{"id":450748,"date":"2017-12-29T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/29\/douglas-owusu-signs-first-professional-contract\/"},"modified":"2017-12-29T08:00:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T08:00:28","slug":"douglas-owusu-signs-first-professional-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/29\/douglas-owusu-signs-first-professional-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Douglas Owusu signs first professional contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 29 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-29<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/99112416.295.jpg\" alt=\"Douglas Owusu\" title=\"Douglas Owusu\" width=\"295\" height=\"179\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Douglas Owusu agreed to a 4-year deal with Kotoko<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514534428_844_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Kumasi Asante Kotoko wonderkid, Douglas Owusu Ansah, has signed his first professional contract with the club, the Porcupine Warriors have officially announced.<\/p>\n<p>The prolific teenage midfielder agreed to a 4-year deal in the presence of his father and manager, Douglas Owusu Ansah Snr, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Owusu Ansah rose through the club&#8217;s youth ranks after impressing Coach Steven Polack who requested he joins the senior side where he&#8217;s been involved in the club&#8217;s preseason activities with performances that has elicited positive reviews from both coaches and teammates.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about his motivation to commit his future to Kotoko, the former Dwamena Akenten Senior High School student told asantekotokosc.com: &#8220;Kotoko have always been a big part of my life&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have been with the youth team since 2015, counting my days till today. It&#8217;s always a proud moment for me whenever I came close to the senior players. Today, i get to be with them,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This club is renowned for giving opportunities to young players to progress into the first team and that was a major factor for my decision to sign my first professional contract at this great club&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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