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{{short description|Ghanaian footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name =
| image =
| full_name = Dennis Agyare Antwi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|01|12}}
| birth_place = [[Accra]], Ghana
| height = 1.83 m
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub = [[Al-Naft SC]]
| clubnumber = 33
| youthyears1 = 2009–2010
| youthclubs1 = [[Accra Academy]]
| years1 = 2009–2011
| years2 = 2011–2013
| years3 = 2013
| years4 = 2013
| years5 = 2014–2015
| years6 = 2015–2016
| years7 = 2016–2018
| years8 = 2018
| years9 = 2019
| years10 = 2020–2021
| years11 = 2021–2022
| years12 = 2022–
| clubs1 = [[Accra Hearts of Oak S.C.|Hearts of Oak]]
| clubs2 = [[Kelantan FA]]
| clubs3 = → [[Perlis FA]] (loan)
| clubs4 = [[International Allies F.C.|Inter Allies]]
| clubs5 = [[FC Rosengård (men)|FC Rosengård 1917]]
| clubs6 = [[FK Jerv|Jerv]]
| clubs7 = [[IK Start|Start]]
| clubs8 = → [[Åsane Fotball|Åsane]] (loan)
| clubs9 = [[Trelleborgs FF|Trelleborg]]
| clubs10 = [[Gokulam Kerala F.C.|Gokulam Kerala]]
| clubs11 = [[Al-Taawon (UAE) Club|Al-Taawon]]
| clubs12 = [[Al-Naft SC|Al-Naft]]
| caps2 = 13
| caps3 = 5
| caps4 = 12
| caps5 = 4
| caps6 = 26
| caps7 = 29
| caps8 = 24
| caps9 = 20
| caps10 = 15
| caps11 =
| caps12 =
| goals2 = 2
| goals3 = 2
| goals4 = 3
| goals5 = 0
| goals6 = 9
| goals7 = 6
| goals8 = 6
| goals9 = 3
| goals10 = 11
| goals11 =
| goals12 = 7
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 =
}}

'''Dennis Agyare '''"'''Denny'''"''' Antwi''' (born 12 January 1993) is a Ghanaian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]].

==Club career==
Antwi started his career with [[Accra Academy]] in 2009.

===Kelantan FA===
Antwi signed with Malaysian Super League giant [[Kelantan FA]] for two years contract for [[2012 Malaysia Super League]] seasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sinarharian.com.my/arena-bolasepak/liga-malaysia/kelantan-ikat-tiga-pemain-import-1.4554 |title=Kelantan ikat tiga pemain import - Liga Malaysia - Sinar Harian |access-date=2011-11-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112020512/http://www.sinarharian.com.my/arena-bolasepak/liga-malaysia/kelantan-ikat-tiga-pemain-import-1.4554 |archive-date=2011-11-12 }}</ref> He makes great appearances with Kelantan in the Super League.
He also was the 5th Ghanaian footballer ever to play for [[Kelantan FA]] after [[Edward Aboagye]], [[Enock Bentil]], [[Ishaq Debrah]] and [[Emmanuel Okine]]. The team had their first major success in the 2012 season, when they have won treble which is [[Malaysia Super League]] championship, [[2012 Piala FA|Malaysia FA Cup]] and [[2012 Piala Malaysia|Malaysia Cup]]. Domestically, TRW have won the [[List of Malaysia football champions|Malaysia Super League Championship]] on 2 occasions, most recently in the [[2012 Liga Super|2012 season]], 2 [[Malaysia Cup]] titles, 2 [[Malaysia FA Cup]] titles, 1 [[Piala Sumbangsih|Charity Shield]] and 1 [[Malaysia Premier League]] title.2012 was their debut playing in the [[2012 AFC Cup|AFC Cup]]. They played well in the group stage to gain first place. However, the team lost in the quarter final to [[Erbil SC]].

===Loan to Perlis FA===
After a season played for Kelantan, Antwi was loan to Malaysian Premier League based club, [[Perlis FA]] caused of his young age. However, he was terminated his contract with Kelantan and back to Ghana.

===Inter Allies F.C.===
Antwi joins newly promoted club, [[International Allies F.C.]] which competing in the [[Ghana Premier League]].

