• Home
  • Gallery
  • Players Abroad
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Ghana Sports Online
  • Home
  • Sports
    • Athletic
    • Boxing
    • Football
    • Others
    • Tennis
  • News
  • Players Abroad
  • Ghana Premier League
    • Bechem United
    • Berekum Chelsea
    • Dwarfs
    • League Table
    • Hearts of Oak
    • Inter Allies
    • Kotoko
    • Liberty Profs
    • Medeama
    • Legon Cities FC
  • National Teams
    • Black Queens
    • Black Stars
    • U17
    • U20
    • U23
  • Media Gallery
    • Videos
    • Gallery/Pictures
  • Division One
    • Zone 1
    • Zone 2
    • Zone 3
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Sports
    • Athletic
    • Boxing
    • Football
    • Others
    • Tennis
  • News
  • Players Abroad
  • Ghana Premier League
    • Bechem United
    • Berekum Chelsea
    • Dwarfs
    • League Table
    • Hearts of Oak
    • Inter Allies
    • Kotoko
    • Liberty Profs
    • Medeama
    • Legon Cities FC
  • National Teams
    • Black Queens
    • Black Stars
    • U17
    • U20
    • U23
  • Media Gallery
    • Videos
    • Gallery/Pictures
  • Division One
    • Zone 1
    • Zone 2
    • Zone 3
No Result
View All Result
Ghana Sports Online
No Result
View All Result

FEATURE: Israel Amewu: Ghanaian football has found its Angel di Maria

The 18-year-old is a deadly weapon on the left wing and he has bewitched many grassroots football lovers with his supremely rare talent on the ball

by El Akyereko
August 10, 2022
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Over the past 30 years, Ghana football followers have been blessed with eye-catching talents who carved their names in stone and operated from the wings.

Many showed early prospects and went ahead to leave last memories with fans and followers whilst others quickly left the scenes with their promises and talents evaporating with them.

Israel Amewu has a massive prospects in football
Israel Amewu has a massive prospects in football

Almost 20 years ago, Argentine supporters were bewitched by a teenage sensation who was lighting up the domestic scenes and providing excitement to fans in Rosario Central – Angel di Maria.

Cast in the mode of the ‘omnipotent’ El Fideo and bearing the prospects of this multiple award-winning Argentine balling wizard is the electrifying left winger Israel Amewu.

Son of the Member of Parliament for Hohoe Constituency in the Volta Region and Minister for Railways Development in Ghana Hon. John-Peter Amewu, Israel’s great talent has put him on a path to success.

Yet, without wishing to dismiss the inherent romance and brilliance of a position immortalised by the football of Mohammed Polo who draws no comparison to any modern-day Ghanaian player, the size and volume of the talent of Tema City FC’s prodigy is yet to be seen on the Ghanaian football horizon, at least in the last three decades.

Amewu is much more than just a wide man – he brings a package of grace and finesses to every position or role he is slotted into. He isn’t bound to a certain, specific role, as his versatility and skill-set allow him to operate both from the flanks and also as an attacking midfielder.

He has a remarkable capacity to link up one line of a team to another, starting either as a forward or in midfield, and functioning as a bridge from one to the other.

He is described by Tema City FC as “a creative player with very good technique on the ball, mobility, acceleration skills, fast direction shifts, short-dribbling, and good short-mid through passing ability.”

But, unlike Di Maria whom many quickly dismiss for his unfootball-like stature, Amewu’s key physicality and body type are a key requisite for such a workaholic role. Standing at 1.82m, he is a tall player with a decent body mass ratio, physical strength, power, stamina, and the natural fitness that allows him to be brutally operational at what he does.

2 years ago, Accra fans were privileged to watch the then 16-year-old dominate and rip the Ghana U20 defence apart as he created a host of great scoring chances to aid his side to record a deserving 2-1 victory over the Black Satellites.

