- Andy Ansah
Andy Ansah (born
19 March 1969 inLewisham ,London ,England ,UK )is an English football player andactor .He played for six Football League teams in his career, most notably Southend United, where he played 157 league games and scored 33 goals during the early to mid 1990s, when they played in the new Division One following two successive promotions at the beginning of the decade. Ansah left Southend in 1996, one year before they suffered the first of two successive relegations.
As an actor, he is known for portraying a player/assistant manager also named Andy Ansah on the fictional
Harchester United football team on the television series "Dream Team". In addition, he has served as a football consultant or football choreographer for other television series and films."Dream Team" plot
On "Dream Team", Ansah first joined Harchester United as a player in 1999. After his retirement he became assistant manager of Harchester for 6 years. However, when
Karl Fletcher became acting manager in 2005 whilstDon Barker was recovering from heart problems, he resigned, sick of being passed over for the job of manager yet again.External links
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* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/City_Supplements/Delhi_Times/John_to_bend_it_like_Andy/articleshow/755273.cms Andy's Latest Work]Andy also played football professionally for Crystal Palace and Brentford before moving into acting.
He has managed his son's local football team, Sydenham Sports, to the London Cup final that was played at Mile End Football Ground in East London. Some of the players in that team are thought to be future stars like Andy's son Zak Ansah, Conor Maloney and Francesco Delveccio. Zak Ansah is on the books of Arsenal and at 14, is rated as one of the clubs hottest prospects through the ranks.
Andy worked as a football choreographer and consultant for the Goal movie trilogy.
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