Yaw Antwi
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Yaw Antwi is a Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

ian international football player currently playing for Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

n Jelen SuperLiga side FK Vojvodina
FK Vojvodina
FK Vojvodina is a football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently competes in the Serbian SuperLiga. FK Vojvodina is the third oldest football club in Serbia's SuperLiga, after OFK Beograd which was founded in 1911 and FK Javor which was founded in 1912.-History:FK Vojvodina was founded...

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Ghana

Antwi initiated his senior career with Bofoakwa Tano F.C. in 2005 playing in the Ghana Premier League but when the club was relegated in 2007, Antei moved to another top league club, signing with Liberty Professionals F.C.. The good exhibitions made him to receive a call to represent the Ghana national team
Ghana national football team
The Ghana national football team, popularly known as the Black Stars, is the national association football team of Ghana and is controlled by the Ghana Football Association...

 in 2008. With Liberty Pro he managed to archive the 3rd place in the 2009
2009 WAFU Club Championship
The 2009 Wafu Club Championship is an association football competition that is contested between club sides in the WAFU/UFOA region.It is sometimes referred to as the Eyadema Unity Cup.-Zone A:...

 West African Club Championship (UFOA Cup).

Serbia

This earned him interess from many clubs, and in 2009 Antwi moved to Europe and signed with Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

n club FK Napredak Kruševac
FK Napredak Kruševac
FK Napredak is a football club based in the city of Kruševac, Serbia. The club was founded on December 8, 1946, through a fusion of three local area clubs: Zakić, Badža and 14. Oktobar...

. Unfortunatelly for Antwi, Napredak ended the season relegated from the Serbian SuperLiga
Serbian Superliga
Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...

, and another top league club, ambitious FK Vojvodina
FK Vojvodina
FK Vojvodina is a football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently competes in the Serbian SuperLiga. FK Vojvodina is the third oldest football club in Serbia's SuperLiga, after OFK Beograd which was founded in 1911 and FK Javor which was founded in 1912.-History:FK Vojvodina was founded...

 offered him a contract. In summer of 2010, Antwi moved from Kruševac to Novi Sad, joining officially FK Vojvodina
FK Vojvodina
FK Vojvodina is a football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently competes in the Serbian SuperLiga. FK Vojvodina is the third oldest football club in Serbia's SuperLiga, after OFK Beograd which was founded in 1911 and FK Javor which was founded in 1912.-History:FK Vojvodina was founded...

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National team

His debut match for the Black Stars
Ghana national football team
The Ghana national football team, popularly known as the Black Stars, is the national association football team of Ghana and is controlled by the Ghana Football Association...

 was in a match against South Africa
South Africa national football team
The South Africa national football team represents South Africa in association football and is controlled by the South African Football Association, the governing body for football in South Africa. South Africa's home ground is Soccer City, known as FNB Stadium due to a naming rights deal, in...

 on 15 October 2008, scoring his first goal for Ghana in that same match. Antwi scored a gols for Ghana local national team in match against Senegal on 4 March 2009 in the African Nations Championship
African Nations Championship
The African Nations Championship is a football tournament which was first announced on 11 September 2007 It is administered by the Confederation of African Football and is played between the best national teams of Africa, exclusively featuring players who are active in the national championships...

, tournament that ended up with Ghana in second place by losing the final
2009 African Championship of Nations final
The 2009 African Championship of Nations final was a football match held on March 8, 2009, and was the culmination of the inaugural tournament organised by CAF, aimed at players playing in their domestic leagues. The final was contested by DR Congo and Ghana, who had met earlier in the group stage,...

 with Antwi in the starting squad, against DR Congo by 1-2. However he has been left out from 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...

 squad, and ever since he has been and first line back-up option in the competitive Ghanaian national team, earning several calls in recent matches.

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