Amewu’s intangible quality of brilliance and excitement is something that has already drawn interest from leading clubs in Ghana. A renowned talent watcher who scouts for Ghana’s leading clubs Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko watched him score a sensational piledriver at the Tema Sports Stadium. His name has already been in the books of the Porcupine Warriors and the Phobians.
Amewu has had several sparkling moments in the past two seasons that he has played in the harbour city and is considered to follow in the football steps of many greats like Arsenal’s Thomas Partey, former Ajax Amsterdam player Mohammed Abubakari and several others.
While domestic interest remains massive in the gifted teenager, captivating clips of his highlights on various social media – Facebook, YouTube, and web portals is also piquing interest from European clubs.
ShareTweetPin
El Akyereko

El Akyereko

Akyereko is an outstanding journalist with background in radio, television and online with almost a decade and half experience.

Related Posts

Paul Dogboe and Isaac Dogboe
Boxing

VIDEO: Watch Isaac Dogboe’s father narrating how he lost his house in England, his wife and son ditched [Asempa FM SportsNite]

May 31, 2023
Genk attacking machine Joseph Paintsil holds down place in Ghana squad to face Madagascar in AFCON qualifier
Black Stars

Genk attacking machine Joseph Paintsil holds down place in Ghana squad to face Madagascar in AFCON qualifier

May 30, 2023
Black Stars coach Chris Hughton includes France-based defender in 24-man squad for AFCON qualifier
Black Stars

Black Stars coach Chris Hughton includes France-based defender in 24-man squad for AFCON qualifier

May 30, 2023
Giants Hearts of Oak release statement on match-fixing allegations by Silver FM
Hearts of Oak

Giants Hearts of Oak release statement on match-fixing allegations by Silver FM

May 29, 2023
Load More
Next Post
Ishmael Yartey returns to Finnish side KVP Kokkola

Ghanaian winger Ishmael Yartey returns to Finnish side KPV Kokkola

Upcoming Fixtures

DateEventTime/ResultsVenue

GPL 2021/2022

PosTeamPWDLPts
1Kotoko341910567
2Medeama SC341681056
3Bechem Utd341315654
4Karela United341313852
5Gt. Olympics3412121048
6Hearts of Oak3412121048
7AshantiGold341381347
8B. Chelsea3412111147
9Legon Cities3411131046
10Gold Stars341441646
11Aduana Stars3411121145
12Accra Lions341291345
13Dreams FC3411111244
14King Faisal341261642
15R.T.U3410111341
16XI Wonders3410101440
17WAFA SC348111535
18Elmina Sharks34582123

Latest Items

Paul Dogboe and Isaac Dogboe

VIDEO: Watch Isaac Dogboe’s father narrating how he lost his house in England, his wife and son ditched [Asempa FM SportsNite]

May 31, 2023
Genk attacking machine Joseph Paintsil holds down place in Ghana squad to face Madagascar in AFCON qualifier

Genk attacking machine Joseph Paintsil holds down place in Ghana squad to face Madagascar in AFCON qualifier

May 30, 2023
Black Stars coach Chris Hughton includes France-based defender in 24-man squad for AFCON qualifier

Black Stars coach Chris Hughton includes France-based defender in 24-man squad for AFCON qualifier

May 30, 2023
Giants Hearts of Oak release statement on match-fixing allegations by Silver FM

Giants Hearts of Oak release statement on match-fixing allegations by Silver FM

May 29, 2023
  • Home
  • Gallery
  • Players Abroad
Call us: +233 800 800 500

© 2020 - Ghana Sports Online

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Sports
    • Athletic
    • Boxing
    • Football
    • Others
    • Tennis
  • News
  • Players Abroad
  • Ghana Premier League
    • Bechem United
    • Berekum Chelsea
    • Dwarfs
    • League Table
    • Hearts of Oak
    • Inter Allies
    • Kotoko
    • Liberty Profs
    • Medeama
    • Legon Cities FC
  • National Teams
    • Black Queens
    • Black Stars
    • U17
    • U20
    • U23
  • Media Gallery
    • Videos
    • Gallery/Pictures
  • Division One
    • Zone 1
    • Zone 2
    • Zone 3

© 2020 - Ghana Sports Online