Lennard Adjetey Sowah (born 23 August 1992) is a German-Ghanaian professional footballer who is currently playing for Ekstraklasa club Cracovia. He has previously played for Portsmouth, Hamburger SV II, FC Vestsjælland and Hamilton Academical and Heart of Midlothian. He is a defender in the left back position, but can also play in a more advanced left wing position.
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Club career
Portsmouth
Sowah originally came to England after receiving interest from Arsenal. He left Arsenal and joined Portsmouth, where he forced himself onto the periphery of the first team under both Paul Hart and Avram Grant. He was rewarded with the squad number 46 and made his first appearance on the Portsmouth bench in the League Cup win against Carlisle United. He was also named on the bench in FA Cup games against Coventry City and Sunderland. Sowah made his Premier League debut in April 2010 against Blackburn Rovers, as a substitute for Richard Hughes. His next appearance came in a 0-0 draw against Wigan Athletic, in which he played the whole of the second half.
On 18 April 2010, playing against Aston Villa, Sowah became the first player born after the Premier League was formed to start a Premier League match. He was born eight days after the first Premier League matches were played.
Hamburger SV
On 6 July 2010, Sowah returned to his hometown and signed for Hamburger SV on a free transfer.
Millwall (loan)
Having not made a single senior appearance for Hamburger SV, he signed on loan for Championship side Millwall until the end of the season on 31 January 2012, his first return to English football since his release from Portsmouth. He failed to make an appearance for the club during his loan spell.
FC Vestsjælland
On 22 June 2014, Sowah signed a one-year contract with the Danish club FC Vestsjælland.
Return to Hamburger SV
On 29 July 2016, he returned to Hamburger SV signing a one-year contract with the reserves.
Scotland
Sowah moved to Scottish club Hamilton Academical in October 2016. He made his debut on 15 October 2016, in a 2-2 draw away to Partick Thistle. In December 2016 it was announced that Sowah would be offered a new contract by the club, however he left the club at the end of his contract on 3 January 2017.
Sowah then signed for another Scottish club, Heart of Midlothian, on a contract due to run until the end of the 2016-17 season.
Sowah was released by Hearts at the end of his contract in June 2017.
Cracovia
On 20 June 2017 he signed a contract with Ekstraklasa side Cracovia.
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International career
Sowah was born to Ghanaian parents in Hamburg and as such, has both German and Ghanaian citizenship. He has represented Germany at under-16 and more recently, under-18 level. The Ghanaian FA have also declared interest in having him represent their under-20 side.
Career statistics
- As of match played 21 October 2017
References
Source of article : Wikipedia
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