Abu Francis

Abu Francis (born 27 April 2001 in Ghana) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Nordsjælland.

Abu Francis
Personal information
Full name Abu Francis
Date of birth (2001-04-27) 27 April 2001
Place of birth Ghana
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Nordsjælland
Number 41
Youth career
Right to Dream
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– FC Nordsjælland 12 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:04, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Club career

FC Nordsjælland

Francis was born in Ghana and was a part of the academy at Right to Dream and joined FC Nordsjælland in the summer 2019. Before his move to Nordsjælland in the summer 2019, Francis had already played a reserve team game for the club in July 2017 and three games for the U19's in the Torneo di Viareggio in March 2019. While playing at Right to Dream, Francis among other things was named as the best player at a J-League Youth tournament in Japan, scoring two goals in the final and helping his team lift the title.[1]

He got his FC Nordsjælland debut on 14 July 2019 in the first league game of the 2019/20 season. Francis was in the starting line up in a 3–0 victory against AC Horsens in the Danish Superliga and played 74 minutes.[2]

On 25 July 2019 Nordsjælland announced, that they had extended Francis' contract until June 2023.[3]

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References
  1. Right to Dream academy's Francis Abu wins best player award at J-League tournament, ghanaweb.com, 25 December 2018
  2. "HORSENS VS. NORDSJÆLLAND 0 - 3". soccerway.com. 14 April 2019.
  3. FCN forlænger med midtbanekomet, bold.dk, 25 July 2019


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