Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 January 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | AZ Alkmaar | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2019 | FC Amsterdam | ||
2019–2021 | AZ Alkmaar | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Jong AZ | 54 | (15) |
2021– | AZ | 19 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2020 | Netherlands U16 | 2 | (0) |
2022 | Netherlands U19 | 6 | (1) |
2023– | Netherlands U21 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:18, 21 March 2024 (UTC) |
Ernest Poku (born 28 January 2004) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for AZ Alkmaar.
Having joined the club from FC Amsterdam in summer 2019, he signed his first professional contract with AZ Alkmaar in February 2020, with the contract valid until mid-2023. [2] [3] On 30 April 2021, he made his debut for Jong AZ as a substitute in a 1–0 win over Roda JC. [4] [5] He trained with the club's first team during the pre-season for the 2021–22 season, [6] and made his debut for AZ as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat to RKC Waalwijk in the opening match of the season on 14 August 2021. [7] [4]
Born in the Netherlands, Poku is of Ghanaian descent. [8] He made 2 appearances for the Netherlands national under-16 team in 2020. [9] In 2022 he was named in the Dutch U19 squad. [10] He scored his first goal for the Dutch U19 side against Ukraine U19 in June 2022. [11]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Jong AZ | 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 22 | 2 | — | — | 22 | 2 | |||
2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 15 | 2 | — | — | 15 | 2 | |||
2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 14 | 11 | — | — | 14 | 11 | |||
Total | 54 | 15 | — | — | 54 | 15 | ||||
AZ | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2022–23 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2023–24 | Eredivisie | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
Total | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
Career total | 73 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 83 | 16 |
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