Kingsley Owusu (born 3 August 2002) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ghanaian Premier League side Dreams F.C. [1] [2]
Owusu began his career with Dreams FC in their youth team, Still Believe FC, broke into the starting line-up of Dreams FC from the youth academy in 2019. [3] [4] [5] In 2019, ahead of the 2019 GFA Normalization Committee Special Competition, he was promoted to the first team. He made his debut on 31 March 2019, being named on the starting line-up in a 1–0 loss to Hearts of Oak. [6] He went on to make 9 league matches. During the 2019–20 Ghana Premier League, he made 10 league matches before the league was put on hold and later cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] In October 2020, he signed a new three-year deal to keep at the club until 2023. [3] [4] [5] He was included in the club's squad list for the 2020–21 Ghana Premier League in the club's bid to push for a top 4 league position at the end of the season. [7] [1]
At the age of 14, Owusu was part of the Ghana u17 team for the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations that featured and placed second, and qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [2] [8] [9] He was invited by Paa Kwesi Fabin to be included in the Ghana 26-man u17 preliminary team for camping for the World Cup but missed out on the final cut. [10] [11]
He also received a call-up in the Ghana u20 team for the 2020 WAFU ‘B’ U20 tournament, but missed out on the final cut. [12]
Kingsley Owusu (born 3 August 2002) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ghanaian Premier League side Dreams F.C. [1] [2]
Owusu began his career with Dreams FC in their youth team, Still Believe FC, broke into the starting line-up of Dreams FC from the youth academy in 2019. [3] [4] [5] In 2019, ahead of the 2019 GFA Normalization Committee Special Competition, he was promoted to the first team. He made his debut on 31 March 2019, being named on the starting line-up in a 1–0 loss to Hearts of Oak. [6] He went on to make 9 league matches. During the 2019–20 Ghana Premier League, he made 10 league matches before the league was put on hold and later cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] In October 2020, he signed a new three-year deal to keep at the club until 2023. [3] [4] [5] He was included in the club's squad list for the 2020–21 Ghana Premier League in the club's bid to push for a top 4 league position at the end of the season. [7] [1]
At the age of 14, Owusu was part of the Ghana u17 team for the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations that featured and placed second, and qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [2] [8] [9] He was invited by Paa Kwesi Fabin to be included in the Ghana 26-man u17 preliminary team for camping for the World Cup but missed out on the final cut. [10] [11]
He also received a call-up in the Ghana u20 team for the 2020 WAFU ‘B’ U20 tournament, but missed out on the final cut. [12]