Kwame Poku

Kwame Afriyie Adubofour Poku (born 11 August 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Colchester United.

Kwame Poku
Personal information
Full name Kwame Afriyie Adubofour Poku[1]
Date of birth (2001-08-11) 11 August 2001[2]
Place of birth Croydon, England
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Colchester United
Number 23
Youth career
Cray Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Cray Wanderers 0 (0)
2019 Worthing 12 (2)
2019– Colchester United 54 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:54, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Career

Born in Croydon,[3] Poku joined Worthing from Cray Wanderers in February 2019. With Worthing, he made one senior appearance in the Kent Senior Cup and scored twice in twelve appearances in the 2018–19 Isthmian League. In May 2019, following a successful trial, he signed for Colchester United.[4]

On 3 September 2019, Poku made his professional debut for Colchester in a 3–2 EFL Trophy win against Gillingham.[5] He scored his first professional goal on 21 September 2019 in Colchester's 2–1 victory against Leyton Orient.[6]

On 5 December 2019, Poku signed a new two-and-a-half year deal with Colchester to keep him with the Essex club until summer 2022.[7]

Personal life

Born in England, Poku is of Ghanaian descent.[8]

Career statistics
As of 29 January 2021.[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Colchester United 2019–20[9] League Two 29510206[lower-alpha 1]0385
2020–21[10] League Two 25010102[lower-alpha 2]1291
Career total 545203081676
  1. Four appearances in EFL Trophy, two appearances in EFL League Two play-offs
  2. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. Kwame Poku at Soccerway
  3. "Colchester United". FootballSquads. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  4. "Starlet Kwame Poku tipped to challenge for Colchester United first-team spot following arrival from Worthing". Worthing Herald. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  5. "Gillingham vs. Colchester United 2–3". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  6. "Colchester United 2–1 Leyton orietn". BBC Sport. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  7. "Kwame Poku: Colchester United striker agrees new contract at League Two club". BBC Sport. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  8. "Ghanaian Prodigy Kwame Poku in the double for Colchester". www.ghanaweb.com. 8 March 2020.
  9. "Games played by Kwame Poku in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  10. "Games played by Kwame Poku in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 August 2020.


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