Randy Edwini-Bonsu (born April 20, 1990) is a Canadian soccer player who last played for

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in the

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Club career

Early career

Edwini-Bonsu started playing soccer when his family immigrated from Ghana to

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in 2002. He played club soccer for the Green & Gold Soccer Club at the

University of Alberta The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexander Cameron Ruth ...

in Edmonton and, from 2004 and 2006, was a member of the Alberta provincial team, leading his province to a gold medal victory at the 2006 Canadian All-Star Championship. At club level, Edwini-Bonsu played for Southwest United of the Edmonton Interdistrict Youth Soccer Association (EIYSA) between 2003 and 2006, and in his last year with the club he took Southwest United U-16's to an Alberta provincial title and a second-place finish at Canadian Club Championship in Moncton, New Brunswick. In 2007, he trained with the U-18 and reserve sides of French club

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Vancouver Whitecaps

Later in 2007 he signed with the youth academy of

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side

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. He played for Whitecaps' development team, Vancouver Whitecaps Residency, in the

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, helping the team to the Conference Finals in its inaugural season, scoring nine goals in 15 games along the way. Following the conclusion of the 2008 PDL season, Edwini-Bonsu was called up to the senior

team, and made his professional debut on August 20, 2008, in a 0–0 tie with the Seattle Sounders.

AC Oulu

In 2011, Edwini-Bonsu played for Finnish

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side AC Oulu.

Eintracht Braunschweig

On November 22, 2011, it was announced that Edwini-Bonsu had signed a contract with

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...

through June 2013, after impressing in two friendlies while on trial, scoring a total of four goals. Edwini-Bonsu made his debut in Germany on February 5, 2012, in a 2–1 defeat to

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, he came on as a second half sub for Mathias Fetsch. On March 4, 2012, Edwini-Bonsu made his home debut in a league game for

as a sub for Damir Vrančić (32nd minute). This substitution set the basics for Eintracht beating Hansa Rostock 3–2: Edwini-Bonsu initiated an attack that led to Braunschweig's second goal. In minute 79, Edwini-Bonsu was fouled which led to the final result by a directly converted free-kick from Nico Zimmermann. His good performance in this match got confirmed by

's fans who have voted him as the "Player of the Day". However, subsequently Edwini-Bonsu could not establish himself as a regular at the club, and his contract was not renewed at the end of the

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season.

Stuttgarter Kickers

After six months without a club, he signed for

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side

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in January 2014.

VfR Aalen

After his contract had not been renewed, he moved to fellow leaguer

VfR Aalen Verein für Rasenspiele 1921 Aalen e.V., known simply as VfR Aalen, is a German football club based in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg. The football team is part of a larger sports club which also offers its members gymnastics, table tennis, and chee ...

on June 30, 2015, signing a contract until 2017.

FC Edmonton

In November 2018, Edwini-Bonsu signed with

club

. He made his debut for Edmonton on May 4 against

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. On November 4, Edmonton announced Edwini-Bonsu would be leaving the club.

International career

Youth

On November 12, 2008, he was called to a Canada U-20 training camp in Switzerland. Edwini-Bonsu represented Canada at the

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; Canada finished fourth in Group B. Edwini-Bonsu was later called up to a U-20 camp for Canada in November 2008 which included an exhibition match against U-21 from

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on November 24 in Bern and then an international friendly match against Switzerland on November 26, 2008, in

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. He tied for the goal-scoring lead with three goals in three games at the 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship even though Canada didn't advance past the group stage. In January 2010, he was called up for the U-23 of Canada alongside his teammate

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Senior

On January 31, 2010, he earned his first cap for the Canada national men's soccer team in a friendly match against

. Edwini-Bonsu didn't return to Canada's senior team until March 22, 2013, when he received his second cap in a friendly against Japan. On June 27, 2013, Edwini-Bonsu was listed as a part of the confirmed 23-man squad for Colin Miller's Canada squad for

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. Edwini-Bonsu scored his first goal for Canada in a friendly against

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on March 30, 2015.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.''

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edwini-Bonsu, Randy 1990 births Living people Men's association football forwards Canadian soccer players Ghanaian footballers Soccer players from Edmonton Footballers from Kumasi Ghanaian emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada Black Canadian men's soccer players Canadian expatriate soccer players Ghanaian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Finland Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate footballers in Germany Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Whitecaps FC Academy players Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players AC Oulu players Eintracht Braunschweig players Eintracht Braunschweig II players Stuttgarter Kickers players VfR Aalen players FC 08 Homburg players Tennis Borussia Berlin players FC Edmonton players USL League Two players USL First Division players USSF Division 2 Professional League players Ykkönen players 2. Bundesliga players Oberliga (football) players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Canadian Premier League players Canada men's youth international soccer players Canada men's under-23 international soccer players Canada men's international soccer players 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players