Kofi Schulz

Kofi Yeboah Schulz (born 21 July 1989), more commonly known simply as Kofi, is a Ghanaian-German professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Austrian Bundesliga club SKN St. Pölten.[1]

Not to be confused with Kofi Yeboah.

Kofi
Personal information
Full name Kofi Yeboah Schulz
Date of birth (1989-07-21) 21 July 1989
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 SKN St. Pölten
Number 21
Youth career
0000–1999 Rapide Wedding
1999–2004 Hertha BSC
2004–2008 Milton Keynes Dons
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Kempston Rovers
2011–2013 SV Babelsberg 03 6 (0)
2014–2015 KFC Uerdingen 05 49 (7)
2015–2016 Biel-Bienne 24 (0)
2016–2017 St. Gallen 20 (0)
2017–2018 Winterthur 25 (4)
2018–2019 Apollon Smyrnis 0 (0)
2019–2020 SKU Amstetten 11 (2)
2020– SKN St. Pölten 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 June 2020

Early life

Kofi Yeboah Schulz was born in Berlin, Germany. He has one older brother, Kwame Schulz (b. 1987) and one younger brother, Kwabenaboys Schulz (b. 1998), who also plays football for Regionalliga Nordost club FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin.

Career

Schulz began his career in Rapide Wedding's youth team. In Sommer 1999 he moved to Hertha BSC's youth team. In June 2004 he signed for Milton Keynes Dons and stayed there for four seasons before signing for AFC Kempston Rovers.

On 16 July 2011, he left England and moved back to Germany, where he signed a two-year contract with 3. Liga club SV Babelsberg 03. After the season 2012–13 he left Babelsberg.[2]

He signed for Regionalliga West club KFC Uerdingen 05 on January 2004.[3] After a successful league campaign, he signed for Swiss Challenge League club FC Biel-Bienne in Switzerland.[4] Schulz became widely known for his pace and gained national attention for is mesmerising solo-assist against FC Aarau.[5] He signed for Super League club FC St. Gallen 1879 in January 2016 but remained at FC Biel-Bienne until the end of the season.[6] In October 2017 he signed for Swiss Challenge League club FC Winterthur.[7]

After four goals and three assists in the Swiss Challenge League, he signed for Greek Super League club Apollon Smyrnis.[8] in August 2019 he signed for Austrian Football Second League club SKU Amstetten. He left the club on 6 February 2020, when he signed with SKN St. Pölten until the end of the season.[9]

References
  1. Thomas Lettner, "SKU Amstetten verpflichtet deutschen Abwehrspieler Kofi Schulz", "Tips Redaktion" | language = German | 28 August 2019
  2. Michael Meyer, "Von London an den Babelsberger Park", "Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten" | language = German | 16 Juli 2011
  3. "Schulz, Ammi und Sevinc unterschreiben beim KFC", "kicker" | language = German | 29 January 2014
  4. "Das Kader des FC Biel nimmt weiter Form an", "Bieler Tagblatt" | language = German | 24 June 2015
  5. "Der Usain Bolt des FC Biel: Kofi Schulz", "Blick" | language = German | 5 November 2015
  6. "St.Gallen verpflichtet Kofi Schulz", "St.Galler Tagblatt" | language = German | 23 January 2016
  7. "Kofi Schulz wechselt zum FC Winterthur", "sport.ch" | language = German | 2 October 2017
  8. "Kofi Schulz officially joins Apollon Smyrnis", "sand" | language = English | 22 June 2018
  9. Zwei Neuzugänge beim SKN St. Pölten, skysportaustria.at, 6 February 2020
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