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Quincy
Personal information
Full name Quincy James Owusu-Abeyie
Date of birth April 15, 1986 (1986-04-15) (age 22)
Place of birth    Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Striker, Left winger
Club information
Current club Birmingham City
(on loan from Spartak Moscow)
Number 19
Youth clubs
1993–2002 Ajax
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2002–2006
2006–
2007–2008
2008–		 Arsenal
Spartak Moscow
→ Celta de Vigo (loan)
→ Birmingham City (loan)		 05 (1)
21 (1)
20 (4)
12 (2)   
National team2
200x–2006
2008–		 Netherlands U21
Ghana		 08 (3)
09 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 17:46, 10 November 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 28 June 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Quincy James Owusu-Abeyie (born 15 April 1986), known occasionally simply by his first name "Quincy", is a Ghanaian-Dutch footballer who plays as a forward for Birmingham City on loan from Spartak Moscow. He played international football for his native Netherlands at youth level, but in 2007 requested to become eligible to represent Ghana instead.[1] FIFA approved his request on January 10, 2008, just ahead of the 2008 African Cup of Nations.[2][3]

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[edit] Club career

Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Ghanaian parents,[4] Quincy had been a member of the youth system at hometown club Ajax for nine years when he was released at the age of 16 because of attitude problems.[5] Liam Brady, Arsenal's head of youth development, offered him a trial which proved successful, and the player joined Arsenal as a scholar in September 2002.[6] In the 2002–03 season he scored 17 goals in 20 games for the under-17 side, including six in a 7–1 defeat of Wolverhampton Wanderers under-17.[7] Handed his first professional contract on his 18th birthday[6] – a move which led to Arsenal being fined £10,000 and given a suspended two-year transfer ban for inadvertently dealing with an unlicensed agent[8] – Quincy signed a new long-term contract in July 2005.[9]

His first-team debut came as an 85th-minute substitute in the League Cup match against Rotherham United on October 28, 2003. During extra time he attempted to chip Rotherham goalkeeper Mike Pollitt, who handled the ball outside his penalty area and was sent off; with the score 1–1 after 120 minutes the game was decided by a penalty shootout which Arsenal won, though Owusu-Abeyie missed his kick.[10] He scored his first goal for the first team in the same competition on November 9, 2004 against Everton, a game in which he also made two assists.[11] and produced a similarly impressive performance against Reading[12] during the Gunners' 2005-06 League Cup run.

However, he failed to break through to regular first-team selection. Although he appreciated training alongside and learning from players such as Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp, and accepted the need for patience,[13] once Arsenal boosted their forward line in the January 2006 transfer window by signing Togo's Emmanuel Adebayor and rising star Theo Walcott, Quincy recognised that he needed to leave.[14] He signed for Russian club Spartak Moscow for an undisclosed fee on January 31, 2006.[15]

In June 2007, it was reported that Premier League club Birmingham City had expressed interest in Quincy and wanted to bring him back to play in England,[16] but on the final day of the summer 2007 transfer window, however, he joined Spanish side Celta de Vigo on loan for the 2007–08 season with an option to purchase.[17][18] He made 20 appearances in the Segunda División, of which half were as substitute, and scored five goals,[19] though he missed several weeks of the season on international duty at the 2008 African Cup of Nations.

On 6 August 2008 he joined Birmingham City on loan, initially until January 2009, but with the intention of extending the loan for the rest of the season. An option was included to purchase the player outright at that point.[20] He made his debut as a second-half substitute in the first-round League Cup match against Wycombe Wanderers, scoring the fourth goal in a 4–0 win with a fine finish from 18 yards.[21]

[edit] International career

[edit] Netherlands youth teams

Owusu-Abeyie appeared at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship for the Netherlands national under-21 football team, the Jong Orange in the summer of 2005. In the first game against Japan he set up Ryan Babel for a close range goal.[22] Though the Netherlands crashed out of the tournament in the quarter-finals after a penalty shoot-out against Nigeria,[23] Described by FIFA.com as "a bit special... full of Power, pace and bags of sumptuous skill", Quincy was profiled as one of the Best Players of that FIFA U20 Championship.[24]

Quincy was a member of the Netherlands' junior sides since he was 15, progressing through all the way to the U21 side. He played his last game for them on 14 November 2006 in a 0-1 international friendly home loss to England Under-21's in Alkmaar.

