| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dennis Agyare Antwi | ||
| Date of birth | January 12, 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Kelantan FA | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007-2009 | Hearts of Oak | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009-2011 | Hearts of Oak | 0 | (0) |
| 2011-current | Kelantan FA | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Dennis Agyare Antwi (born 12 January 1993 in Accra, Ghana), simply known as Denny Antwi, is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays as a Striker for the Malaysian football club, Kelantan FA in the Malaysia Super League. [1]
Denny is the 5th Ghanaian footballer ever to play for Kelantan FA after Edward Aboagye, Enock Bentil, Ishaq Debrah and Emmanuel Okine.
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Denny joined the Accra Hearts of Oak SC youth academy at the age of 14. Two years later, he started his professional career in late 2009/10, only at the age of 16 when he made his debut with Accra Hearts of Oak SC in Accra at the 2009 Ghana Premier League season. After playing about 2 and a half years for Hearts of Oak, Denny left Ghana in 2011 hoping to find a better career. Denny later went on to have a trial with the 2011 Malaysia Super League champions, Kelantan FA.
Denny, alongside 3 other trialist appeared in a friendly with the Kelantan Reserve Team against Songkhla FC of Thailand which Denny played the whole game. However, Songkhla FC later won the match 1-3.[2]
Having training with the Kelantan team for 2 months, new coach Peter James Butler eventually gives Denny a 2 year contract alongside Lebanese international, Mohammed Ghaddar and fellow countrymen, Emmanuel Okine who attended the trial with Denny.[3] Denny scored his first goal for Kelantan in a 2-1 win against the Maldives national football team, having scoring both goals during the pre season friendly match.[4] Denny later went on to score his first ever hat trick in a pre season friendly match against ATM FA which Kelantan won 4-2.[5]
Denny previously played for Accra Hearts of Oak SC in the Ghana Premier League.[6]
Denny 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.