Elisha Owusu
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
_175_(cropped).jpg) Owusu with Sochaux in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Elisha Owusu[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 November 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Montreuil, France | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Auxerre | ||
| Number | 42 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bourgoin-Jallieu | |||
| 2010–2017 | Lyon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Lyon B | 49 | (2) |
| 2017–2019 | Lyon | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Sochaux (loan) | 33 | (0) |
| 2019–2023 | Gent | 84 | (0) |
| 2023– | Auxerre | 61 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Ghana | 19 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:15, 31 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
Elisha Owusu (born 7 November 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Auxerre. Born in France, he plays for the Ghana national team.
Owusu is a youth product of Lyon, joining in 2010 and became the captain of their reserve side. On 23 February 2017, Owusu signed his first professional contract with Lyon for three years.[2] On 19 June 2018, he was loaned for the season to Sochaux.[3] He made his professional debut with Sochaux in a 1–0 Ligue 2 loss to Grenoble on 27 July 2018.[4]
On 21 June 2019, Owusu signed a four-year contract with Belgian club Gent.[5] He left the club on 16 January 2023, joining Ligue 1 side Auxerre on a contract until June 2025.[6]
International career
Born in France, Owusu is of Ghanaian descent.[7] He debuted for the Ghana national team in a 1–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification tie with Nigeria on 29 March 2022. The result helped Ghana qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[8]
On December 31, 2023, he was named in Ghana’s 27-man squad selected by Chris Hughton for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[9] He took part in the team's second group-stage match against Egypt, coming on in the final minute of play, and Ghana was eliminated in the group stage.
