John Antwi

Dreams F.C.

The footballing career of John Antwi began with Dreams F.C., a Ghanaian club in the Ghana Division Two league at the time. While playing for Dreams F.C. he was invited to the 2010–2011 preseason training programme of Accra Hearts of Oak. The invitation was proved fruitful as his form showed by scoring five goals in seven friendly matches.

Sekondi Eleven Wise

Antwi began his professional football career with Sekondi Eleven Wise in Sekondi in 2011. His performances for Eleven Wise earned him trials with Egyptian sides Al Ahly and Beni Suef Telephones. He played for the Ghanaian club for a year before being sold to Egyptian club Ismaily in 2012.

Ismaily SC

Antwi joined Egyptian Premier League side Ismaily in December 2012 on a five-year deal. He was purchased for two hundred and fifty thousand US$. Antwi settled quickly to life in the Egyptian league. In his first season with Ismaily SC he scored a total of nine goals in as many official games he played with them. Prior to the cancellation of the Egyptian Premier League due to the June 2013 political crisis, John scored two goals in CAF Confederation Cup matches, two goals in the Egypt Cup and five goals in the Egyptian Premier League. As at the end of the day two of the 2013–2014 Egyptian Premier League, Antwi was the leading top scorer with four goals. By the time his second season with Egyptian league side Ismaily ended, he had scored 11 goals in 16 matches to win the top scorer of…

Youth career

Antwi was named as a member of the provisional team for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey.

Senior career

The goal scoring exploits of John Antwi are closely monitored in his home country of Ghana. In mid-2013 there were several calls for the player to be included in the Ghana national team, the Black Stars, for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. Though the player was omitted from the national team, his form has continued to encourage the handlers of the national team who continue to watch his progress. He was called up to the senior Ghana squad for a World Cup qualifier against Uganda in October 2017. On 10 October 2017, he made his debut after coming on at half-time for Raphael Dwamena in a 3–0 victory over Saudi Arabia. After two years, he received call ups to the national team for 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sudan November 2020. He came on in the 67th minute with Ghana eventually losing to Sudan through a goal in the 90th minute. He received a call up to the team for the subsequent matches last matches against South Africa and São Tomé and Príncipe but didn't feature in any of them.

International

Al Ahly

Egyptian Premier League: 2015–16, 2016–17 Egyptian FA Cup runner up: 2015, 2016 Pyramids

CAF Confederation Cup runner-up: 2019–20 Egyptian FA Cup runner up: 2018–19 Individual

Egyptian Premier League top scorer: 2013–14 Egyptian FA Cup top scorer: 2015, 2018–19 Records

All-time highest foreign scorer in the Egyptian Premier league: 78 goals All-time highest foreign scorer in all competitions with Egyptian clubs: 102 goals

Nomination

In October 2024, he was nominated for the Men's Interclub Player of the Year category at the 2024 CAF Awards.