Emmanuel Gyasi

Emmanuel Gyasi
	Gyasi with Spezia in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Emanuel Quartsin Gyasi
Date of birth	11 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Palermo, Italy
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward, left winger
Team information
Current team	Empoli
Number	11
Youth career
0000–2011	Pro Vercelli
2012–2014	Torino
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2016	Torino
2014–2015	→ Pisa (loan)
2015	→ Mantova (loan)
2015–2016	→ Carrarese (loan)
2016	Pistoiese
2016–2023	Spezia
2016–2017	→ Pistoiese (loan)
2017–2018	→ Südtirol (loan)
2023–	Empoli
International career
2021–	Ghana
	*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.

Club career[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ "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[edit]

Emmanuel Gyasi at Soccerway

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[1] "Emmanuel Gyasi". Spezia Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.

[2] "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 17 September 2014.

[Global_Sports_Archive_2021-3] "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.

[4] "Da Palermo alla Nazionale del Ghana, la storia di Emmanuel Gyasi" (in Italian). Giornale di Sicilia. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

[5] "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.

[6] "Adesso è italiano il calciatore della Pistoiese Emmanuel Gyasi" (in Italian). Il Tirreno. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

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