Leroy Kwadwo
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 August 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Herten, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | 1860 Munich | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SG Wattenscheid | |||
| Rot-Weiss Essen | |||
| –2014 | Westfalia Herne | ||
| 2014–2015 | TSG Sprockhövel | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | TSG Sprockhövel | 30 | (3) |
| 2016–2017 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Schalke 04 II | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 38 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Würzburger Kickers | 29 | (1) |
| 2021 | Dynamo Dresden | 12 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | MSV Duisburg | 37 | (0) |
| 2023– | 1860 Munich | 39 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2024 | |||
Leroy Kwadwo (born 15 August 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for 1860 Munich.
Early and personal life
[edit]Kwadwo was born in Herten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.[1][2] His father Osam is from Ghana but emigrated to Germany in the 1980s in order to study, and played in the then third-tier Oberliga Westfalen. His sisters Yasmin and Keshia are both professional athletes.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Kwadwo started playing youth football for SG Wattenscheid at the age of 6, and later played youth football for Rot-Weiss Essen, Westfalia Herne and TSG Sprockhövel.[2] His scored once in three games for Sprockhövel in the 2014–15 Oberliga Westfalen, and twice in twenty-seven games in the 2015–16 Oberliga Westfalen.[1]
Kwadwo joined Rot-Weiss Essen on a two-year contract in summer 2016.[4] However, he played just once in the Regionalliga West before signing for Schalke 04 II in January 2017 on a contract until 2018, where he failed to make an appearance.[1][5]
Fortuna Düsseldorf II
[edit]On 4 July 2017, Kwadwo signed for Fortuna Düsseldorf II following a trial spell with the club.[6] He played 20 times in the 2017–18 season and 18 times in the 2018–19 season.[1]
Würzburger Kickers
[edit]In June 2019, it was announced that Kwadwo had joined Würzburger Kickers on a one-year contract with the option of a further season.[7] Kwadwo made his professional debut in the 3. Liga for Würzburger Kickers on 20 July 2019, starting against Bayern Munich II before being substituted out in the 83rd minute for Lion Schweers, with the home match finishing as a 3–1 win.[8] He scored his first goal in professional football in the reverse fixture with a late equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Bayern Munich II on 22 December 2019.[9] Towards the end of Würzburg's 3. Liga match away to Preußen Münster on 14 February 2020, 'monkey noises' was directed at Kwadwo from a home spectator, causing the game to be briefly paused while they were ejected from the ground by the stewards. In response, supporters of both sides chanted "Nazis raus", which translates to "Nazis out".[10][11] He played 25 times in the league for Würzburger Kickers across the 2019–20 season, scoring one goal.[1] In July 2020, his contract with the club was extended.[12] He played 4 times for the club in the 2020–21 season.[1]
Dynamo Dresden
[edit]On 18 January 2021, Kwadwo joined Dynamo Dresden on a contract until the end of the season.[2]
MSV Duisburg
[edit]After a half year at Dresden, he joined MSV Duisburg in the summer of 2021.[13] In May 2023, it was announced that he would leave Duisburg after the 2022–23 season.[14]
1860 Munich
[edit]He moved to 1860 Munich on 28 July 2023.[15] He started the 2023–24 season with two yellow cards and a red card against 1. FC Stockheim in the Bavarian Cup.[16]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 27 May 2023[17]
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| TSG Sprockhövel | 2014–15 | Oberliga Westfalen | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | |
| 2015–16 | Oberliga Westfalen | 27 | 2 | — | 27 | 2 | ||
| Total | 30 | 3 | — | 30 | 3 | |||
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 2016–17 | Regionalliga West | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Schalke 04 II | 2016–17 | Regionalliga West | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 2017–18 | Regionalliga West | 20 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Regionalliga West | 18 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 38 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | |||
| Würzburger Kickers | 2019–20 | 3. Liga | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 2020–21 | 2. Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| Dynamo Dresden | 2020–21 | 3. Liga | 12 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| MSV Duisburg | 2021–22 | 3. Liga | 27 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | 3. Liga | 10 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 1860 Munich | 2023–24 | 3. Liga | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 147 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 149 | 4 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Leroy Kwadwo". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Leroy Kwadwo wechselt aus Würzburg zur SGD". www.dynamo-dresden.de (in German). Dynamo Dresden. 18 January 2021. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Schnelligkeit liegt bei Kwadwo in der Familie". Reviersport (in German). Funke Mediengruppe. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Essen holt Kwadwo aus Sprockhövel". kicker (in German). 1 June 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Leroy Kwadwo verlässt RWE und wird ein Königsblauer". Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Funke Mediengruppe. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Leroy Kwadwo verstärkt die U23" [Leroy Kwadwo reinforces the under-23s]. F95.de (in German). Fortuna Düsseldorf. 4 July 2017. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Junges Blut: Hemmerich und Kwadwo verstärken Würzburg". kicker (in German). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Würzburger Kickers – Bayern München II 3:1 (3. Liga 2019/2020, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ Kranewitter, Frank (22 December 2019). "Kickers kommen gegen FC Bayern II trotz Überzahl nicht über 1:1 hinaus". Main-Post (in German). Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Schuppan: "Ich bin immer noch schockiert"". kicker (in German). 15 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ Grez, Matias (17 February 2020). "Fans chant 'Nazis out' as racist fan is identified and ejected". CNN. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Kwadwo und Hansen bleiben am Dallenberg". kicker (in German). 16 July 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Back to the MSV-Roots: Leroy Kwadwo kehrt zurück zum Spielverein". msv-duisburg.de. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Vor Saarbrücken-Spiel – MSV verabschiedet vier Spieler, eine Verlängerung fix". reviersport.de. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "Einst Meister mit Dresden, jetzt ein Löwe: 1860 holt Kwadwo". kicker.de (in German). Olympia Verlag. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ Streicher, Christoph (2 August 2023). "Schwere Beine, schwere Kost: TSV 1860 müht sich im Toto-Pokal gegen den 1. FC Stockheim weiter". abendzeitung-muenchen.de (in German). Abendzeitung. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Leroy Kwadwo at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- Leroy Kwadwo at Soccerway.com
- Leroy Kwadwo at WorldFootball.net
- Profile at DFB.de
- Profile at kicker.de
- 1996 births
- Living people
- People from Herten
- Footballers from Münster (region)
- German men's footballers
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
- Men's association football central defenders
- TSG Sprockhövel players
- Rot-Weiss Essen players
- FC Schalke 04 II players
- Fortuna Düsseldorf II players
- FC Würzburger Kickers players
- Dynamo Dresden players
- MSV Duisburg players
- TSV 1860 Munich players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- 3. Liga players
- Regionalliga players
- Oberliga (football) players
- 21st-century German sportsmen
- 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen