonsu becomes fifth Ghanaian to win Tunisian League after latest Espérance triumph". MyJoyOnline.com. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  15. "Ghana v Mauritania game report". Footy Ghana. 26 March 2019.
  16. Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Esperance are Tunisian League Champions for 30th time". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  17. Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Penalty joy as Esperance wins fifth Tunisian Super Cup". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 25 September 2020.


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