Emmanuel Quarshie (May 6, 1953 – September 16, 2013) was a Ghanaian international footballer and a coach who played as an attacking midfielder.

Biography

Emmanuel Quarshie played 1 game in

1978 African Cup of Nations The 1978 African Cup of Nations was the eleventh edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. The format of the competition changed from 1976: the field of eight tea ...

, he was the captain of Ghana's champion selection in

1982 African Cup of Nations The 1982 African Cup of Nations was the 13th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of African nations run by the CAF. It was hosted by Libya. Just like in 1980, there were eight teams, which were split into ...

with 5 games played. At club level, he is the captain of

Sekondi Hasaacas Sekondi Hasaacas FC is a Ghanaian professional association football club based in Sekondi-Takoradi. The club won the Ghana Premier League in 1977 and is currently participating in the Division One League following relegation from the 2015-16 Gh ...

, with whom he won the West African Club Championship in 1982. He then moved to Egypt and joined

Zamalek SC Zamalek Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الزمالك للألعاب الرياضية), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Giza. It is one of the most successful football clubs in Africa and the Middle East, an ...

, winning its first African Cup of Champion Clubs in 1984. He plays the last years of his career in Bahrain's Al Muharraq Club. He then became coach of

from 2001 to 2002 and All Stars from 2007 to 2013. Hospitalized in Egypt in July 2013 with the help of Zamalek club, he died from throat cancer in September at the age of 60 years in Takoradi.

Honors

Club

Sekondi Hasaacas FC

Ghana Premier League The is the top professional association football division of the football league system in Ghana. Officially formed in 1956 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition (which began in 1933 and ended in 1953–54), ...

(1): 1977 *

WAFU Cup The WAFU Nations Cup (also known as the WAFU Cup of Nations or simply the WAFU Cup) is an association football competition that is contested by representative teams of the West African Football Union. History A trophy was commissioned by Presiden ...

(1): 1982 * SWAG Cup(1): 1982-83

Zamalek

Egyptian Premier League The Egyptian Premier League ( ar, الدوري المصري الممتاز), also known as WE Egyptian Premier League (WE EPL) after the addition of title sponsor WE, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the top level of th ...

(1): 1983-84 *

African Cup of Champions Clubs The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and cont ...

(1):

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast As ...

International

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

African Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internat ...

(2):

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., Un ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quarshie, Emmanuel Ghanaian footballers Ghanaian expatriate footballers Ghana international footballers 1978 African Cup of Nations players 1980 African Cup of Nations players 1982 African Cup of Nations players Zamalek SC players FC 105 Libreville players Ghanaian football managers Deaths from cancer in Ghana Deaths from oral cancer 2013 deaths Egyptian Premier League players Association football midfielders 1953 births Sekondi Hasaacas F.C. managers Expatriate footballers in Bahrain Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain Expatriate footballers in Egypt Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Expatriate footballers in Gabon Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Gabon Ghana Premier League top scorers People from Sekondi-Takoradi