Adam Larsen Kwarasey

Adam Larsen Kwarasey

Larsen Kwarasey playing for the Portland Timbers
Personal information
Full name Adambathia Larsen Kwarasey[1]
Date of birth (1987-12-12) 12 December 1987
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Vålerenga
Number 33
Youth career
Trosterud
2006–2007 Vålerenga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2014 Strømsgodset 154 (0)
2015–2016 Portland Timbers 40 (0)
2016–2017 Rosenborg 9 (0)
2017 Brøndby 2 (0)
2017– Vålerenga 1 (0)
National team‡
2008 Norway U21 1 (0)
2011– Ghana[3] 24 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:06, 7 August 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:17, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Adambathia Larsen "Adam" Kwarasey (born 12 December 1987) is a professional footballer who plays for Norwegian club Vålerenga, as a goalkeeper.

Born in Norway, Kwarasey represents Ghana at international level.

Early and personal life

Kwarasey was born in Oslo, Norway to a father from Ghana and a mother from Norway.[4] He holds both Ghanaian and Norwegian passports.[5]

Club career

Strømsgodset

Kwarasey played youth football with Trosterud and Vålerenga.[6] After moving to Strømsgodset, he made his debut on 6 May 2007.[6] Kwarasey was the captain of the club when Strømsgodset in 2013 won Tippeligaen for the first time since 1970.[7] He also won the Kniksen Award as the best goalkeeper in the 2013 season.[8]

Kwarasey announced on 31 October 2014 that he would leave Strømsgodset after the 2014 season, when his contract expired.[9]

Portland Timbers

Kwarasey signed for Major League Soccer club Portland Timbers in December 2014.[10][11] In the knockout round of MLS Cup 2015 against Sporting Kansas City Kwarasey scored a penalty then saved his opposite number Jon Kempin's shot to help his team win the shootout and advance to the next round.[12] During the match against San Jose Earthquakes on April 16, 2016, Kwarasey suffered a finger injury, which turned out to be a torn ligament that would rule him out for a month.[13]

Rosenborg

Kwarasey returned to Norwegian football in July 2016 after signing a three-and-a-half year contract with Rosenborg.[14] The Timbers stated that this move "helps free up cap space" and "made sense for Kwarasey and his family."[15] The lanky Ghanaian international won the Tippeligaen and the Norwegian Football Cup [16] in his only season with the Norwegian football giants being his fourth time of winning a medal in the Norway after captaining Strømsgodset to their first league title since 1970. He left Rosenborg for Brøndby in Denmark.

Brøndby

On 9 January 2017 it was confirmed by Brøndby that Kwarasey Larsen had signed a four-year contract with the club.[17]

Vålerenga

On 6 June 2017 Kwarasey Larsen agreed a three-year contract with former youth club Vålerenga.[18] Due to the Norwegian transfer window which opens on 21 July, he will not be available to play competitively for Vålerenga until that date, although he will be able to train with the team.[19]

International career

In November 2007, Kwarasey declared that he would play international football for Ghana.[20] However, he played a friendly match for Norway under-21 in 2008.[21] In October 2010, Kwarasey received his Ghanaian passport and became eligible to play for Ghana.[22] On 30 July 2011, Kwarasey was called up to the Ghana national team for a match against Nigeria.[23] That match was postponed due to security reasons,[24] although Kwarasey confirmed his intention to become Ghana's first-choice goalkeeper.[25] He made his international debut for Ghana on 2 September 2011 in an 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Swaziland,[26] before playing in a friendly match against Brazil at Craven Cottage in London three days later.[27] Kwarasey was named to Ghana's 23-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.[28] He was the team's first choice goalkeeper throughout the tournament, as the Black Stars finished in fourth place.[29]

Kwarasey made two appearances for the Black Stars during their successful 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, serving as understudy to Fatau Dauda.[30] On 2 June 2014, Kwarasey was named in Ghana's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[31] He started in goal for the Black Stars in the team's opening match, a 2–1 defeat against the United States in Natal.[32] After his team defeat, he planned to quit playing with Black Stars.[33] In August 2014, he was dropped from the national team.[34] In January 2017 he was called back into the Black stars team ahead of the 2017 African Cup of Nations but dropped out of the team due to injury and was replaced by experienced Enyimba FC goalkeeper Fatau Dauda.

