The name George Owusu, may not be well known in soccer circles, especially in Ghana, but the 22-year old Ghanaian with CAPS United, a premier division team in Zimbabwe, is literally deified in that country.
His exploits in Zimbabwe have made many sports journalists, wonder why the young, ebony black chap has never received a call up to feature for the senior national soccer team, the Black Stars.
A fortnight ago, when the Black Stars stormed Harare for the Cup of Nations qualifier, George Owusu's eminent face was splashed on the front page of the Herald, a leading newspaper in that country, after banging in a hat trick in a 4-2 thrashing of Dynamos.
CAPS and Dynamos happen to be the two top teams in Zimbabwe and the match obviously was a top of the pack encounter of the pairings for that week.
But perhaps what made that match very special was the fact that Owusu had just joined CAPS from rivals Dynamos after his contract had expired.
Owusu featured prominently for Dynamos in the champion's League two years ago and scored four goals for his club.
The young player started his carrier with Young Kotoko FC in 1993, moved to Fantomas a year later before having an insignificant stint with Accra Hearts of Oak.
He later joined Union Sports De Bafan in Cameroon, had a stint with Hellenic FC in South Africa before finally moving to Harare.
As a budding star George Owusu had a national call to the Black Starlets, Ghana under-17 team before his 15th birthday.
He was the second highest goal scorer, in the division one league in Cameroon while with Bafan, scoring 16 goals. George hit the net four times for Dynamos in the 1999 CAF Champions League.
Apart from his striking roles, George also functions effectively in the midfield.