[edit] Switch to Ghana

On Friday 5 January 2007, Quincy went to Ghana to meet with Ghana Football Association (GFA) officials[25] and engage them in talks over the role he could play to help Ghanaian football, and discussed switching his allegiance to play for Ghana.

The first attempt by the GFA to convince him to feature for the Black Stars at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany hit a snag, following the player’s earlier appearances with the Netherlands' U21 side at the 2005 World Youth Championship.

On Wednesday 24 January 2007, the Dutch youth international decided to pledged his senior international future to Ghana.[26] Ghana coach Claude Le Roy named him in the Ghana squad for their 6 February 2007 friendly International match against Nigeria.[27]

However, FIFA was yet to approve Owusu-Abeyie's request for a switch of nationality, and in the end Quincy did not make his International debut for Ghana as expected, because he was not released by Spartak Moscow; Ghana's national coach made clear he would complain to FIFA as a result[28] Although called up for Ghana's match against Austria in March 2007, Quincy did not play but did declare that he would be playing for Ghana in the future.[29]

On 18 December 2007, Quincy was called up by Ghana as part of the 40-man squad[30] for their 2-week training camp in Dubai ahead of the 2008 African Cup of Nations.[31] He later told Spanish media that he was very happy to receive the callup.[32]

On January 10, 2008, just ahead of the 2008 African Cup of Nations, FIFA approved Quincy's request to switch to Ghana.[3] Chelsea FC midfielder Michael Essien was the first to congratulate the Dutch-born forward. Other players followed by pouring bottles and buckets of water on Quincy to officially welcome him into the team admist wild cheers from team officials.[33][34]

Quincy was selected for Ghana's 2008 African Cup of Nations squad[35] and was in the team that defeated Nigeria[36] on February 3, 2008, advancing to the semi-finals. He scored his first international goal in the third place match of the 2008 African Cup of Nations, where Ghana defeated Ivory Coast 4-2