===FC Rosengård 1917===
He signed in January 2014 with Swedish [[Division 2 (Swedish ice hockey)|Division 2 Östra Götaland]] side [[FC Rosengård (men)|FC Rosengård 1917]].<ref>[http://www.fcrosengard.se/fotboll/fcr-a-lag-herr Truppen: FC Rosengård A-lag, Herr]</ref>

===FK Jerv===
In August 2015, Antwi signed a 1.5 year contract with Norwegian [[Norwegian First Division|OBOS-ligaen]] side [[FK Jerv]].<ref>[http://www.gat.no/sport/ny-spiss-pa-plass-i-jerv-1.1439209 Ny spiss på plass i Jerv]</ref> In his first season, he played 11 times and scored four goals in OBOS-ligaen. He also scored one goal and played in all four play-off matches for promotion to top flight [[Tippeligaen]], just to see his team lose the final match of the play-off against local rivals [[IK Start]] 3-1 after a 1–1 draw at home.<ref>[http://www.soccerpunter.com/soccer-statistics/Norway/Play-offs-1-2-2015/head_to_head_statistics/all/20806_FK_Jerv/1598_IK_Start Play-off final leg 2]</ref>

After netting five goals in 15 league appearances for Jerv in the 2016 season, Antwi signed for [[IK Start]] at the end of July 2016 in a controversial transfer.<ref>[https://www.nrk.no/sorlandet/jerv-loser-antwi-fra-kontrakten_-klar-for-start-1.13062740 Antwi to Start]</ref> Initially he signed a pre-contract, which would bring him to Start on a free transfer on 1 December 2016.<ref>
{{Cite web |url=http://www.ikstart.no/news/article/1vpxeh9seuifi1l7402bkiqa0t/title/antwi-til-start |title=Antwi to Start at end of season |access-date=2016-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914040536/http://www.ikstart.no/news/article/1vpxeh9seuifi1l7402bkiqa0t/title/antwi-til-start |archive-date=2016-09-14 |url-status=dead }}
</ref> Then the player himself publicly announced that he wanted to move to neighbouring club Start immediately, and the clubs agreed upon a compensation fee expected to be around 500 000 Norwegian kroner (around €55 000 at the time).

Antwi played a total of 32 official games and scored 10 goals for Jerv.<ref>[https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/person/profil/?fiksId=3154518 Dennis Antwi stats]</ref>

===IK Start===
After signing with Start at the end of July 2016, Antwi made his [[Tippeligaen]] debut against [[Sarpsborg 08]] as a 67th-minute substitute. Start went on to lose Antwi's debut game 1–0, which meant they extended the number of games without winning in Tippeligaen to 33, in the number 33's 33rd game in Norwegian football.<ref>[http://www.aftenposten.no/100Sport/fotball/eliteserien/Sarpsborg-forlenget-Starts-pinlige-rekke-uten-seier-791171_1.snd Sarpsborg forlenget Starts pinlige rekke uten seier]</ref> Antwi scored only one goal, a tap-in in an away fixture against [[Lillestrøm SK]], in 11 appearances in his debut sesong in Tippeligaen. His debut goal will be remembered for Antwi being attacked by a Lillestrøm fan after celebrating in front of the home supporters, Kanarifansen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/overfalt-av-supporter_-_-jeg-var-redd-1.13192422|title=Overfalt av supporter: – Jeg var redd|date=23 October 2016}}</ref>

Antwi was loaned out to [[Åsane Fotball]] in February 2018, and returned to Start at the end of 2018.<ref>[https://sportshjornet.com/overganger-i-obos-ligaen-vinter-2019/ Overganger i OBOS-ligaen vinter 2019], sportshjornet.com, 13 December 2018</ref>

===Trelleborgs FF===
After being released from IK Start, Antwi signed for [[Superettan]] club [[Trelleborgs FF]] on 23 March 2019.<ref>[http://www.trelleborgsff.se/nyheter/post/2795 Välkommen Dennis Antwi], trelleborgsff.se, 23 March 2019</ref> He left the club at te end of the years.<ref>[http://www.trelleborgsff.se/nyheter/post/3045 Albin Nilsson, Noah Christoffersson och Dennis Antwi lämnar Trelleborgs FF], trelleborgsff.se, 26 November 2019</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{updated|27 March 2021}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Domestic Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goal
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Gokulam Kerala F.C.|Gokulam Kerala]]
|[[2020–21 I-League|2020–21]]
|[[I-League]]||15||11||—||—||2{{efn|name=C|Appearances in [[IFA Shield]]}}||4||0||0||17||15
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!15!!11!!0!!0!!2!!4!!0!!0!!17!!15
|}
{{notelist}}

==Honours==
===Club===
;[[Gokulam Kerala F.C.]]

* '''[[I-League]]'''
:{{Gold1}} Champions (1): [[2020–21 I-League|2020–21]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Gokulam Kerala FC Stage Sensational Comeback To Win Maiden I-League Title vs TRAU|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/sports-news-gokulam-kerala-fc-stage-sensational-comeback-to-win-maiden-i-league-title-vs-trau/378463|website=Outlook India|access-date=27 March 2021}}</ref>

===Personal===
*I-League Team of the season:[[2020–21 I-League|2020–21]]

==International career==
Antwi once attended a national training camp with the [[Ghana national under-23 football team]] for the [[2011 CAF U-23 Championship qualification]]. However, he was never chosen for the final squad.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FootballDatabase.eu|153450}}
* {{Soccerway|dennis-agyare-antwi/224591}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Antwi, Denny}}
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[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates]]

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