Denny Antwi

Dennis Agyare Antwi (born 12 January 1993 in Accra, Ghana), simply known as Denny Antwi, is a Ghanaian footballer, who currently plays for Norwegian side IK Start.

Club career

Antwi started his career with Accra Academy in 2009.

Kelantan FA

Antwi signed with Malaysian Super League giant Kelantan FA for two years contract for 2012 Malaysia Super League seasons.^[1] He makes great appearances with Kelantan in the Super League. He also was the 5th Ghanaian footballer ever to play for Kelantan FA after Edward Aboagye, Enock Bentil, Ishaq Debrah and Emmanuel Okine.

Loan to Perlis FA

After a season played for Kelantan, Antwi was loan to Malaysian Premier League based club, Perlis FA caused of his young age. However, he was terminated his contract with Kelantan and back to Ghana.

Inter Allies F.C.

Antwi joins newly promoted club, International Allies F.C. which competing in the Ghana Premier League.

FC Rosengård 1917

He signed in January 2014 with Swedish Division 2 Östra Götaland side FC Rosengård 1917.^[2]

FK Jerv

In August 2015, Antwi signed a 1.5 year contract with Norwegian OBOS-ligaen side FK Jerv.^[3] In his first season he played 11 times and scored four goals in OBOS-ligaen. He also scored one goal and played in all four play-off matches for promotion to top flight Tippeligaen, just to see his team lose the final match of the play-off against local rivals IK Start 3-1 after a 1-1 draw at home.^[4]

After netting five goals in 15 league appearances for Jerv in the 2016 season, Antwi signed for IK Start at the end of July 2016 in a controversial transfer.^[5] Initially he signed a pre-contract, which would bring him to Start on a free transfer on 1 December 2016.^[6] Then the player himself publicly announced that he wanted to move to neighbouring club Start immediately, and the clubs agreed upon a compensation fee expected to be around 500 000 Norwegian kroner (around €55 000 at the time).

Antwi played a total of 32 official games and scored 10 goals for Jerv.^[7]

IK Start

After signing with Start at the end of July 2016, Antwi made his Tippeligaen debut against Sarpsborg 08 as a 67th-minute substitute. Start went on to lose Antwi's debut game 1-0, which meant they extended the number of games without winning in Tippeligaen to 33, in the number 33's 33rd game in Norwegian football.^[8] Antwi scored only one goal, a tap-in in an away fixture against Lillestrøm SK, in 11 appearances in his debut sesong in Tippeligaen. His debut goal will be remembered for Antwi being attacked by a Lillestrøm fan after celebrating in front of the home supporters, Kanarifansen.^[9]

International career

Antwi once attended a national training camp with the Ghana national under-23 football team for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship qualification. However, he was never chosen for the final squad.

Club career stats

References

External links

• Denny Antwi Profile at FootballDatabase.eu