William Kwabena Tiero

William Tiero
	Tiero with CSKA Sofia in 2010
Personal information
Full name	William Kwabena Tiero
Date of birth	3 December 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth	Tema, Ghana
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1998–2002	Feyenoord Fetteh
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2005	Liberty Professionals
2004–2005	→ Asante Kotoko (loan)
2005–2006	Vitória SC
2006–2007	Naval
2007–2010	Académica Coimbra
2010	CSKA Sofia
2011	Olhanense
2011–2012	Al-Qadisiyah
2012–2013	Gil Vicente
International career
2002–2009	Ghana
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Kwabena Tiero (born 3 December 1980) is a former Ghanaian football player who played as a midfielder.

International

Tiero was part of the Ghanaian 2004 Olympic football team, which exited in the first round, having finished in third place in group B. Played all the three games against Italy, Paraguay and Japan, scored one goal.

Tiero started his career in 1997 with Feyenoord Rotterdam. In 1998 Feyenoord open an academy in Ghana, which Tiero joined and helped its growth. He later played three years with Feyenoord and was voted the best player with incredible skills, speed, shooting power and scoring abilities. Tiero will later qualify the club from division two to division one. In 2001 he won the goal king and best player of the division one league with Feyenoord Academy and best player of the middle league which drew the attention of the president of liberty professional FC, Alhaji Sly Tetteh to sign him to Liberty in 2002.

William Tiero was called to the Black stars in December 2002. Though he was formally known as a striker with many goals under his belt in the Ghanaian premier league, he was later changed to a position of midfielder by former black star coach Mariano Barreto during the 2006 world cup qualifying games and since then Tiero has remain a midfielder.

During the days of Liberty professionals and Asante Kotoko, he was called sensational William Tiero because of his skills and his scoring ability. In 2003 the Ghana League Clubs Association ( GHALCA ) nominated William Tiero as top four best player with an award which was presented to him by former black stars coach Bukhard Ziese. Coach Bukhard Ziese called him a promising Ghanaian future star.

External links

William Kwabena Tiero at National-Football-Teams.com

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