Cardiff-born but of Ghanaian heritage, this tough-tackling centre-of-the-park enforcer began life, in a footballing sense, at the Crystal Palace academy.
Although, it would be in another part of South London where he’d make his debut for AFC Wimbledon. Coming off the back of a first loan period at Leatherhead, that August 2022 League Cup tie against Aston Villa turned out to be one of only a handful of senior appearances for the Dons, as a temporary spell at Carshalton Athletic saw him notch his maiden senior strike against Cray Wanderers in the Isthmian Premier Division.
A brief loan move to then National League South Dartford pre-empted a swift return to his parent club to score his first goal for them in an EFL Trophy tussle against Crawley Town.
Despite making his Football League bow at Rochdale, this wombling Wimble-don ended 2022/23 at Potters Bar Town and Metropolitan Police.
After his exit from Plough Lane, Kwaku headed back on a permanent basis to Carshalton for two years, with his impressive performances catching the attention of the Rebels.