{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use British English|date=June 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Andy Ansah | image = | fullname = Andrew Owusu Ansah<ref>{{Hugman|423|accessdate=17 October 2015}}</ref> | height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|3|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Lewisham, England | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Charlton Athletic | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Crystal Palace | years1 = 1988–1989 | years2 = 1989–1990 | years3 = 1990–1996 | years4 = 1994 | years5 = 1995 | years6 = 1996 | years7 = 1996 | years8 = 1996–1997 | years9 = 1997 | years10 = 1997 | years11 = 1997 | years12 = 1997–1999 | years13 = 1999–2000 | years14 = 2000–2001 | clubs1 = Dorking | clubs2 = Brentford | clubs3 = Southend United | clubs4 = → Brentford (loan) | clubs5 = → Brentford (loan) | clubs6 = Peterborough United | clubs7 = Gillingham | clubs8 = Leyton Orient | clubs9 = Hayes | clubs10 = Bromley | clubs11 = Heybridge Swifts | clubs12 = Brighton & Hove Albion | clubs13 = Farnborough Town | clubs14 = Dulwich Hamlet | caps1 = 10 | caps2 = 8 | caps3 = 157 | caps4 = 3 | caps5 = 6 | caps6 = 2 | caps7 = 2 | caps8 = 2 | caps9 = 88 | caps10 = 24 | caps11 = 32 | caps12 = 25 | caps13 = 14 | caps14 = 20 | goals1 = 4 | goals2 = 2 | goals3 = 33 | goals4 = 1 | goals5 = 1 | goals6 = 1 | goals7 = 0 | goals8 = 0 | goals9 = 45 | goals10 = 12 | goals11 = 16 | goals12 = 3 | goals13 = 1 | goals14 = 8 | totalcaps = 393 | totalgoals = 127 }} '''Andrew Owusu Ansah''' (born 19 March 1969) is an English actor and former professional footballer.
==Playing career== He played for six Football League teams in his career, most notably Southend United, where he played 180 games and scored 38 goals between 1990 and 1996,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andy Ansah:profile |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=204 |access-date=24 January 2010 |publisher=Soccerbase}}</ref> when they played in the new Division One following two successive promotions at the beginning of the decade.<ref name="FCHD" /> Ansah left Southend in March 1996, one year before they suffered the first of two successive relegations.<ref name="FCHD">{{Cite web |title=Southend United |url=https://www.fchd.info/SOUTHENU.HTM |access-date=24 January 2010 |publisher=Football Club History Database}}</ref><ref name="WATN1">{{Cite web |title=Brentford {{!}} News {{!}} Where Are They Now? {{!}} Where Are They Now? {{!}} WHERE ARE THEY NOW? |url=http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk.p.preprod.performgroup.com/page/WhereAreTheyDetail/0,,10421~2347469,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014205618/http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk.p.preprod.performgroup.com/page/WhereAreTheyDetail/0,,10421~2347469,00.html |archive-date=14 October 2018 |access-date=14 February 2018 |website=brentfordfc.co.uk}}</ref> Ansah was called into two Ghana squads, but did not make an appearance.<ref name="WATN2">{{Cite web |title=Brentford {{!}} News {{!}} Where Are They Now? {{!}} Where Are They Now? {{!}} WHERE ARE THEY NOW? |url=http://world.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/WhereAreTheyDetail/0,,10421~2347471,00.html |access-date=14 February 2018 |website=world.brentfordfc.co.uk}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Post-playing career== While working as an assistant on ''Wayne Rooney's Street Striker'', 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Soccer A.M. segment | website=YouTube | date=9 January 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx5iZitbjOU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Gx5iZitbjOU |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2011,<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 February 2011 |title=Andy Ansah Launches New Clothing Brand Tekkers |url=http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/andy-ansah-poses-in-soho-for-the-launch-of-his-new-clothing-news-photo/109391181 |access-date=10 March 2014 |publisher=Getty Images}}</ref> Ansah launched his debut fashion label "Tekkers" on the back of the success of the term "unbelievable tekkers" currently selling T-shirts and hoodies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tekkers Website |url=http://www.tekkers.co.uk}}</ref>
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''.<ref name="WATN2" /> In addition, he has served as a football consultant or football choreographer for other television series and films.<ref name="WATN2" /> This included choreographing the goal celebrations for the South African national football team in co-operation with Coca-Cola at the 2010 FIFA World Cup hosted in South Africa.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shea |first=Julian |date=24 September 2005 |title=Football on film |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/4274180.stm |access-date=24 January 2010}}</ref>
==Personal life== He has a son, Zak,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Southend United star Andy Ansah backs Blues after son Zak loses in semi-finals with Plymouth Argyle |url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/blues/12961317.Former_Southend_United_star_Andy_Ansah_backs_Blues_after_son_Zak_loses_in_semi_finals_with_Plymouth_Argyle/ |access-date=14 February 2018 |website=Echo |date=20 May 2015 |language=en}}</ref> who was a striker for Arsenal Academy,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zak Ansah {{!}} Academy Players {{!}} Reserves & Youth {{!}} Arsenal.com |url=http://www.arsenal.com/reserves-youth/players/zak-ansah |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116020335/http://www.arsenal.com/reserves-youth/players/zak-ansah |archive-date=16 January 2013 |access-date=14 February 2018}}</ref> until 2014 when he joined Charlton Athletic,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zak Ansah joins Charlton Athletic |url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20140609/zak-ansah-joins-charlton-athletic |access-date=14 February 2018 |website=www.arsenal.com |language=en}}</ref> the club where the elder Ansah began his youth career.<ref name="WATN1" />
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==External links== *{{IMDb name | id=0030502 | name=Andy Ansah}} *[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/City_Supplements/Delhi_Times/John_to_bend_it_like_Andy/articleshow/755273.cms Andy's Latest Work] *[http://www.tekkers.co.uk Andy's Debut Tekker's Fashion Label]
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