Samuel Wowoah

{{Short description|Swedish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Samuel Wowoah

| image = SamlarkungenW.JPG

| image_size = 150

| caption =

| fullname = Samuel Kwicompae Wowoah

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|06|17}}

| birth_place = Lindesberg, Sweden

| height = 1.75 m

| position = Left back, left winger

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1990–1992

| youthyears2 = 1993–1994

| youthclubs1 = IFK Lindesberg

| youthclubs2 = Örebro SK

| years1 = 1995–1996

| years2 = 1997

| years3 = 1998

| years4 = 1999–2000

| years5 = 2001–2002

| years6 = 2002–2004

| years7 = 2004

| years8 = 2005–2006

| years9 = 2007

| years10 = 2008–2013

| years11 = 2014–2015

| clubs1 = Örebro SK

| clubs2 = Hertzöga BK

| clubs3 = Motala AIF

| clubs4 = Djurgårdens IF

| clubs5 = Halmstads BK

| clubs6 = Djurgårdens IF

| clubs7 = → Stabæk (loan)

| clubs8 = IFK Göteborg

| clubs9 = Enosis Neon Paralimni

| clubs10 = Örebro SK

| clubs11 = Karlslund

| caps1 = 5

| caps2 = 25

| caps3 = 24

| caps4 = 38

| caps5 = 28

| caps6 = 37

| caps7 = 16

| caps8 = 40

| caps9 = 7

| caps10 = 166

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 4

| goals3 = 12

| goals4 = 15

| goals5 = 2

| goals6 = 7

| goals7 = 2

| goals8 = 4

| goals9 = 1

| goals10 = 5

| caps11 = 28

| goals11 = 2

| totalcaps = 414

| totalgoals = 54

| nationalyears1 = 1993–1994

| nationalteam1 = Sweden U19

| nationalcaps1 = 11

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 2 December 2013

}}

Samuel Kwicompae Wowoah (born 17 June 1976) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a left back or left winger.

Club career

After playing youth football for IFK Lindesberg, Wowoah joined Örebro SK, he then played two years in lower divisions. In 1999, from Motala AIF, he joined Djurgårdens IF with which he won two Swedish championships.{{cite web | url=https://difhistoria.se/samuel-wowoah/ | title=Samuel "Vovven" Wowoah | work= DIF Historia }} He also played for Halmstads BK two seasons before moving to IFK Göteborg in 2005. He then left the club after the 2006 season. In January 2008 he rejoined Örebro SK.{{cite web|url=http://nakortet.se/sporten/fotboll/fotbollartikel.asp?intId=1271752|title=Wowoah näste man i ÖSK|date=9 January 2008|accessdate=11 August 2008|publisher=Nakortet.se|language=Swedish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20070808190503/http://nakortet.se/sporten/fotboll/fotbollartikel.asp?intId=1271752|archivedate=8 August 2007}}

International career

He played 11 games for the Sweden U19 team between 1993 and 1994.{{Cite web |title=Samuel Wowoah – Spelarstatistik – Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/samuel-wowoah/34cb2663-0c60-42e1-8e66-7e3462df2d1b/ |access-date=1 November 2022 |publisher=Swedish Football Association. |language=sv}} In March 2008, Wowoah was called up to Liberian national team, but never made an appearance for the team.{{cite web|url=http://orebro.expressen.se/nyheter/1.1087879/liberia-nasta-for-sammy|title=Liberia nästa för "Sammy"|date=17 March 2008|accessdate=11 August 2008|work=Expressen|language=Swedish}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/allsvenskan/orebrosk/article2069471.ab|title=Landslagsman – utan att veta om det|date=17 March 2008|accessdate=11 August 2008|work=Aftonbladet|language=Swedish}}

Honours

Djurgårdens IF{{Cite web | url=http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf | title=Djurgårdens IF SM-guld på seniornivå | language=sv}}

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