{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kyle Asante | image = | caption = | fullname = Kyle Emmanuel Kwabena Asante<ref name="Hugman2010-11 26">{{Cite book | editor-first = Barry J. | editor-last = Hugman | title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11 | year = 2010 | publisher = Mainstream Publishing | location = Edinburgh | isbn = 9781845966010 | page = 26 }}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|11|13|df=y}}<ref name="Hugman2010-11 26"/> | birth_place = Essex, England | height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}<ref name="Hugman2010-11 26"/> | position = Forward | currentclub = Bishop's Stortford<br>(dual registration with Great Wakering Rovers) | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2008 | youthclubs1 = Southend United | years1 = 2008–2012 | clubs1 = Southend United | caps1 = 18 | goals1 = 7 | years2 = 2008 | clubs2 = → Harlow Town (loan) | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2011 | clubs3 = → Concord Rangers (loan) | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 5 | years4 = 2011 | clubs4 = → Canvey Island (loan) | caps4 = 5 | goals4 = 6 | years5 = 2012 | clubs5 = → Thurrock (loan) | caps5 = 8 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2012–2013 | clubs6 = St Neots Town | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 2013 | clubs7 = Bishop's Stortford | caps7 = | goals7 = | years8 = 2013–2014 | clubs8 = Aveley | caps8 = | goals8 = | years9 = 2014 | clubs9 = Bishop's Stortford | caps9 = | goals9 = | years10 = 2014 | clubs10= Maldon & Tiptree | caps10= | goals10= | years11 = 2014–2015 | clubs11= Aveley | caps11= | goals11= | years12 = 2015–2016 | clubs12= Cheshunt | caps12= | goals12= | years13 = 2016 | clubs13= Witham Town | caps13= | goals13= | years14 = 2016 | clubs14= VCD Athletic | caps14= | goals14= | years15 = 2016 | clubs15= Aveley | caps15= | goals15= | years16 = 2016– | clubs16= Bishop's Stortford | caps16= | goals16= | years17 = 2016 | clubs17= → Billericay Town (dual registration) | caps17= 1 | goals17= 0 | years18 = 2016–2017 | clubs18= → Great Wakering Rovers (dual registration) | caps18= | goals18= | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | club-update = 02:47, 26 September 2016 (UTC) | ntupdate = }} '''Kyle Emmanuel Kwabena Asante''' (born 9 April 1991) is an English EX-professional footballer who plays for Bishop's Stortford

==Career== Asante was born in Chelmsford, Essex.<ref name="Hugman2010-11 26"/> He made his debut for Southend United on 7 November 2009 in their 3–0 away defeat to Gillingham in the FA Cup first round, replacing James Walker in the 83rd minute as a substitute.<ref name="Gillingham 3 - 0 Southend">{{cite news | url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/8340964.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | title = Gillingham 3 – 0 Southend | date = 2009-11-07 | access-date = 2009-11-10 }}</ref>

Asante suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury which hampered his progress with the first team. On 8 February 2011, Asante scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 against Luton Town in a reserve game which led to manager Paul Sturrock naming him in his first team squad. Asante made his league debut as a sub on 19 February 2011 replacing Blair Sturrock against Torquay United.

On 18 May 2012, Asante was one of eleven players to be released at the end of their contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/blues/9715282.Blues_axe_falls/ |title=Blues axe falls |date=18 May 2012 |publisher=echo-news.co.uk}}</ref>

He moved on to Barnet on a trial which never materialised in a contract,{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} before signing for St Neots Town in December 2012.<ref>{{cite news | title=I'm happy with how it's going – Kearns | url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/im-happy-going-kearns/story-22407535-detail/story.html | newspaper=Cambridge News | date=14 December 2012 | accessdate=26 September 2016 | archive-date=27 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927063732/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/im-happy-going-kearns/story-22407535-detail/story.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>

