Kwame Bonsu Explained

Kwame Bonsu
Full Name:Kwame Bonsu[1]
Birth Date:25 September 1994
Birth Place:Buduburam, Ghana
Height:1.82 m
Position:Midfielder
Youthclubs1:Anokye Stars
Years1:2012–2013
Clubs1:Heart of Lions
Caps1:22
Goals1:4
Years2:2013
Clubs2:FC Rosengård (loan)
Caps2:8
Goals2:2
Years3:2014–2015
Clubs3:Mjällby AIF
Caps3:39
Goals3:2
Years4:2015–2017
Clubs4:Gefle IF
Caps4:42
Goals4:0
Years5:2018–2019
Clubs5:Asante Kotoko
Years6:2019–2020
Clubs6:Espérance ST
Caps6:17
Goals6:0
Years7:2020–2022
Clubs7:Ceramica Cleopatra
Caps7:45
Goals7:0
Years8:2023
Clubs8:Al Bataeh
Caps8:10
Goals8:0
Nationalyears1:2019–
Nationalteam1:Ghana
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0
Club-Update:21:42, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Nationalteam-Update:26 March 2019
Youthclubs2:Heart of Lions

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.

Club career

Youth career (Heart of Lions)

At the age of 17 Bonsu 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 scored on 7 September 2013 in a 2–1 win over Hässleholms IF.

His performances for Heart of Lions secured him a 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 three-year contract with Gefle IF in July 2015 after leaving Mjällby AIF.[5]

He played 42 league matches between 2015 and 2017 until a career-threatening incident in which he was accused of assaulting his then wife Maria Magnusson.

Asante Kotoko

The former IF Gafle midfielder moved back to Ghana to join Asante Kotoko in October 2018 after serving a jail sentence of 1 year, 10 months for sexually assaulting his wife in Sweden.[6] [7]

He played a key role in the team's impressive run in the CAF Confederation Cup as they progressed to the group stages of the cup for the first time in 11 years.[8] [9] He also helped the club to win the Normalization Committee Tier one cup.[10] [11]

Espérance Sportive de Tunis

Due to his performance for Asante Kotoko in the CAF Confederation 2019 Competition,[12] 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

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

Honours

Club

Espérance de Tunis

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: ES Tunis . FIFA . 5 . 5 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191205105526/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2019/pdf/FCWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF . 5 December 2019 . dead.
  2. Web site: Heart of Lions 2-0 Hearts of Oak: Phobians' heart broken at Kpando Goal.com. 2020-09-26. www.goal.com.
  3. Web site: A Resurrected Dream: The Story Of An Ex-Convict Kwame Bonsu. 2020-09-26. Modern Ghana. en.
  4. Web site: Officiellt: Kwame Bonsu klar för Mjällby AIF. 25 October 2014. Fotbolltransfers.
  5. Web site: Kwame Bonsu ready for Gefle IF. gefleiffotboll. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150715064407/http://www.gefleiffotboll.se/2015/07/14/kwame-bonsu-klar-for-gefle-if/. 15 July 2015. dmy-all.
  6. Web site: 2018-10-12. Ghanaian footballer Kwame Bonsu returns to action after serving jail time in Sweden. 2020-09-26. GhanaSoccernet. en.
  7. Web site: 2017-06-09. Ghana's Kwame Bonsu handed two-year jail sentence for sexually assaulting wife in Sweden . 2020-09-26. Firstpost.
  8. Web site: Kotoko will qualify from group stage — Frimpong. 2020-09-26. Graphic Online. en-gb.
  9. Web site: Konadu expects Kotoko not to struggle in group stage Goal.com. 2020-09-26. www.goal.com.
  10. Web site: Osman. Abdul Wadudu. 2019-07-17. Official : Esperance complete the signing of Kwame Bonsu. 2020-09-26. Football Made In Ghana. en-US.
  11. Web site: Association. Ghana Football. GFA-NC congratulates Kotoko on Tier 1 Special Competition victory. 2020-09-26. www.ghanafa.org. en.
  12. Web site: Football. CAF-Confedération Africaine du. Free from captivity Bonsu steering Kotoko wheel. 2020-09-26. CAFOnline.com. en.
  13. Web site: 2019-07-27. Ghanaian midfielder Kwame Bonsu delighted with Esperance move. 2020-09-26. GhanaSoccernet. en.
  14. Web site: 2020-08-30. Kwame Bonsu becomes fifth Ghanaian to win Tunisian League after latest Espérance triumph. 2020-09-26. MyJoyOnline.com. en-US.
  15. Web site: Footy Ghana. Ghana v Mauritania game report. 26 March 2019.
  16. Web site: Football. CAF-Confedération Africaine du. Esperance are Tunisian League Champions for 30th time. 2020-09-25. CAFOnline.com. en.
  17. Web site: Football. CAF-Confedération Africaine du. Penalty joy as Esperance wins fifth Tunisian Super Cup. 2020-09-25. CAFOnline.com. en.