Dan Owusu

Dan Owusu
Personal information
Full name Dan Owusu
Place of birth Ghana
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Bofoakwa Tano
Asante Kotoko
BA United
International career
Ghana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dan Owusu is a Ghanaian professional football manager and former player. He played mostly as a striker for Bofoakwa Tano F.C. during his playing days. He won the top goal scorer title for the Ghana Premier League on three occasions.[1][2][3][4]

Club career

Owusu played as a striker for Sunyani-based club Bofoakwa Tano F.C. in the 1970s forming a strike partnership with former Black Stars Captain Kwasi Owusu within that period.[5][6][7][8] He won the Ghana Premier League top goal scorer award three consecutive times, scoring 24 goals in 1974, 26 goals in 1975 and 28 goals in 1976.[4][9] He is considered as the finest striker in the history of the Ghanaian topflight league.[4]

He later plied his trade with Asante Kotoko and BA United.

International career

Owusu also played in the Ghana national team.[8] He was part of the squad of during the 1970s including playing the 1976 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. During his time in the national team, he also formed a good striking partnership with Kwasi Owusu who he played alongside at Bofoakwa Tano.[8]

Coaching career

Owusu began his coaching career in Cameroon coaching a first division club from 1999 to 2005. In October 2005, he was appointed as the head coach of Ghana Premier League side Okwawu United. In his first match, Okwawu United beat Sekondi Hasaacas by 3–0.[10][11]

In November 2011, he was appointed as the head coach for Bechem United in the Ghana Premier League, becoming the club's third coach in six weeks after sacking Andy Senasson and Miloslav Bogdanovic.[12][13][14] In his first match, he led the club to their first Ghana Premier League win by beating Medeama by 1–0, with the goal being scored by Richard Addai.[15] Before his that win, the club had picked only one point, lost five times and conceded 16 goals after six matches in the league.[16]

In November 2012, he was appointed as the manager for his former club Bofoakwa Tano playing then in the Ghana Division One League.[12]

Honours

Player

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Ex-goal king wants Ghanaian strikers 'schooled'". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  2. ^ Shardow, Ameenu (23 August 2011). "GFA must employ retired players-Dan Owusu". GhanaSoccernet. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ^ Online, Peace FM. "Black Stars Are Not Prepared To Learn - Dan Owusu". Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "I owe the success of my football career to Kwasi Owusu: Three times league top scorer Dan Owusu reveals". Pulse Ghana. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Legendary Ghana Black Stars captain Kwasi Owusu laid to rest! – Panafricanfootball". Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Interview With Kwesi". www.ghanaweb.com. 21 September 2001. Archived from the original on 30 October 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Kwasi Owusu is Ghana's all-time highest scorer, not Gyan- Researcher". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  8. ^ a b c Bediako, Ken (7 April 1975). Nkrumah, I. K. (ed.). Daily Graphic: Issue 7613 April 7 1975. Ghana: Graphic Communications Group.
  9. ^ "Ex-goal king Owusu bemoans 'extinct' strikers". GhanaSoccernet. 7 August 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  10. ^ Barimah, Nana Yaw (25 October 2005). Boadu-Ayeboafoh, Yaw (ed.). Daily Graphic: Issue 149468 October 25 2005. Ghana: Graphic Communications Group. p. 46.
  11. ^ "Dan Owusu To Handle Okwawu". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Bofoakwa Tano hire Daniel Owusu as new coach". GhanaSoccernet. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Dan Owusu bemoans Black Stars goal scoring rate - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Bechem United settle on Dan Owusu as head coach". GhanaSoccernet. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Bechem record first league win". www.ghanafa.org. Ghana Football Association. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Owusu named Bechem's 3rd coach this season". www.ghanafa.org. Ghana Football Association. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Ghana - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 July 2021.


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