Ohene Kennedy
Ohene Kennedy (born 28 April 1973) is a retired Ghanaian football striker.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ohene Kennedy | ||
Date of birth | 28 April 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1993 | Mysterious DwarfsDwarfs | ||
1993–1997 | Al-Nassr | ||
1997–2002 | MKE Ankaragücü | 106 | (38) |
2002–2003 | Adanaspor | 0 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Dhanmondi Club | ||
National team | |||
1994–2000 | Ghana | 7 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
He was part of the Ghanaian 2000 African Nations Cup team, who exited in the quarter-finals after losing to South Africa. He was also a member of the Ghanaian squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Kennedy's golden days were with Al-Nassr team in Saudi Arabia he played and scored many goals. He began his professional career at the Mysterious Dwarfs club of Ghana in the 1992-93 season, aged 19.
He joined al-nassr 1993 and soon became one of the team's most valuable players and top scorers. In total he scored 74 goals for Al-nassr and won the Saudi league twice; 1994 and 1995, he also was the league's top scorer in 1996 with 14 goals. He had 4 hat tricks during this period.
He now lives in Croydon working for the parcel company DPD
Career statistics
International
Ghana national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1994 | 2 | 0 |
1994 | 1 | 0 |
1996 | 0 | 0 |
1997 | 0 | 0 |
1998 | 2 | 0 |
1999 | 1 | 0 |
2000 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 7 | 0 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 6 February 2000[1]
Honours
References
- "Ohene Kennedy". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
External links
- Ohene Kennedy at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ohene Kennedy at the Turkish Football Federation