Jones Kusi-Asare

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Jones Kusi-Asare
Personal information
Full name Jones Kusi-Asare
Date of birth (1980-05-21) 21 May 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Kumasi, Ghana
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–1999 Vasalund
1999–2001 Djurgården 53 (12)
2002–2003 Grazer AK 24 (6)
2003 → Denizlispor (loan) 3 (0)
2003–2004 Landskrona BoIS 33 (7)
2005–2008 Djurgården 93 (28)
2009–2010 Esbjerg 9 (0)
2010 → AaB (loan) 4 (1)
2011 Assyriska FF 19 (5)
International career
2001 Sweden U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 April 2012

Jones Kusi-Asare (born 21 May 1980) is a Swedish-Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

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Career

He started his career at Vasalunds IF in the Stockholm suburb of Solna. [1] He was signed by Djurgården in 1998 [1] and made his Allsvenskan against IFK Norrköping on 11 April 1999. He struggled in the first two seasons but in 2001 he became their top goalscorer despite the fact that he often started on the bench. After spells at Grazer AK in Austria and Denizlispor in Turkey, he returned to Swedish football in 2003 when he signed for Landskrona BoIS. After two seasons there (2003 and 2004), he returned to Djurgården.

In December 2008, it was announced that he would be playing at Esbjerg fB starting from spring 2009 and signs a contract between 30 June 2011. At 1 September 2010 Esbjerg fB and AaB agreed that Kusi-Asare would join AaB on a loan-contract until 31 December 2010. [2] On 26 January 2011 Jones signed with Assyriska FF from Södertälje Sweden. [3]

Career statistics

TeamSeasonCompetitionAppsGoals
Djurgårdens IF 1999 Allsvenskan 151
2000 Superettan 153
2001 Allsvenskan227
Total5211
Grazer AK 2002–2003 Bundesliga 246
Denizlispor 2003 Süper Lig 30
Landskrona BoIS 2003 Allsvenskan113
2004 Allsvenskan224
Total337
Djurgårdens IF 2005 Allsvenskan2412
2006 Allsvenskan176
2007 Allsvenskan234
2008 Allsvenskan296
Total9328
Esbjerg fB 2008–09 Superliga 60
AaB 2010 Superliga 31
Assyriska FF 2011 Superettan195
Total23358

Honours

Djurgårdens IF [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Första nyförvärvet klart". Dif.se. Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. 8 November 1998. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
  2. ↑ Kusi-Asare til AaB Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Jones Kusi Asare klar för Assyriska! Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf Archived 30 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine [ bare URL PDF ]
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