Kofi Owusu

Kofi Owusu (born 5 April 1991) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ghana Premier League side Berekum Chelsea. He has played for Aswan SC in Egypt and Salitas FC in Burkina Faso, along with playing for Ghana Premier League top teams, Aduana Stars, Ashanti Gold and King Faisal. He won the Ghana Premier League Goal King for the 2015 season.
Career
Owusu previously played for Ashanti Gold and Aswan FC in Egypt. Owusu started his career at Okwawu United, he later moved to Liberty Professionals, Mighty Jets, King Faisal and Aduana Stars.
Berekum Chelsea
He gained prominence in 2015 Ghanaian Premier League after he had moved to Berekum Chelsea in 2014. He helped Berekum Chelsea when they took the public by a surprise and placed 4th in the league. During the first half of the season, he scored six goals, when the second half began he scored consistently. He was named as the league's player of the month in July 2015 after scoring eleven goals during that period. He scored two more goals in the final round to take the golden boot and be crowned the league's top scorer with 19 goals leading one goal to Nathaniel Asamoah, who left for Raja Casablanca with two more rounds left. Owusu was also nominated for the League Player of the Year Award.
Aswan SC
Owusu did not return to Berekum Chelsea's pre-season training after his successful season and was not included in the squad for the pre-season tournament, the GHALCA 6 . Due his form and exploits in the previous season, it placed him a position to be signed by a bigger club. Clubs like TP Mazembe, Ashanti Gold, Asante Kotoko as well as clubs in South Africa and Sweden made enquiries and showed an interest in signing him, but Owusu signed instead a four-year contract on 1 February 2016 with Egyptian club Aswan SC. In June 2020, he stated that he unfortunately had to snub Kumasi-based team Asante Kotoko for Aswan SC because he received an offer in Egypt.
Ashanti Golds
After a less successful a year in Egypt, Owusu returned to Ghana when his contract with Aswan was terminated. In 2016, he signed a three-year contract for Ashanti Gold who won the league the previous year in 2015. Owusu's time at Ashanti Gold was less successful, he played eight matches and scored three goals whilst the club struggled to stay in the top league. In December 2017, he terminated his contract with the Obuasi-based club. The parties mutually broke the contract despite one year remaining.
Salitas FC
Owusu instead moved to Ouagadougou and signed in January 2018 on a one-year contract with another option year for Salitas FC in Burkina Faso's top flight league. He spent only one season with the club.
Return to Berekum Chelsea
In December 2019, Owusu signed 3-year deal with his former club Berekum Chelsea ahead of the 2019–20 season, after playing for the club from 2014 to 2016.
International career
After the 2015 campaign in which he had firmly established his position as a good finisher in the Ghana Premier League after winning the top goal scorer, Owusu was called up to be part of the local Black Stars squad that faced Ivory Coast in the qualifiers of the 2016 African Nations Championship. after an injury although he was declared fit, he did not play.
Honours
Individual
Ghana Premier League Top Scorer: 2014–15
Ghana Premier League Player of the Month: July 2015
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Living people
1991 births
Ghanaian men's footballers
Ghana Premier League players
Men's association football forwards
Aduana Stars F.C. players
Aswan SC players
Okwawu United S.C. players
King Faisal Babes F.C. players
Ashanti Gold S.C. players
Mighty Jets F.C. players
Liberty Professionals F.C. players
Berekum Chelsea F.C. players
Egyptian Premier League players
Salitas FC players
Burkinabé Premier League players
Expatriate men's footballers in Burkina Faso
Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Burkina Faso
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
Ghana Premier League top scorers
People from Central Region (Ghana)