Lloyd Owusu
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| Lloyd Owusu | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Lloyd Owusu | |
| Date of birth | December 12, 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Slough, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |
| Position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Brentford | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1998–2002 2002–2004 2003–2005 2005- |
Brentford Sheffield Wednesday Reading Brentford |
166 (65) 52 (9) 41 (10) 41 (12) |
| National team** | ||
| 2005– | Ghana | 2 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Lloyd Owusu (born December 12, 1976) is a professional footballer currently playing for Brentford F.C. in England. He is a centre-forward, and is Brentford's top goalscorer in recent times, notching up 82 goals in all competitions in two spells (1998-2002 and 2005-). Owusu is something of a cult hero at Brentford and has a trademark "raise the roof" celebration when he scores.
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[edit] History
[edit] The early years
Owusu started his career at non-league side Slough Town before being signed by then Brentford manager Ron Noades in 1998. Owusu was an instant success, scoring 24 goals in 53 games in all competitions, leading the scoring charts in Nationwide Division Three (now Coca-Cola League Two). Owusu was less successful in the 1999/2000 campaign, netting 13 goals in 44 games in all competitions. He struggled in the 2000/01 season also, scoring just 10 goals in 34 games. He returned to form with a bang in 2001/02, scoring 22 goals and helping Brentford reach the Division Two playoff final at the Millennium Stadium. Brentford lost 2-0 to Stoke and Owusu's contract was not renewed.
[edit] Time away from Griffin Park
Championship side Sheffield Wednesday took the chance to sign Owusu on a free transfer upon his release from Brentford. Sadly for Lloyd he did not really break into the first team, starting only 13 games out of a possible 34 in all competitions in the 2002/3 season, finishing the season with a disappointing total of 4 goals. He continued to be used sparingly in the 2003/4 season and was signed on loan by Reading F.C.. Reading made the loan move permanent in the summer of 2004. In the 2004/5 season, Owusu finished with an impressive record of 6 goals in 14 league starts.
[edit] Owusu's return
Brentford manager Martin Allen signed Owusu on a free transfer in the summer of 2005, stressing that Owusu was signed not due to his popularity at Brentford but on footballing ability alone. As of 18/4/2006, Owusu has scored 14 goals in 47 appearances in all competitions in the 2005/6 season.
[edit] World Cup heartbreak
Even though he had only earned his first cap for the Ghana national football team in 2005, Owusu was hopeful of playing in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the first World Cup which his country had qualified for. However, on Wednesday April 26, 2006, in a rare appearance for Ghana, Owusu tore a groin muscle in a friendly match against VfB Stuttgart [1] . As a result of the injury, Owusu could not finish the rest of the that season, and he was no longer in contention to play in the World Cup.
[edit] Trivia
- In early 2006, Status Quo bass player and Brentford F.C. fan John Edwards wrote and produced a song about Owusu's return to the club for the 2005/06 season from Reading F.C.
- Owusu is a part-time DJ.
| Brentford F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Nelson | 2 O'Connor | 3 Frampton | 4 Pinault | 5 Heywood | 6 Griffiths | 7 Brooker | 8 Skúlason | 9 Owusu | 10 Kuffour | 11 Tomlin | 12 Fitzgerald | 12 Carder-Andrews | 15 Moore | 16 Onibuje | 17 Rhodes | 18 Tillen | 19 Willock | 20 Peters | 21 Masters | 22 Mousinho | 23 Charles | 24 Osborne | 25 Ide | 26 Brown | 28 Wijnhard | 29 Cox | Caretaker Manager: Fitzgerald |
