Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 December 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Playmaker/Attacking Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Al-Hilal Omdurman | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Liberty Professionals | ||
2013–2013 | SK Brann (loan 5 month) | ||
2015–2015 | Al-Hilal Omdurman | ||
2016- | Tripoli SC | 21 | (5) |
National team | |||
2012–2013 | Ghana U20 | ||
– | Ghana U23 | ||
– | CHAN | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Kennedy Ashia is a Ghanaian professional footballer. He plays for Al-Hilal Omdurman in the Sudanese Premier League of Sudan. He was part of the Ghana national U-20 team that won silver at the 2013 African Youth Championships and bronze at the 2013 FIFA U-20 Tournament. He plays as a striker.
On 24 February 2013 he scored a brace for Liberty Professionals to help secure a draw with the then defending champions Asante Kotoko. After his exploits during the FIFA U-20 Tournament, he earned a loan move to SK Brann in the Norwegian Premier League. When his loan period ended, he returned to his parent club.
Ashia was part of the Ghana Under-20 national team during the qualification rounds for the 2013 African U-20 Championship. In 2013, coach Sellas Tetteh called him up, with Liberty Professional teammates Ebenezer Assifuah and Kwame Boahene, for the Ghana Under-20 national team for the 2013 tournament in Algeria.
Ashia was a member of the Ghana Under-20 national team that took part in the 2013 FIFA U-20 tournament in Turkey.