Courage Pekuson

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Courage Pekuson
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-01-02) 2 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Ghana
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Safa
Number 23
Youth career
2014–2016 Al-Nasr
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 → Sohar SC (loan) 16 (6)
2016–2017 Koper 23 (4)
2017–2019 Kerala Blasters 30 (2)
2022-2023 Safa 25 (5)
International career
2015–2016 Ghana U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:51, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

Courage Pekuson (born 2 January 1995) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who play as an attacking midfielder for Lebanese Premier League club Safa.

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Club career

Sohar SC

Pekuson joined Sohar on loan from Al-Nasr in the 2014–2015 season.[ citation needed ]

Koper

Pekuson signed for Slovenian PrvaLiga side Koper in August 2016. [1] He made his professional debut for the club on 20 August against NK Radomlje. He came on as a 61st-minute substitute for Joel Valencia as Koper won 3–0. [2] Pekuson scored his first goal for the club on 22 October against NK Domžale. His 2nd-minute goal gave Koper the lead but the club still ended the match losing 3–1. [3] In March 2017, Pekuson received Player of the Week honours for the Slovenian PrvaLiga after he scored a brace 11 March 2017 against NK Radomlje. [4]

Kerala Blasters

On 10 August 2017 it was announced that Pekuson had signed with the Blasters of the Indian Super League. He made his debut on 17 November 2017 in a home game against ATK which ended in a tie, 0-0. [5] He scored his first goal in a 1–3 loss to Bengaluru FC. Pekuson continued his stint with the Blasters FC in the 2018–19 season.[ citation needed ]

Safa

In July 2022, Pekuson joined Lebanese Premier League side Safa. [6]

International career

Pekuson represented the Ghana U23 side. [1]

Career statistics

As of 16 March 2019 [7]
ClubSeasonLeagueLeague CupDomestic CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Koper 2016–17 PrvaLiga 234——10——244
Kerala Blasters 2017–18 ISL 1710010——181
2018–19 ISL 1310000——131
Blasters total302001000312
Career total536003000566

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ghana U23 midfielder Courage Pekuson joins Slovenian Club Koper FC". Ghana Sports Online. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Koper 3-0 Radomlje". Soccerway.
  3. ↑ "Koper 1-3 Domzale". Soccerway.
  4. ↑ "Ghana's Courage Pekuson adjudged Player of the Week in Slovenia". Football Ghana. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Courage Pekuson signs with Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
  6. ↑ "الصفاء اللبناني يعلن وصول بيكيسون وأوودي". كووورة. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  7. ↑ Courage Pekuson at Soccerway
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