Eric Ofori Antwi (born 30 October 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Legon Cities in the Ghana Premier League. In 2013, coach Sellas Tetteh called him up as a number one goalkeeper and to be a member of the Ghana national under-20 football team for the 2013 African Youth Championship and for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[1]
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Full name | Eric Ofori Antwi | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1994-10-30) 30 October 1994 (age 27) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tamale, Ghana | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Legon Cities | |||||||||||||||
Number | 16 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
0000–2011 | Red Bull Ghana | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2011–2014 | Amidaus Professionals | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Asante Kotoko | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2017–2021 | Medeama | 30 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2021– | Legon Cities | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2013 | Ghana U20 | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 December 2021 |
Eric Ofori Antwi signed for professional football club Amidaus Professionals on 1 January 2012.[2] In January 2015, Eric Ofori Antwi signed for professional football club Asante Kotoko from Amidaus Professionals.
In 2013, He was appointed as the number one goalkeeper of the Ghana national under-20 football team for the 2013 African Youth Championship and was crowned as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) and for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[2]
Team | Season | Domestic League |
Domestic Cup |
Continental Competition1 |
Other Tournaments2 |
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Amidaus | 2012–13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
2013–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
Asante Kotoko | 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
Career Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1African competitions include the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederations Cup.
2Other tournaments include none to date.