Andy Ansah

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Andy Ansah

| image =

| fullname = Andrew Owusu Ansah{{Hugman|423|accessdate=17 October 2015}}

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|3|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lewisham, England

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Charlton Athletic

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Crystal Palace

| years1 = 1988–1989

| years2 = 1989–1990

| years3 = 1990–1996

| years4 = 1994

| years5 = 1995

| years6 = 1996

| years7 = 1996

| years8 = 1996–1997

| years9 = 1997

| years10 = 1997

| years11 = 1997

| years12 = 1997–1999

| years13 = 1999–2000

| years14 = 2000–2001

| clubs1 = Dorking

| clubs2 = Brentford

| clubs3 = Southend United

| clubs4 = → Brentford (loan)

| clubs5 = → Brentford (loan)

| clubs6 = Peterborough United

| clubs7 = Gillingham

| clubs8 = Leyton Orient

| clubs9 = Hayes

| clubs10 = Bromley

| clubs11 = Heybridge Swifts

| clubs12 = Brighton & Hove Albion

| clubs13 = Farnborough Town

| clubs14 = Dulwich Hamlet

| caps1 = 10

| caps2 = 8

| caps3 = 157

| caps4 = 3

| caps5 = 6

| caps6 = 2

| caps7 = 2

| caps8 = 2

| caps9 = 88

| caps10 = 24

| caps11 = 32

| caps12 = 25

| caps13 = 14

| caps14 = 20

| goals1 = 4

| goals2 = 2

| goals3 = 33

| goals4 = 1

| goals5 = 1

| goals6 = 1

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 45

| goals10 = 12

| goals11 = 16

| goals12 = 3

| goals13 = 1

| goals14 = 8

| totalcaps = 393

| totalgoals = 127

}}

Andrew Owusu Ansah (born 19 March 1969) is an English actor and former professional footballer.

Playing career

He played for six Football League teams in his career, most notably Southend United, where he played 180 games and scored 38 goals between 1990 and 1996,{{Cite web |title=Andy Ansah:profile |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=204 |access-date=24 January 2010 |publisher=Soccerbase}} when they played in the new Division One following two successive promotions at the beginning of the decade. Ansah left Southend in March 1996, one year before they suffered the first of two successive relegations.{{Cite web |title=Southend United |url=https://www.fchd.info/SOUTHENU.HTM |access-date=24 January 2010 |publisher=Football Club History Database}}{{Cite web |title=Brentford {{!}} News {{!}} Where Are They Now? {{!}} Where Are They Now? {{!}} WHERE ARE THEY NOW? |url=http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk.p.preprod.performgroup.com/page/WhereAreTheyDetail/0,,10421~2347469,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014205618/http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk.p.preprod.performgroup.com/page/WhereAreTheyDetail/0,,10421~2347469,00.html |archive-date=14 October 2018 |access-date=14 February 2018 |website=brentfordfc.co.uk}} Ansah was called into two Ghana squads, but did not make an appearance.{{Cite web |title=Brentford {{!}} News {{!}} Where Are They Now? {{!}} Where Are They Now? {{!}} WHERE ARE THEY NOW? |url=http://world.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/WhereAreTheyDetail/0,,10421~2347471,00.html |access-date=14 February 2018 |website=world.brentfordfc.co.uk}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Post-playing career

While working as an assistant on Wayne Rooney's Street Striker, he coined the term "unbelievable tekkers", which spurred Soccer A.M. to create a new segment showcasing a piece of skill from the week's football.{{Cite web |title=Soccer A.M. segment | website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx5iZitbjOU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Gx5iZitbjOU |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}} In 2011,{{Cite web |date=28 February 2011 |title=Andy Ansah Launches New Clothing Brand Tekkers |url=http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/andy-ansah-poses-in-soho-for-the-launch-of-his-new-clothing-news-photo/109391181 |access-date=10 March 2014 |publisher=Getty Images}} Ansah launched his debut fashion label "Tekkers" on the back of the success of the term "unbelievable tekkers" currently selling T-shirts and hoodies.{{Cite web |title=Tekkers Website |url=http://www.tekkers.co.uk}}

As an actor, he is known for portraying a player/assistant manager also named Andy Ansah on the fictional Harchester United football team on the television series Dream Team. In addition, he has served as a football consultant or football choreographer for other television series and films. This included choreographing the goal celebrations for the South African national football team in co-operation with Coca-Cola at the 2010 FIFA World Cup hosted in South Africa.{{Cite news |last=Shea |first=Julian |date=24 September 2005 |title=Football on film |publisher=BBC Sport |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4274180.stm |access-date=24 January 2010}}

Personal life

He has a son, Zak,{{Cite web |title=Former Southend United star Andy Ansah backs Blues after son Zak loses in semi-finals with Plymouth Argyle |url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/blues/12961317.Former_Southend_United_star_Andy_Ansah_backs_Blues_after_son_Zak_loses_in_semi_finals_with_Plymouth_Argyle/ |access-date=14 February 2018 |website=Echo |date=20 May 2015 |language=en}} who was a striker for Arsenal Academy,{{Cite web |title=Zak Ansah {{!}} Academy Players {{!}} Reserves & Youth {{!}} Arsenal.com |url=http://www.arsenal.com/reserves-youth/players/zak-ansah |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116020335/http://www.arsenal.com/reserves-youth/players/zak-ansah |archive-date=16 January 2013 |access-date=14 February 2018}} until 2014 when he joined Charlton Athletic,{{Cite web |title=Zak Ansah joins Charlton Athletic |url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20140609/zak-ansah-joins-charlton-athletic |access-date=14 February 2018 |website=www.arsenal.com |language=en}} the club where the elder Ansah began his youth career.

References

External links

{{IMDb name | id=0030502 | name=Andy Ansah}}
[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/City_Supplements/Delhi_Times/John_to_bend_it_like_Andy/articleshow/755273.cms Andy's Latest Work]
[http://www.tekkers.co.uk Andy's Debut Tekker's Fashion Label]

Category:1969 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Lewisham

Category:People from Lewisham

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:English men's footballers

Category:Black British sportsmen

Category:Dorking F.C. players

Category:Brentford F.C. players

Category:Southend United F.C. players

Category:Peterborough United F.C. players

Category:Gillingham F.C. players