Personal information | |||
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Full name | Randy Edwini-Bonsu | ||
Date of birth | April 20, 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Kumasi, Ghana | ||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
Playing position | Forward, Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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FC 08 Homburg | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007 | FC Metz | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008 | Whitecaps Residency | 15 | (9) |
2008–2010 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 32 | (2) |
2009–2010 | → Whitecaps Residency (loan) | 11 | (2) |
2011 | AC Oulu | 20 | (16) |
2011–2013 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 16 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Eintracht Braunschweig II | 5 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 52 | (7) |
2015–2016 | VfR Aalen | 11 | (0) |
2016– | FC 08 Homburg | 10 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2006–2007 | Canada U17 | 15 | (2) |
2008–2009 | Canada U20 | 5 | (3) |
2012 | Canada U23 | 2 | (0) |
2010– | Canada | 10 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2015 |
Randy Edwini-Bonsu (born April 20, 1990) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for FC 08 Homburg.
Edwini-Bonsu started playing soccer when his family immigrated from Ghana to Edmonton, Alberta in 2002. He played club soccer for the Green & Gold Soccer Club at the University of Alberta in Edmonton and, from 2004 and 2006, was a member of the Alberta provincial team, leading his province to a gold medal victory at the 2006 Canadian All-Star Championship.
At club level, Edwini-Bonsu played for Southwest United of the Edmonton Interdistrict Youth Soccer Association (EIYSA) between 2003 and 2006, and in his last year with the club he took Southwest United U-16's to an Alberta provincial title and a second-place finish at Canadian Club Championship in Moncton, New Brunswick.
In 2007, he trained with the U-18 and reserve sides of French club FC Metz, before signing with the youth academy of USL First Division side Vancouver Whitecaps. He played for Whitecaps' development team, Vancouver Whitecaps Residency, in the USL Premier Development League, helping the team to the Conference Finals in its inaugural season, scoring nine goals in 15 games along the way.
Following the conclusion of the 2008 PDL season, Edwini-Bonsu was called up to the senior Vancouver Whitecaps team, and made his professional debut on August 20, 2008 in a 0–0 tie with the Seattle Sounders.
On November 22, 2011, it was announced that Edwini-Bonsu had signed a contract with Eintracht Braunschweig through June 2013, after impressing in two friendlies while on trial, scoring a total of four goals. Edwini-Bonsu made his debut in Germany on February 5, 2012 in a 2–1 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt, he came on as a second half sub for Mathias Fetsch.