{{short description|Ghanaian footballer (born 1994)}} {{Use Ghanaian English|date=September 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Emanuel Gyasi | image = Emmanuel Gyasi Match Football Spezia Calcio x US Sassuolo Calcio Stade Alberto Picco - La Spezia (IT42) - 2022-08-27 - 8 (cropped).jpg | caption = Gyasi with Spezia in 2022 | full_name = Emanuel Quartsin Gyasi | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|1|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Palermo, Italy | height = 1.81 m<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.acspezia.com/en/teams/profile/emmanuel-gyasi.2395.html |title=Emmanuel Gyasi |publisher=Spezia Calcio |accessdate=2 September 2022}}</ref> | position = Forward, left winger | currentclub = Palermo<br/>(on loan from Empoli) | clubnumber = 11 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2011 | youthclubs1 = Pro Vercelli | youthyears2 = 2012–2014 | youthclubs2 = Torino | years1 = 2014–2016 | clubs1 = Torino | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2014–2015 | clubs2 = → Pisa (loan) | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2015 | clubs3 = → Mantova (loan) | caps3 = 16 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2015–2016 | clubs4 = → Carrarese (loan) | caps4 = 24 | goals4 = 6 | years5 = 2016 | clubs5 = Pistoiese | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2016–2023 | clubs6 = Spezia | caps6 = 178 | goals6 = 24 | years7 = 2016–2017 | clubs7 = → Pistoiese (loan) | caps7 = 36 | goals7 = 5 | years8 = 2017–2018 | clubs8 = → Südtirol (loan) | caps8 = 37 | goals8 = 4 | years9 = 2023– | clubs9 = Empoli | caps9 = 70 | goals9 = 3 | years10 = 2025– | clubs10 = → Palermo (loan) | caps10 = 22 | goals10 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2021– | nationalteam1 = Ghana | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = 12 May 2026 }} '''Emanuel Quartsin Gyasi''' (born 11 January 1994) is a professional footballer and plays as a forward or left winger for {{Italian football updater|Palermo}} club Palermo on loan from Empoli. Born in Italy, he plays for the Ghana national team.
==Club career== A Torino youth product, Gyasi made his Serie C debut for Pisa on 17 September 2014 in a game against Savona.<ref>{{cite web|website=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/09/17/italy/serie-c1/savona-1907-fbc/pisa-calcio/1893905/|title=Game Report by Soccerway|date=17 September 2014}}</ref>
After a number of years spent on loan to minor league teams, Gyasi signed for Spezia in 2018. With the Ligurian club, Gyasi won promotion to Serie A in 2020 and made his top-flight debut later that year. In 2023, he signed for Empoli.
After two years with Empoli in Serie A, in July 2025 he signed for Serie B club Palermo on a loan deal with a conditional obligation to buy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.palermofc.com/it/news/gyasi-e-rosanero/ |publisher=Palermo FC |date=16 July 2025 |accessdate=18 July 2025 |title=Gyasi è rosanero}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Empoli FC|url=https://www.empolifc.it/emmanuel-gyasi-al-palermo|title=Emmanuel Gyasi al Palermo|trans-title=Emmanuel Gyasi to Palermo|date=16 July 2025|access-date=20 July 2025|language=it}}</ref>
==International career== Gyasi debuted for the Ghana national team in a 1–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tie with South Africa on 25 March 2021.<ref name="Global Sports Archive 2021">{{cite web | title=Match Report of South Africa vs Ghana - 2021-03-25 - Total Africa Cup of Nations Qualification | website=Global Sports Archive | date=25 March 2021 | url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2021-03-25/south-africa-vs-ghana/1784879/ | access-date=27 March 2021}}</ref>
==Personal life== Gyasi was born in Palermo to Ghanaian parents, living in the Sicilian capital until the age of four.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://palermo.gds.it/articoli/calcio/2021/03/20/da-palermo-alla-nazionale-del-ghana-la-storia-di-emmanuel-gyasi-6ac935f6-8f82-47c6-9947-9e5d59c080ff/ |publisher=Giornale di Sicilia |date=20 March 2021 |accessdate=11 July 2023 |title=Da Palermo alla Nazionale del Ghana, la storia di Emmanuel Gyasi |language=it}}</ref> After moving back to Ghana, he returned in Italy with his family at the age of 11, settling down in Pino Torinese.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gianlucadimarzio.com/it/genitori-ghanesi-nato-a-palermo-ed-esploso-al-nord-balotelli-no-ima-gyasi-segno-per-la-carrarese-ma-sogno-la-a-con-il-toro |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201093912/https://gianlucadimarzio.com/it/genitori-ghanesi-nato-a-palermo-ed-esploso-al-nord-balotelli-no-ima-gyasi-segno-per-la-carrarese-ma-sogno-la-a-con-il-toro |date=13 October 2015 |publisher=GianlucaDiMarzio.com |archive-date=1 February 2020 |language=it |title=Genitori ghanesi, nato a Palermo ed esploso al Nord. Balotelli? No. Ima Gyasi: "Segno per la Carrarese ma sogno la A con il Toro"}}</ref> He became an Italian citizen in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iltirreno.it/pistoia/cronaca/2017/02/01/news/adesso-e-italiano-il-calciatore-della-pistoiese-emmanuel-gyasi-1.14808464 |publisher=Il Tirreno |date=1 February 2017 |accessdate=11 July 2023 |title=Adesso è italiano il calciatore della Pistoiese Emmanuel Gyasi |language=it}}</ref>
==Career statistics== === Club === {{updated|match played 25 May 2025}}<ref>{{Soccerway|emanuel-quartsin-gyasi/332745}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup{{efn|Includes Coppa Italia, Coppa Italia Serie C}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Pisa (loan) |2014–15 |Lega Pro |2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||3||0 |- |Mantova (loan) |2014–15 |Lega Pro |16||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||16||1 |- |Carrarese (loan) |2015–16 |Lega Pro |24||5||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||24||5 |- |Pistoiese (loan) |2016–17 |Lega Pro |36||5||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||38||5 |- |Südtirol (loan) |2017–18 |Serie C |34||4||1||0||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|Appearance(s) in Serie C play-off}}||0||37||4 |- |rowspan="6"|Spezia |2018–19 |rowspan="2"|Serie B |31||3||2||0||colspan="2"|—||1{{efn|name=SB|Appearance(s) in Serie B play-off}}||0||34||3 |- |2019–20 |33||8||2||1||colspan="2"|—||4{{efn|name=SB}}||1||39||10 |- |2020–21 |rowspan="3"|Serie A |37||4||2||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||39||5 |- |2021–22 |36||6||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||37||6 |- |2022–23 |35||2||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||36||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !172!!23!!8!!2!!colspan="2"|—!!5!!1!!185!!26 |- |rowspan="3"|Empoli |2023–24 |Serie A |33||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||34||1 |- |2024–25 |Serie A |37||2||6||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||43||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !70!!3!!7!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!77!!3 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !354!!41!!19!!2!!colspan="2"|—!!7!!1!!380!!44 |}
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==External links== * {{Soccerway|emanuel-quartsin-gyasi/332745}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gyasi, Emmanuel}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Palermo Category:Ghanaian men's footballers Category:Ghana men's international footballers Category:Italian men's footballers Category:Italian people of Ghanaian descent Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Torino FC players Category:Pisa SC players Category:Mantova 1911 players Category:Carrarese Calcio 1908 players Category:FC Pistoiese SSD players Category:Spezia Calcio players Category:FC Südtirol players Category:Empoli FC players Category:Palermo FC players Category:Serie A players Category:Serie B players Category:Serie C players Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen Category:21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen
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