![]() Josh Koroma in 2025. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joshua Abdulai Koroma [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 9 November 1998||
Place of birth | Southwark, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Forward [3] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Leyton Orient | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2016 | Athenlay F.C | ||
–2016 | Leyton Orient | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2019 | Leyton Orient | 95 | (18) |
2019–2025 | Huddersfield Town | 156 | (33) |
2020 | → Rotherham United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 16 | (2) |
2025– | Leyton Orient | 5 | (3) |
International career | |||
2018 | England C | 1 | (0) |
2024– | Sierra Leone | 2 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 August 2025 |
Joshua Abdulai Koroma (born 9 November 1998 [4] ) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League One club Leyton Orient. Born in England, he plays for the Sierra Leone national team.
Koroma made his first-team debut for Leyton Orient on 9 April 2016 as a second-half substitute in a 3–0 league defeat away to Barnet. [5] He scored his first goals on 4 March 2017 with a hat-trick in a 4–0 win away to Newport County. [5]
Koroma signed for newly relegated EFL Championship club Huddersfield Town on 21 June 2019 on a three-year contract with the option of a further year for an undisclosed fee. [6]
On 31 January 2020, Koroma joined Rotherham United on a six-month loan deal. [7]
He scored his first goal for Huddersfield in a 2–1 win at Swansea City on 17 October 2020. [8] On the 8 December he scored for the third consecutive home game in the 2–0 home victory over Sheffield Wednesday. [9] In the same game he injured a hamstring and was out for over 4 months. [10] He returned for the final four games of the season, in which he scored in the away 5–2 defeat to Blackburn Rovers and 2–2 draw away to Reading FC. [11] [12]
On 1 September 2022, Koroma joined EFL League One side Portsmouth on a season-long loan, reuniting him with Danny Cowley, who managed him at Huddersfield. [13] On 11 January 2023, Portsmouth opted to end Koroma's loan. [14]
Koroma was released by Huddersfield Town at the end of the 2024–25 season. [15]
Koroma returned to Leyton Orient on 16 July 2025, signing a three year contract. [16]
Koroma made his first appearance for Sierra Leone on the 10th June 2024 in the CAF Qualifiers First Round for the World Cup 2026 against Burkina Faso as a substitute on the 78th minute for Augustus Kargbo.
Koroma is of Sierra Leonean descent. He has two sisters, Chloe and Hayley. Raised in Peckham, South London, he played football from 3 years old [17]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Leyton Orient | 2015–16 [5] | League Two | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2016–17 [18] | League Two | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 24 | 3 | |
2017–18 [19] | National League | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 [b] | 2 | 34 | 6 | ||
2018–19 [19] | National League | 39 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 [b] | 0 | 45 | 11 | ||
Total | 95 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 106 | 20 | ||
Huddersfield Town | 2019–20 [20] | Championship | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
2020–21 [21] | Championship | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 8 | ||
2021–22 [22] | Championship | 34 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 38 | 5 | ||
2022–23 [23] | Championship | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 4 | ||
2023–24 [24] | Championship | 39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 40 | 6 | ||
2024–25 [25] | League One | 37 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 [a] | 0 | 40 | 12 | |
Total | 156 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 168 | 35 | ||
Rotherham United (loan) | 2019–20 [20] | League One | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Portsmouth (loan) | 2022–23 [23] | League One | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 [a] | 3 | 24 | 5 |
Career total | 272 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 303 | 58 |
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