He then spent the first half of the 2013–14 season with Bishop's Stortford, before joining Aveley midway through the campaign. After rejoining Bishop's Stortford in the summer of 2014, he was injured in a serious car crash on the A12 major road.<ref>{{cite web | title=Kyle's back for the Blues | url=http://www.bsfc.co.uk/kyles-back-for-the-blues/ | publisher=Bishop's Stortford FC | date=6 July 2016 | accessdate=26 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Bishop's Stortford striker Kyle Asante left with 'two punctured lungs and fractured ribs' after A12 smash | url=http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/bishops-stortford-striker-kyle-asante-left-withtwo-punctured-lungs-fractured-ribs-a12-smash/story-22144513-detail/story.html | newspaper=Herts & Essex Observer | date=15 July 2014 | accessdate=26 September 2016}}</ref>

When recovered later that year he had a brief spell with Maldon & Tiptree, before returning to Aveley.<ref>{{cite web | title=Millers Return for Asante | url=http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/millers-return-for-asante-34981/ | publisher=Pitch Hero Non League | date=5 November 2014 | accessdate=26 September 2016}}</ref> In February 2015 he joined Thamesmead Town<ref>{{cite web | title=Saturday's Transfer List | url=http://www.isthmian.co.uk/saturdays-transfer-list-23228 | publisher=Pitch Hero Non League | date=February 2015 | accessdate=26 September 2016}}</ref> as a trialist.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

Further transfers that season include Cheshunt in 2015, Witham Town in January 2016, VCD Athletic in February 2016,<ref>{{cite web | title=VCD Athletic sign Kyle Asante | url=http://footballexclusives.com/vcd-athletic-sign-kyle-asante/#.V-hc9_l95aR | publisher=Football Exclusives | date=29 February 2016 | accessdate=26 September 2016}}</ref> and Aveley for the third time in March 2016,<ref>{{cite web | title=Saturday's Transfer List | url=http://www.isthmian.co.uk/saturdays-transfer-list-29769 | publisher=Pitch Hero Non League | date=12 March 2016 | accessdate=26 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=They said it.... | url=http://www.yellowad.co.uk/article.cfm?id=111337&headline=They%20said%20it%E2%80%A6.&sectionIs=sport&searchyear=2016 | newspaper=Yellow Advertiser | date=14 March 2016 | accessdate=26 September 2016}}</ref>

In July 2016 he joined Bishop's Stortford for a third spell.<ref>{{cite news | title=Former Southend United striker returns to Bishop's Stortford | url=http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/former-southend-united-striker-returns-to-bishop-s-stortford/story-29482005-detail/story.html | newspaper=Herts & Essex Observer | date=6 July 2016 | accessdate=26 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Bishop's Stortford v Hungerford Town RESULT: Blues slip up against Town | url=http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/bishop-s-stortford-v-hungerford-town-live-the-blues-look-to-return-to-winning-ways/story-29626280-detail/story.html | newspaper=Herts & Essex Observer | date=16 August 2016 | accessdate=26 September 2016}}</ref> Shortly after he signed for Billericay Town on dual registration basis to gain match fitness,<ref>{{cite web | title=Asante Duals at Billericay | url=http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/asante-duals-at-billericay-49436/ | publisher=Pitch Hero Non League | date=29 August 2016 | accessdate=26 September 2016}}</ref> but the spell was cut short by 2 September 2016<ref>{{cite web | title=Friday Night Prevew | url=http://www.billericaytownfc.co.uk/news/2812-friday-night-prevew | publisher=Billericay Town FC | date=2 September 2016 | accessdate=26 September 2016}}</ref> after making just one appearance,{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} and instead he switched to Great Wakering Rovers on similar terms on 13 September 2016.<ref>{{cite web | title=New signing | url=http://www.gwrovers.com/news/new-signing-1687148.html | publisher=Great Wakering Rovers FC | date=13 September 2016 | accessdate=26 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Asante 'Duals' With Rovers | url=http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/asante-duals-with-rovers-49827/ | publisher=Pitch Hero Non League | date=15 September 2016 | accessdate=26 September 2016}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.southendunited.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10444~49764,00.html Southend United profile] *{{Soccerbase}}

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