Career statistics

As of 7 August 2017[35][16]
Club Season Division League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Strømsgodset 2007 Tippeligaen 40100050
2008 40300070
2009 40200060
2010 2907100360
2011 2804020340
2012 2903030320
2013 3001000310
2014 2602020300
Total 1540231701841
Portland Timbers 2015 MLS 3302000350
2016 70000070
Total 4002000420
Rosenborg 2016 Tippeligaen 901040140
Total 901040140
Brøndby 2016–17 Danish Superliga 20000020
Total 20000020
Vålerenga 2017 Eliteserien 10000010
Total 10000010
Career total 20302611102401

Honours

Club

Strømsgodset
Portland Timbers
Rosenborg

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 17. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Adam Larsen Kwarasey at Soccerway
  3. ↑ Adam Larsen Kwarasey at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ↑ Sannie, Ibrahim (6 November 2007). "Norwegian keeper opts for Ghana". BBC Sport. BBC. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  5. ↑ Jacobsen, Kristin Estil (19 January 2012). "Mener Kwarasey er mer attraktiv med EU-pass". vg.no (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  6. 1 2 "Profile" (in Norwegian). Strømsgodset IF. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012.
  7. ↑ Hoel, Yasmin Sunde; Bentsen, Anders Rove (10 October 2013). "Deila gråt i bilen på vei til gullkampen". NRK (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  8. ↑ Syversen, Christina Paulos (10 October 2013). "Strømsgodset i et ekslusivt selskap". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  9. ↑ {http://www.dt.no/godset/kwarasey-takker-for-seg-1.8637485
  10. ↑ "Kwarasey klar for amerikansk klubb" [Kwarasey signs for American club] (in Norwegian). 1 December 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "Ghanaian goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey joins Portland Timbers". BBC Sport. 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  12. ↑ "Portland Timbers beat Sporting Kansas in MLS Cup shootout". BBC. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Portland Timbers' Adam Kwarasey out at least a month due to finger injury". MLS. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  14. ↑ Frode Søraas (2016-07-18). "Nyheter | Rosenborg". Rbk.no. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  15. ↑ "Portland Timbers transfer goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey to Norwegian club Rosenborg BK". Portland Timbers. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  16. 1 2 3 "Soccerway profile". Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  17. ↑ "Brøndby IF henter målmand i Norge". brondbyif.dk. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  18. ↑ "OFFICIAL: Adam Kwarasey joins new club on a three-year deal - SportsObama.com". SportsObama.com. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  19. ↑ Zurek, Kweku. "Ghana news: Adam Kwarasey completes transfer to Valeranga - Graphic Online". Graphic Online. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  20. ↑ "Norwegian keeper opts for Ghana". BBC Sport. 6 November 2007. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011.
  21. ↑ Adam Larsen Kwarasey on Playerhistory.com Archived 26 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
  22. ↑ "Godset-keeperen fikk ghanesisk pass" [The Strømsgodset goalkeeper got Ghanaian passport]. Norwegian News Agency (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  23. ↑ Ibrahim Sannie (30 July 2011). "Ex-Norway U21 goalkeeper handed Ghana call-up". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014.
  24. ↑ "Ghana versus Nigeria friendly in Watford called off". BBC Sport. 9 August 2011. Archived from the original on 21 July 2014.
  25. ↑ Michael Oti Adjei (13 August 2011). "Kwarasey wants to be Ghana's first choice keeper". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  26. ↑ "Ghana/Swaziland: Gyan, Badu Inspire Black Stars to Home Win". All Africa. 2 September 2011.
  27. ↑ "Brazil 1-0 Ghana". BBC Sport. 5 September 2011. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011.
  28. ↑ "Veteran keeper left out of Ghana's Nations Cup squad". BBC Sport. 15 December 2011. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  29. ↑ "Kwarasey feeling good about form". Fox Sports. 8 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 July 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  30. ↑ "Adam KWARASEY". FIFA. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  31. ↑ "Ghana World Cup 2014 squad". The Telegraph. 2 June 2014. Archived from the original on 21 July 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  32. ↑ Mandeep Sanghera (17 June 2014). "Ghana 1-2 USA". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  33. ↑ "Ghana World Cup goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey considering quitting Black Stars". Modern Ghana. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  34. ↑ "Ghana drop Kwarasey and Essien for Nations Cup qualifiers". BBC Sport. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  35. ↑ "Adam Larsen Kwarasey". Altomfotball.no. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  36. 1 2 "Portland Timbers sign Ghana World Cup goalkeeper Adam Larsen Kwarasey". Portland Timbers. 8 December 2014.
  37. 1 2 "Hyggelig sesongavslutning" (in Norwegian). Strømsgodset Toppfotball. 13 November 2014. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015. Etter 8 år i klubben er Adam rett og slett en legende i Strømsgodset. Han ble Norgesmester i 2010, vant sølv i 2012 og seriegull i 2013.
  38. ↑ McCauley, Kevin (2015-12-06). "Portland Timbers lift first ever MLS Cup title, beating Columbus Crew 2-1". SBNation.com. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  39. ↑ "Portland Timbers become first Cascadia club to reach the MLS Cup: "We want to win the big one"". MLSsoccer.com. 2015-11-29. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  40. ↑ Chris Thomas Skogli (2016-09-24). "Nyheter | Rosenborg". Rbk.no. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  41. ↑ "Spillerprofiler | Rosenborg". Rbk.no. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  42. ↑ Isaac Darko (13 November 2013). "Adam Kwarasey voted best Goalkeeper of the Season in Norway". Ghana News. Archived from the original on 16 November 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  43. ↑ "Portland Timbers goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey takes home 2015 Save of the Year honors". MLSsoccer.com. 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2016-10-02.

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