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Kwame Ayew (born 28 December 1973) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
During nearly 20 years he played professionally in six countries, mainly in Portugal where he appeared for four teams in the 90s, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 131 games and 51 goals over the course of six seasons.




Club career


Born in Tamale, Ayew started playing professionally in France at only 17, spending a couple of Ligue 1 seasons with FC Metz, then moved to Qatar with Al Ahli SC and played in another country in the following two years, Italy, appearing and scoring sparingly for U.S. Lecce (for instance, he netted four goals in 1993–94's Serie A as his club ranked last with only 28 goals, a competition-worst).
Ayew moved to Portugal in 1995, and would remain there in the following five years. He started with U.D. Leiria and Vitória de Setúbal, then impressed at Boavista F.C. also in the Primeira Liga, scoring 15 times in 27 games in his second season to earn his team a best-ever at the time runner-up place, behind neighbours FC Porto.
After nearly 50 official goals for Boavista, Ayew moved to country giants Sporting Clube de Portugal. Even though he was never an automatic first-choice (having to battle for a starting berth with Alberto Acosta, Edmílson and Mbo Mpenza), he netted seven goals in 13 starts as the Lions ended an 18-year drought and conquered the national championship.
In the following years Ayew would play in Turkey (two seasons) and China (five), rarely settling with a club. In January 2007 the 33-year-old returned to former side Setúbal, contributing solidly as the Sadinos avoided top flight relegation by one point; he retired from the game shortly after.




International career


Ayew was a member of the Ghana national team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, scoring six goals in as many games. In total, he won 25 senior caps.




Education


Ayew attended Ghana Senior High School in Tamale.




Personal life


Football ran in Ayew's family: his brothers Abedi and Sola also played football, the former spending a big part of his career with Olympique de Marseille. His nephews, André, Jordan and Rahim, also played the sport professionally.




Career statistics






Honours






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Boavista

Supertaça de Portugal: 1997
Sporting

Primeira Liga: 1999–2000
Kocaelispor

Turkish Cup: 2001–02




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Ghana

Olympic Bronze Medal: 1992




References






External links


Kwame Ayew at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Kwame Ayew at National-Football-Teams.com
Kwame Ayew at Soccerway
Kwame Ayew at Olympics.com
Kwame Ayew at Olympedia

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• Boavista F.C.
• Piala Negara-Negara Afrika 1996
• Piala Negara-Negara Afrika 2000
• Kocaelispor
• Vitória F.C.
• Kualifikasi Piala Dunia FIFA 2002 – Babak Pertama CAF
• Kualifikasi Piala Dunia FIFA 2002 – Babak Kedua CAF
• Skuad Piala Negara-Negara Afrika 2021
• Kwame Ayew
• Ibrahim Ayew
• André Ayew
• Ayew
• Jordan Ayew
• US Lecce
• List of Ghanaians
• List of footballers who achieved hat-trick records
• 2000 African Cup of Nations
• Abedi Pele