Emmanuel Quarshie

{{Short description|Ghanaian footballer (1954–2013)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Emmanuel Quarshie

| image = Emmanuel Quarshie 1.jpg

| caption = Quarshie with Zamalek in 1983

| full_name = Emmanuel Mohamed Quarshie

| birth_date = {{birth date|1953|5|6|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|9|16|1953|5|6|df=y}}

| death_place = Takoradi, Ghana

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| position = Midfielder

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| years1 = 1977–1983

| clubs1 = Sekondi Hasaacas

| years2 = 1983–1985

| clubs2 = Zamalek

| years3 = 1985–1990

| clubs3 = Al-Muharraq

| years4 = 1990–1992

| clubs4 = FC 105 Libreville{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

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| nationalteam1 = Ghana

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| manageryears1 = 2001–2002

| managerclubs1 = Sekondi Hasaacas

| manageryears2 = 2007–2013

| managerclubs2 = All Stars

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Country|{{fb|GHA}}}}

{{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}

{{Medal|Competition|Africa Cup of Nations}}

{{Medal|W|1982 Libya|}}

{{Medal|W|1978 Ghana|}}

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Emmanuel Quarshie (6 May 1953 – 16 September 2013) was a Ghanaian international footballer and a coach who played as an attacking midfielder.

Career

Quarshie played one game in 1978 African Cup of Nations. He was the captain of Ghana's champion selection in 1982 African Cup of Nations with five games played.

At club level, he was the captain of Sekondi Hasaacas, with whom he won the West African Club Championship in 1982. He then moved to Egypt and joined Zamalek SC, winning its first African Cup of Champion Clubs in 1984. He played the last years of his career in Bahrain's Al-Muharraq.

He then became coach of Sekondi Hasaacas from 2001 to 2002 and All Stars from 2007 to 2013.

Death

Hospitalized in Egypt in July 2013 with the help of Zamalek, he died from throat cancer in September at the age of 60 years in Takoradi.

Honors

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