Emanuel Quartsin Gyasi (born 11 January 1994) is a professional footballer and plays as a forward or left winger for Serie B 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.[2]
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.[3][4]
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.[5]
Personal life
Gyasi was born in Palermo to Ghanaian parents, living in the Sicilian capital until the age of four.[6] After moving back to Ghana, he returned in Italy with his family at the age of 11, settling down in Pino Torinese.[7] He became an Italian citizen in 2017.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 25 May 2025[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pisa (loan) | 2014–15 | Lega Pro | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mantova (loan) | 2014–15 | Lega Pro | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| Carrarese (loan) | 2015–16 | Lega Pro | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 5 | ||
| Pistoiese (loan) | 2016–17 | Lega Pro | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 5 | ||
| Südtirol (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie C | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 37 | 4 | |
| Spezia | 2018–19 | Serie B | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | 34 | 3 | |
| 2019–20 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | 4[c] | 1 | 39 | 10 | |||
| 2020–21 | Serie A | 37 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 39 | 5 | |||
| 2021–22 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 6 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 172 | 23 | 8 | 2 | — | 5 | 1 | 185 | 26 | |||
| Empoli | 2023–24 | Serie A | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 37 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 43 | 2 | |||
| Total | 70 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 77 | 3 | ||||
| Career total | 354 | 41 | 19 | 2 | — | 7 | 1 | 380 | 44 | |||
- ↑ Includes Coppa Italia, Coppa Italia Serie C
- ↑ Appearance(s) in Serie C play-off
- 1 2 Appearance(s) in Serie B play-off
References
- ↑ "Emmanuel Gyasi". Spezia Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 17 September 2014.
- ↑ "Gyasi è rosanero". Palermo FC. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ↑ "Emmanuel Gyasi al Palermo" [Emmanuel Gyasi to Palermo] (in Italian). Empoli FC. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ "Match Report of South Africa vs Ghana - 2021-03-25 - Total Africa Cup of Nations Qualification". Global Sports Archive. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ↑ "Da Palermo alla Nazionale del Ghana, la storia di Emmanuel Gyasi" (in Italian). Giornale di Sicilia. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ↑ "Genitori ghanesi, nato a Palermo ed esploso al Nord. Balotelli? No. Ima Gyasi: "Segno per la Carrarese ma sogno la A con il Toro"" (in Italian). GianlucaDiMarzio.com. 13 October 2015. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020.
- ↑ "Adesso è italiano il calciatore della Pistoiese Emmanuel Gyasi" (in Italian). Il Tirreno. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ↑ Emanuel Gyasi at Soccerway
External links
- Emanuel Gyasi at Soccerway