Ohene Kennedy

Ohene Kennedy (born 28 April 1973) is a retired Ghanaian football striker.

He was part of the Ghanaian 2000 African Nations Cup team, who exited in the quarter-finals after losing to South Africa. He was also a member of the Ghanaian squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Kennedy's golden days were with Al-Nassr team in Saudi Arabia he played and scored many goals. He began his professional career at the [Ebusua Dwarfs|Mysterious Dwarfs]] club of Ghana in the 1992-93 season, aged 19.

He joined al-nassr 1993 and soon became one of the team's most valuable players and top scorers. In total he scored 74 goals for Al-nassr and won the Saudi league twice; 1994 and 1995, he also was the league's top scorer in 1996 with 14 goals. He had 4 hat tricks during this period.

He now lives in Croydon working for the parcel company DPD

Clubs

1992-1993 : Mysterious Dwarfs
1993-1997 : Al-Nasr
1997-2002 : MKE Ankaragücü
2002-2003 : Adanaspor
2003 : Dhanmondi Club

External links

Ohene Kennedy at National-Football-Teams.com

Saudi Professional League top scorers

1977: Eid
1978: Khojali
1979: Abdullah
1980: Abdullah
1981: Abdullah
1982: Al-Ma'ajil
1983: Abdullah
1984: Abu Dawood
1985: Dosari
1986: Abdullah
1987: Suwaidi
1988: Al-Ma'ajil
1989: Abdullah
1990: Al-Jaber
1991: Al-Mehallel
1992: Al-Owairan
1993: Al-Jaber
1994: Ndao
1995: Al-Hamdan
1996: Kennedy
1997: Bahja
1998: Al-Hadaithy
1999: Al-Dosari
2000: Idris
2001: Da Silva
2002: Valle
2003: Tenorio
2004: Attram
2005: Ricardo
2006: Al-Mehyani
2007: Attram
2008: Al-Shamrani
2009: Aboucherouane / Al-Shamrani
2010: Al-Shalhoub
2011: Al-Shamrani
2012: Al-Shamrani / Simões
2013: Tagliabué
2014: Al-Shamrani
2015: Al-Somah

Ghana men's football squad – 1996 Summer Olympics

1 Kingson 2 Nettey 3 Welbeck 4 Baidoo 5 J. Addo 6 Dodoo 7 S. Kuffour 8 Yahaya 9 Ahinful 10 Akonnor 11 Duah 12 Aboagye 13 Kennedy 14 Ebenezer 15 Saba 16 S. Addo 17 E. Kuffour 18 Amoako Coach: Arday

Ghana squad – 2000 Africa Cup of Nations

1 Kingson 2 Dugbatey 3 E. Kuffour 4 S. Kuffour 5 Baidoo 6 Gargo 7 Preko 8 Edusei 9 Ayew 10 Akonnor 11 Ahinful 12 Mantey 13 Nettey 14 Gyan 15 Johnson 16 Appiah 17 Ofori-Quaye 18 Kennedy 19 D. Addo 20 O. Addo 21 Nyarko 22 Adjei Coach: Dossena

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