Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1969-02-06)6 February 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Ghana | ||
Date of death | 25 June 2022(2022-06-25) (aged 53) | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1991 | Montclair State | 53 | (10) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
New Jersey Stallions | |||
1996 | → MetroStars (loan) | 1 | (0) |
1996 | → Pennsylvania Natives (loan) | 1 | (0) |
Sparta Rotterdam | |||
Managerial career | |||
Ramapo College | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Louis Ken-Kwofie (6 February 1969 – 25 June 2022) was a Ghanaian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Early life
Ken-Kwofie attended Hudson Catholic High School.
Career
College career
Ken-Kwofie played college soccer with Montclair State.
Professional career
Ken-Kwofie played one game for the MetroStars, on loan from the New Jersey Stallions, during the 1996 season of Major League Soccer. During that same season, Ken-Kwofie also played for the Pennsylvania Natives, ironically against the MetroStars. Ken-Kwofie was still playing for the Stallions during the 1999 season. Ken-Kwofie also played in the Netherlands with Sparta Rotterdam.
Coaching career
Ken-Kwofie coached Ramapo College. He also coached youth soccer in New Jersey, including the North Cadwell Soccer Club.
He later coached at Hudson Catholic Regional High School in Jersey City.
Personal life and death
Ken-Kwofie died on 25 June 2022 following a battle with pancreatic cancer, aged 53.
References
- ^ "Louie Ken-Kwofie - Men's Soccer".
- Rasko-Martinis, Garrett (3 March 2017). "Six Hudson Catholic athletic greats to be immortalized". nj.
- "Match report". Major League Soccer. Archived from the original on 17 May 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- Ron Ferguson (20 March 2004). "Metros vs Pennsylvania Natives: a look back". Metro Fanatic. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- "1999 Lamar Hunt United States Open Cup". LHUSOC. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ^ "Louis Ken-Kwofie- Director of Training". The Academy at the Soccer Palace. Archived from the original on 1 April 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- "WHERE ARE THEY NOW?". Metro Mascot. Archived from the original on 22 October 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- "Teams". Hudson Catholic Regional High School.
- Oudhnarine, Haresh (27 June 2022). "Hudson Catholic soccer coach Ken-Kwofie, 53, dies; was star player at school". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
External links
Categories:- 1969 births
- 2022 deaths
- Men's association football midfielders
- Deaths from pancreatic cancer
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Hudson Catholic Regional High School alumni
- Major League Soccer players
- Montclair State University alumni
- New Jersey Stallions players
- New York Red Bulls players
- Sparta Rotterdam players
- 20th-century Ghanaian sportsmen