Lennard Sowah

Portsmouth

Sowah originally came to England after receiving interest from Arsenal. He left Arsenal and joined Portsmouth, where he forced himself onto the periphery of the first team under both Paul Hart and Avram Grant. He was rewarded with the squad number 46 and made his first appearance on the Portsmouth bench in the League Cup win against Carlisle United. He was also named on the bench in FA Cup games against Coventry City and Sunderland. Sowah made his Premier League debut in April 2010 against Blackburn Rovers, as a substitute for Richard Hughes. His next appearance came in a 0–0 draw against Wigan Athletic, in which he played the whole of the second half. On 18 April 2010, playing against Aston Villa, Sowah became the first player born after the Premier League was formed to start a Premier League match. He was born eight days after the first Premier League matches were played. Sowah's Premier League appearances came as Portsmouth were preparing for the 2010 FA Cup Final against Chelsea, however he was an injury doubt for the final and ultimately did not feature.

Hamburger SV

On 6 July 2010, Sowah returned to his hometown and signed for Hamburger SV on a free transfer.

Millwall (loan)

Having not made a single senior appearance for Hamburger SV, he signed on loan for Championship side Millwall until the end of the season on 31 January 2012, his first return to English football since his release from Portsmouth. He failed to make an…

Sowah was born to Ghanaian parents in Hamburg and as such, has both German and Ghanaian citizenship. He has represented Germany at under-16, under-18 level and under-19 level. The Ghanaian FA also declared interest in having him represent their under-20 side.

As of 20 June 2019