Enoch Kofi Adu

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Enoch Adu
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Adu in 2018
Personal information
Full name Enoch Kofi Adu
Date of birth (1990-09-14) 14 September 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Kumasi, Ghana
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 EIF
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2006 Liberty Professionals
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2008 Liberty Professionals
2008–2010 Nice 0 (0)
2010–2013 FC Nordsjælland 79 (0)
2013–2014 Club Brugge 18 (0)
2014 → Stabæk (loan) 16 (1)
2014–2016 Malmö FF 60 (3)
2017 Akhisar Belediyespor 3 (0)
2018–2020 AIK 77 (1)
2021–2022 Mjällby 19 (0)
2023– EIF 27 (0)
International career‡
2007 Ghana U-17 6 (0)
2016– Ghana 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2016

Enoch Kofi Adu (born 14 September 1990) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Finnish club EIF.

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Club career

Early career and Nice

Born in Kumasi, Ghana, Adu started his professional career in 2006 at the local club Liberty Professionals F.C. On 23 September 2008, he moved from Liberty Professionals to French Ligue 1 club OGC Nice and signed a contract extending to 2011. [2] He completed the move with national teammate Abeiku Quansah. [3] On 26 March 2010, Adu went for a trial at Swedish club GAIS. [4] Adu later signed a contract with Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland on 16 July 2010. [5]

FC Nordsjælland

Adu quickly became an important player for FC Nordsjælland as he took a permanent position in the starting eleven. He played continuously in the league, cup, and European competitions during his first season at the club. Adu was part of the Nordsjælland squad that won the Danish Cup during the 2010–11 season, also participating in the final of the competition. Adu continued to be an important player for the club as they won their first league title in the 2011–12 season. Subsequently, the club qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League where Adu participated in all six group stage matches when Nordsjælland finished last in their group. Halfway through the 2012–13 season Adu transferred from Nordsjælland to Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge.[ citation needed ]

Club Brugge

After transferring to Belgium Adu played fairly regularly during the remainder of the 2012–13 season. However, during his second season at the club he played less regularly and was loaned to Norwegian newly promoted Tippeligaen club Stabæk until the summer of 2014.

Malmö FF

On 8 July 2014 reigning Swedish champions Malmö FF announced that they had signed Adu from Club Brugge as reinforcement for the club's campaign to qualify for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League. The transfer was originally meant to be carried out on 1 August when Adu's loan contract with Stabæk ran out, however Malmö FF has confirmed that they were in negotiations with Stabæk to acquire Adu when the Swedish transfer window opened on 15 July. At the same time it was also confirmed that Adu would wear the number 8 shirt at the club. [6] On 24 July Stabæk announced that they had agreed to terminate the loan deal prematurely for a minor compensation from Malmö FF. [7] Adu made 15 appearances for Malmö FF during the latter part of the 2014 season, helping the club defend their league title and qualify for the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League. Adu was a regular in the next Champions League campaign in 2015–16 as Malmö FF once again qualified for the group stage.

AIK

On 25 October 2017, Adu joined Swedish club AIK on a three-year contract from Akhisar Belediyespor. [8]

International career

Adu represented the Ghana national under-17 team at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Korea Republic and played six matches in the tournament. [9] Adu was called up to the senior Ghana side for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Uganda in October 2016. [10] He made his international debut in a friendly game against South Africa on 11 October 2016. [11]

Career statistics

Adu (far-right) celebrating a goal with FC Nordsjaelland teammates against Juventus in the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League. FCNCHL.jpg
Adu (far-right) celebrating a goal with FC Nordsjælland teammates against Juventus in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League.
As of 14 March 2024 [12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueDomestic Cups [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nice 2008–09 0000—00
2009–10 0000—00
Total00000000
FC Nordsjælland 2010–11 2905020360
2011–12 3202010350
2012–13 1800060240
Total7907090950
Club Brugge 2012–13 1100000110
2013–14 70000070
Total1800000180
Stabæk (loan) 2014 16122—183
Malmö FF 2014 15000100250
2015 27251100423
2016 18110—191
Total60361200864
Akhisar Belediyespor 2016–17 3040—70
AIK 2018 2705040360
2019 2706080410
2020 2315000281
Total7711601201051
Mjällby 2021 19030—220
2022 0000—00
Total1903000220
Ekenäs IF 2023 27040—310
2024 0050—50
Total2709000360
Career total29954734103878

Honours

FC Nordsjælland

Malmö FF

AIK

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  10. ↑ "Gilbert Koomson, Inusah Musah called up as Avram Grant names squad for Uganda clash". myjoyonline.com. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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