Emmanuel Gyasi
![]() Gyasi with Spezia in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emanuel Quartsin Gyasi | ||
Date of birth | 11 January 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Palermo, Italy | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward, left winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Empoli | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2011 | Pro Vercelli | ||
2012–2014 | Torino | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2016 | Torino | 0 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Pisa (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2015 | → Mantova (loan) | 16 | (1) |
2015–2016 | → Carrarese (loan) | 24 | (6) |
2016 | Pistoiese | 0 | (0) |
2016–2023 | Spezia | 178 | (24) |
2016–2017 | → Pistoiese (loan) | 36 | (5) |
2017–2018 | → Südtirol (loan) | 37 | (4) |
2023– | Empoli | 6 | (1) |
International career | |||
2021– | Ghana | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:17, 24 October 2023 (UTC) |
Emanuel Quartsin Gyasi (born 11 January 1994) is a professional footballer and plays as a forward or left winger for Serie A club Empoli. Born in Italy, he plays for the Ghana national team.
Career
A Torino youth product, Gyasi made his Serie C debut for Pisa on 17 September 2014 in a game against Savona.[2]
After a number of years spent on loan to minor league teams, Gyasi signed for Spezia in 2018. With the Ligurian club, Gyasi won promotion to Serie A in 2020 and made his top-flight debut later that year.In 2023 he signed for Empoli.
International career
Gyasi debuted for the Ghana national team in a 1–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tie with South Africa on 25 March 2021.[3]
Personal life
Gyasi was born in Palermo to Ghanaian parents, living in the Sicilian capital until the age of four.[4] After moving back to Ghana, he returned in Italy with his family at the age of 11, settling down in Pino Torinese.[5] He became an Italian citizen in 2017.[6]
References
- ^ "Emmanuel Gyasi". Spezia Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Match Report of South Africa vs Ghana - 2021-03-25 - Total Africa Cup of Nations Qualification". Global Sports Archive. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Da Palermo alla Nazionale del Ghana, la storia di Emmanuel Gyasi" (in Italian). Giornale di Sicilia. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Genitori ghanesi, nato a Palermo ed esploso al Nord. Balotelli? No. Ima Gyasi: "Segno per la Carrarese ma sogno la A con il Toro"" (in Italian). GianlucaDiMarzio.com. 13 October 2015. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Adesso è italiano il calciatore della Pistoiese Emmanuel Gyasi" (in Italian). Il Tirreno. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
External links
- Emmanuel Gyasi at Soccerway
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Palermo
- Citizens of Ghana through descent
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Ghana men's international footballers
- Italian men's footballers
- Italian people of Ghanaian descent
- Men's association football forwards
- Torino FC players
- Pisa SC players
- Mantova 1911 players
- Carrarese Calcio players
- US Pistoiese 1921 players
- Spezia Calcio players
- FC Südtirol players
- Empoli FC players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Ghanaian football forward stubs