Elisha Owusu

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Elisha Owusu
Owusu with Sochaux in 2018
Personal information
Full name Elisha Owusu[1]
Date of birth (1997-11-07) 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 90 (2)
International career‡
2022– Ghana 22 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:31, 27 June 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.

Club career

Lyon

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]

Gent

In June 2019, he transferred to Belgian club Gent for a fee of €1 million,[5] with his former club retaining a 20% sell-on clause on any future transfer.[6]

He made his Belgian First Division A debut on 28 July 2019, in the opening match of the league season against Charleroi, which ended in a 1–1 draw. He recorded his first league victory the following week, as Gent defeated Eupen 6–1.[7] He also made his UEFA Europa League debut with the Belgian club, appearing in every match of their European campaign, from the qualifying rounds through to their elimination by AS Roma in the round of 32. After 29 league matches, having missed only two, he ranked among the top five midfielders in the league for ball recoveries.[8]

Auxerre

On 16 January 2023, he signed with Ligue 1 side Auxerre on a contract running until June 2026 and was assigned the number 42 shirt.[9]

He scored his first professional goal on 23 September 2023 against Troyes at the Stade de l'Aube. In June 2024, he extended his contract with the club until June 2027.[10]

International career

Born in France, Owusu is of Ghanaian descent.[11] 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.[12]

On December 31, 2023, he was named in Ghana’s 27-man squad selected by Chris Hughton for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[13] 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.

On June 2, 2026, Owusu was integrated by Ghana's coach Carlos Queiroz into his list of 26 players in order to compete in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 August 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lyon B 2016–17 CFA 180————180
2017–18 National 2 251————251
Total 431————431
Sochaux (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 2 3302010——360
Gent 2019–20 Belgian Pro League 27000—14[c]0—410
2020–21 23030—7[d]02[e]0350
2021–22 18040—8[f]05[e]0350
2022–23 9020—4[f]0—150
Total 77090—330701260
Auxerre 2022–23 Ligue 1 0010———10
Career total 153112010330702061
  1. Includes Coupe de France, Belgian Cup
  2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearance(s) in play-off
  6. Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League

Honours

Gent

Auxerre

References

  1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Ghana (GHA)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 14. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. "Elisha Owusu signe un premier contrat professionnel de trois ans avec l'OL".
  3. "Mercato : Elisha Owusu prêté un an au FC Sochaux-Montbéliard".
  4. "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2018/2019 - 1ère journée - Grenoble Foot 38 / FC Sochaux-Montbéliard". www.lfp.fr.
  5. "BIENVENUE ELISHA OWUSU!". K.A.A. Gent. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  6. Officiel : Elisha Owusu quitte l’OL pour La Gantoise, article sur footmercato.net, 21 juin 2019
  7. Elisha Owusu » Eerste klasse A 2019/2020, sur mondefootball.fr
  8. "Morioka et Cimirot sont les meilleurs récupérateurs de la JPL". walfoot.be. 17 March 2020.
  9. "Elisha Owusu (La Gantoise) s'engage avec l'AJ Auxerre". L'Équipe (in French). 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  10. Rigaux, Romain. "Auxerre : Owusu a prolongé (officiel)". news.maxifoot.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  11. "EXCLUSIVE: Ghanaian youngster Elisha Owusu completes Sochaux loan move". GhanaSoccernet.
  12. "Black Stars: Elisha Owusu debuts as Ghana beat Nigeria to secure FIFA World Cup ticket — Ghana Sports Online". 30 March 2022. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  13. "CAN 2023: La liste officielle du Ghana annoncée". sport.le360.ma. 1 January 2024.
  14. "Kudus misses out as Queiroz names preliminary Ghana squad". FIFA. 25 May 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
  15. Elisha Owusu at Soccerway
  16. "Football : champion de Ligue 2, l'AJ Auxerre est officiellement de retour dans l'élite". Le Parisien (in French). 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.