John Pelu

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John Pelu
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-02-02) 2 February 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth Burkina Faso
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position Striker
Youth career
Helsingborg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2004 Helsingborg 22 (1)
2002 → Ängelholm (loan)
2005–2006 Öster
2006 → Kongsvinger (loan)
2006–2007 Kongsvinger
2008–2009 Rosenborg 6 (1)
2009 → Haugesund (loan) 1 (0)
2009–2010 Haugesund 36 (6)
2011 FK Mughan
2011–2012 Ravan Baku
Managerial career
2014–2020 Strindheim
2021 Orkla
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Pelu (born 2 February 1982) is a Swedish football coach and former player.

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Playing career

Born in Burkina Faso, Pelu grew up in Ghana, [2] and moved to Helsingborg in Sweden in 1986. [3]

Pelu played for Helsingborg, Ängelholm, Öster, Kongsvinger, Rosenborg, Haugesund, FK Mughan and Ravan Baku. [1]

He was initially on loan at Kongsvinger from Öster, the deal later becoming permanent. [3] He said that the move from Sweden to Norway caused his relationship with his girlfriend to end. [2]

After signing for Rosenborg, he moved on loan to Haugesund, [4] with that loan also later becoming permanent. [5]

In March 2009, he went on trial with the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer. [6]

Coaching career

Pelu became head coach of Strindheim IL in March 2014. After seven seasons, he was hired by Orkla FK ahead of the 2021 season. [7] [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "John Pelu » Profile". www.worldfootball.net.
  2. 1 2 Geisner, Petter (26 April 2007). "KIL kostet ham kjæresten". Glåmdalen.
  3. 1 2 Ballklub, Rosenborg. "John Pelu spillerprofil - rbk.no". www.rbk.no.
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110607095342/http://www.rbk.no/incoming/article133734.ece
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110607050536/http://www.rbk.no/incoming/article146211.ece
  6. ↑ "Seattle has dream debut; Pelu on trial with Dynamo". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
  7. ↑ "Pelu forlenger som trener" (in Norwegian). Strindheim IL. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "John Pelu blir ny Orkla-trener" (in Norwegian). Orkla FK. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2023.


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