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Kwame Nsor (born August 1, 1992 in Accra) is a Ghanaian football player. He currently plays for(Tema FC in the Ghana division 2 league]. He is a striker for his club and has recently made an appearance for Ghana's under 17 national team.

Playing Career

Nsor started his football career at age 6, playing street football at Klagon,A small town near Sakumono Estates in the Tema municipality.He soon lost interest in football as the father pressured him to go to school and become a radio presenter instead of a footballer.But deep inside Kwame,he wanted to be a football player.As the saying goes,every misfortune is a blessing.Kwame's father became jobless and could not raise money for Kwame to write his final exams therefore he dropped out of school and was in the verge of becoming a streetchild.Then he met a football manager called Victor Vaness,onwer of TEMA FC who invited him into his house and convinced him to re-launch his football dream looking at his huge height(1.89metres).2 pairs of playing boots and some football kits were bought for him so Kwame started playing serious football again.

Ghana's Under 17.

After about a season of playing football for TEMA FC,Kwame was ready for a new challenge.That challenge came when the head coach of Ghana's under 17 national team undertook a nationwide selection process to discover football talents for the junior national team.Nsor went for the justifier at TEMA Sports Stadium and he was picked after 8 minutes of play time.That day,10 players were selected out of the 800 players that presented themselves.

Kwame then forwarded himself to the 2nd stage of the justifier held at the University of Ghana campus park.250 players selected from southern Ghana presented themselves and Kwame Nsor got 12 minutes of playing time but was picked for the last lap of the justifiers.On that day,40 players were picked.Now,they gathered 80 players from both Southern and Northern Ghana to justify for 25 spots and Kwame nsor qualified and heading for the national camping with football specialist talent coach E.K Afranie.Remember,this same Afrinie discovered and nurtured Ghana's Michael Essien,Sulley Ali Muntari and several boys who went on to become stars for Ghana and their european clubs respectively.So the man Afrinie is well known for talent discoveries.

4 Nation Tournament(Ivory Coast 2008)

Just 10 days after the 25 players were selected for the national team camping,an invitation was sent to Ghana to participate in a 4-nation youth tournament called the Assupmtion Cup which comprised Ghana,Ivory Coast,Tunisia and Gabon.Kwame Nsor justified himself again and made the 18-man squad that represented Ghana at the tournament.In the first game against Tunisia,Nsor's presence was felt was he scored the 2nd goal that enabled Ghana to beat Tunisia by 3 goals to nil.He also assisted in that game.Kwame played all the 3 matches and Ghana eventually won the tournament.

Africa and World Cup Qualifiers 2008

It was time for qualification to the under 17 Africa cup which will eventually qualify one to the 2009 under 17 world cup.Ghana was paired with Libya.Nsor came on as a substitute after coach Afrnie realized he had a back ache which wouldn't permit him to play full 90 minutes.Only 1 munite after coming on,Kwame scored a powerful header which gave Ghana a 3 nil win and instantly became the toast of the fans as his high 6ft plus figure intimidated the Lybians.He used his height and long legs to make serious runs on the flanks.After the game,Ghana's most credible sports newspaper the GRAPHIC SPORTS published this article about Kwame Nsor.

Striker Called Kwame Nsor - Meet The Starlets’ Arrow-Head

Unsung Kwame Nsor was the revelation of the day and toast of fans when the Black Starlets massacred Libya 3-0 in an Africa U-17 Championship qualifier in Accra last Saturday.

Prior to the match, playmaker Aaron Amoah who made the headlines by winning the Best Player Award in a recent four-nation tournament in Cote d’Ivoire was tipped to be the side attraction.

But the six feet plus Nsor stole the show as he thrilled the crowd with his huge frame, superior aerial ability, pace and skill.

Coming on as a subsitute in the second half, the tall lanky striker played for only 32 minutes but left an indelible imprint on the minds of the fans.

Everything about Nsor, nicknamed Adebayor by his fans for having a semblance of the Togo and Arsenal striker, was quite remarkable on the day as his presence reminded Ghanaians of some stoutly-built strikers of yesteryear such as Kwasi Owusu, Dan Owusu, Emmanuel Quarshie, George Alhassan, Saarah Mensah and Tony Yeboah.

The Tema FC player began to catch the fans’ attention when he emerged on the touch line in the second half to warm up alongside his half-fit colleague, Aaron Amoah.

And to prove himself as the Starlets leading striker and a star in the making, Nsor needed just a few seconds to announce his presence after coming on for Felix Adjei in the 58th minute.

Before the Libyan defence could offer any challenge, the 16-year old boy was already airborne as he hit the roof of the net with a powerful header which attracted a thunderous applause from the stands.

In the 74th minute Nsor proved that he could juggle with the ball as well as weave his way through the opponents defence only to be denied a personal second by goalkeeper Emaddin Ragab’s agility.

Even after he had been denied that goal, the Greater Accra Division Two star was still the main character in the Starlets’ incessant raids in the Libyans goal area which were foiled by the heroics of goalkeeper Ragab.

Following that impressive show, Coach Afranie is contemplating featuring Nsor in the starting line-up in the return leg in two weeks time.

“There might be one or two changes in the line-up in the second leg and Kwame Nsor will be one of them.

For now I can say he is the leading striker of the team”, Coach Afranie told the Graphic Sports last Sunday.

“He was not well that is why he did not start the game on Saturday, just like Aaron Amoah,”.

According to Afranie whose credentials include having the eyes for potential talents, Nsor’s talent was spotted during the selection exercise in the Tema zone recently.

“I selected him right away because we have not had strikers with such height and stature in this country for sometime now”, Coachhene explained.

He said the player had since justified his selection by scoring some important goals for the Starlets.

He was on target in the Starlets’ 3-1 triumph of Tunisia on their way to winning the four-nation tourney in Cote d’Ivoire in July.

And days to the Starlets’ game against Libya, Nsor was again in full flight when he struck twice to ensure the fall of Ho-based Division One side, Home Stars, in a friendly.

Though he thought his boys could have beaten the Libyans by a wider margin last Saturday, Coach Afranie was still content with the result considering the fact that the players had been together for just two months and therefore need a longer period to mature.

www.graphicghana.com

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ARSENAL DESIRE,ADEBAYOR SHOES

On October 6 2008,Graphic Sports reported Michael Quaye went another step further to know Kwame NSor better so he gave him an interview.Nsor described how he got into the junior national team of Ghana and expressed a desire to play at Arsenal Football Club in England.He believes his style of play suits Arsenal and the fact that the Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger loves players with great height,good composure and wonderful speed.Nsor has Adebayor as his role model and he claims that there's something within him which tells him that before Adebayor shall leave Arsenal,he would be ready to replace him.He is not detarred by the work permit rules in England that prevents young talents like him to play.He says,"When Arsenal come for you,there's nothing like work permit problems because they always have a way to go by it.And when the odds are against them,they can ship players to Belgium and Spain to gain the necessary papers and play for Arsenal".

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