Andy Ansah
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Andrew Owusu Ansah is an English
England
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 football
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 player and actor
Actor
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He played for six Football League
The Football League
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 teams in his career, most notably Southend United
Southend United F.C.
Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...

, where he played 157 league games and scored 33 goals during the early to mid 1990s, when they played in the new Division One
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....

 following two successive promotions at the beginning of the decade. Ansah left Southend in 1996, one year before they suffered the first of two successive relegations.
While working as an assistant on Wayne Rooney's Street Striker
Wayne Rooney's Street Striker
Wayne Rooney's Street Striker is a British reality television series that is broadcast on Sky1 and in high definition on Sky1 HD. The third series of the show started airing on 14 November 2010...

, he coined the term "unbelievable tekkers", which spurred Soccer A.M. to create a new segment showcasing a piece of skill from the week's football . Andy has just launched his debut fashion label "Tekkers" on the back of the success of the term "unbelievable tekkers" currently selling t-shirts and hoodies .

As an actor, he is known for portraying a player/assistant manager also named Andy Ansah on the fictional Harchester United football team on the television series Dream Team
Dream Team (TV series)
Dream Team is a British television series produced by Hewland International which aired on Sky1 and Sky3 from 1997 to 2007; it chronicled the on-field and off-field affairs of the fictional Harchester United Football Club....

. In addition, he has served as a football consultant or football choreographer for other television series and films. This included choreographing the goal celebrations for the South African national football team in cooperation with Coca Cola at the 2010 FIFA World Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...

 hosted in South Africa.

Andy is a proud supporter of south London club, Charlton Athletic.

His son Zak Ansah is a striker for Arsenal F.C. Academy
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