[edit] Personal life

Owusu-Abeyie was arrested after up to five men began brawling in a London café, Café Royal following the Professional Footballers' Association Player Awards at 3am on 25 April 2005. Officers were called at about 03:00 BST where they found a man with serious head injuries. However, the police did not press any charges against Owusu-Abeyie and cleared him of any involvement in the incident.[37] He is the cousin of English rapper Sway DaSafo.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ibrahim Sannie (2007-05-04). "Abeyie applies to play for Ghana", BBC Sport. Retrieved on 5 August 2008. 
  2. ^ Nana Obiri Yeboah and Michael Boateng (2008-01-10). "FIFA approves Quincy's switch". Ghana FA. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
  3. ^ a b Sannie Ibrahim (2008-01-11). "Owusu-Abeyie in Ghana squad", BBC Sport. Retrieved on 5 August 2008. 
  4. ^ "Football without borders in the Lowlands". FIFA (2005-06-30). Retrieved on 2008-08-05.
  5. ^ Steve Stammers (2005-03-03). "Quincy learns lessons the hard way", Evening Standard. Retrieved on 7 August 2008. 
  6. ^ a b Steve Stammers (2004-01-20). "Quincy set to capitalise on Boro's weakness", Evening Standard. Retrieved on 5 August 2008. 
  7. ^ John Curtis (2004-01-20). "Wenger to use novice attack for final step", The Independent. Retrieved on 5 August 2008. 
  8. ^ Russell Kempson (2005-01-25). "Arsenal may appeal against FA fine", The Times. Retrieved on 5 August 2008. 
  9. ^ "Owusu-Abeyie signs Arsenal deal", BBC Sport (2005-07-01). Retrieved on 1 July 2005. 
  10. ^ Matt Scott (2003-10-29). "Aliadiere stakes Arsenal claims", The Guardian. Retrieved on 5 August 2008. 
  11. ^ John Ley (2004-11-10). "Youth brigade cheer up Arsenal", The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on 5 August 2008. 
  12. ^ "Arsenal 3-0 Reading". ESPNsoccernet (2005-11-29). Retrieved on 2008-08-05.
  13. ^ Gerrit van Leeuwen (2005-08-18). "Quincy wants Gunners chance", Sky Sports. Retrieved on 5 August 2008. 
  14. ^ Paul Higham (2006-02-01). "Quincy relishing Spartak chance", Sky Sports. Retrieved on 5 August 2008. 
  15. ^ "Moscow move for Arsenal youngster", BBC Sport (2006-01-31). Retrieved on 31 January 2006. 
  16. ^ Peter O'Rourke (2007-07-01). "Blues eye former Gunner", Sky Sports. Retrieved on 28 June 2007. 
  17. ^ "Owusu-Abeyie joins Celta Vigo", BBC Sport (2007-09-02). Retrieved on 2 September 2007. 
  18. ^ "Cesión de Quincy Owusu" (in Spanish). Celta de Vigo (2007-09-01). Retrieved on 2008-08-07.
  19. ^ "Ficha jugador: Quincy". Liga de Fútbol Profesional. Retrieved on 2008-08-07.
  20. ^ "Quincy wings in". Birmingham City F.C. (2008-08-06). Retrieved on 2008-08-06.
  21. ^ "Wycombe 0-4 Birmingham", BBC Sport (2008-08-13). Retrieved on 14 August 2008. 
  22. ^ "Dutch overcome late nerves to sink Japan", FIFA.com (2005-06-10). Retrieved on 10 June 2005. 
  23. ^ "Young Oranje go out with a bang", FIFA.com (2005-06-27). Retrieved on 27 June 2005. 
  24. ^ "Fourteen nuggets in Netherlands", FIFA.com (2005-06-19). Retrieved on 19 June 2005. 
  25. ^ "Owusu-Abeyie to play for Ghana?", Ghanaweb (2007-01-05). Retrieved on 5 January 2007. 
  26. ^ "Owusu-Abeyie opts for Ghana", BBC (2007-01-24). Retrieved on 24 January 2007. 
  27. ^ "Owusu Abeyie kiest voor Ghana", voetbalzone.nl (2007-01-25). Retrieved on 25 January 2007. 
  28. ^ Football Results | Football Scores | News - Yahoo! Eurosport UK
  29. ^ "Quincy koos definitief voor Ghana", voetbalkrant.com (2007-04-05). Retrieved on 5 April 2007. 
  30. ^ "Owusu-Abeyie called up for Ghana", BBC Sports (2007-12-18). Retrieved on 18 December 2007. 
  31. ^ "Le Roy calls up 40 players", Ghanafa.org (2007-12-18). Retrieved on 18 December 2007. 
  32. ^ "Quincy puede causar baja un mes si va a la Copa África con Ghana", Faro de Vigo (2007-12-18). Retrieved on 18 December 2007. 
  33. ^ "Ghana players jubilate Abeyie clearance", Ghanasoccernet (2008-01-10). Retrieved on 10 January 2008. 
  34. ^ "Quincy switch excites Ghana camp", Ghana FA (2008-01-10). Retrieved on 10 January 2008. 
  35. ^ "Black Stars Squad announced", Ghanafa.org (2008-01-11). Retrieved on 11 January 2008. 
  36. ^ "Ghana 2-1 Nigeria", ESPNsoccernet (2008-02-03). Retrieved on 3 February 2008. 
  37. ^ "Arsenal player in 'awards brawl'", BBC (2005-04-25). Retrieved on 25 April 2005. 

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