Kamal Sowah

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Kamal Sowah
Personal information
Full name Kamal Sowah [1]
Date of birth (2000-01-09) 9 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Sabon Zango, Ghana
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Club Brugge
Youth career
0000–2018 Right to Dream Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 Leicester City 0 (0)
2018–2021 → OH Leuven (loan) 67 (11)
2021– Club Brugge 36 (0)
2022 → AZ (loan) 8 (0)
2023–2024 → Standard Liège (loan) 27 (2)
International career‡
2022– Ghana 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2022

Kamal Sowah (born 9 January 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge and the Ghana national team.

Contents

Club career

Leicester City

After a successful trial, Sowah signed his first professional contract with Leicester City on 31 January 2018, tying him to the club until the summer of 2022. [2] Later that same day Sowah was loaned to Oud-Heverlee Leuven, a club also owned by King Power, for one and a half seasons to gain more experience. [3] Sowah played his first match on 14 April 2018, coming on as a substitute for Joeri Dequevy in a 2–0 win at Waasland-Beveren. [4] On 23 August 2019, Sowah scored his first two professional goals in a 6–0 victory against RFC Wetteren in the Belgian Cup. [5]

Club Brugge

On 27 August 2021, Sowah joined Club Brugge for an undisclosed fee. [6]

AZ Alkmaar (loan)

On 31 January 2022, Sowah was loaned to AZ Alkmaar in Dutch Eredivisie until the end of the season. [7]

Return to Club Brugge

In the 2022–23 season Sowah returned to Club Brugge. On 13 September 2022, he scored his first goal for the club, in a 4–0 away win at FC Porto in the UEFA Champions League. [8] On 4 October, Sowah scored again in the competition, in a 2–0 home win over Atlético Madrid. [9]

Standard Liège (loan)

On 6 September 2023, Club Brugge sent Sowah on a season-long loan with an option-to-buy to fellow Belgian Pro League side Standard Liège. [10] [11]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 March 2023 [12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leicester City 2017–18 Premier League 000000——00
OH Leuven (loan) 2017–18 Belgian First Division B 4000———40
2018–19 2010———30
2019–20 27322———295
2020–21 Belgian First Division A 34820———368
Total671152———7213
Club Brugge 2021–22 Belgian First Division A9030—5 [lower-alpha 1] 000170
2022–23 Belgian Pro League27010—7 [lower-alpha 1] 21 [lower-alpha 2] 0362
Total36040—12210532
AZ Alkmaar (loan) 2021–22 Eredivisie 8010—2 [lower-alpha 3] 0110
Standard Liège (loan) 2023–24 Belgian Pro League0000———00
Career total11111102001421013615
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Club Brugge

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References

  1. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Ghana (GHA)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 14. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ghanaian youngster Kamal Sowah pens Leicester City deal". Ghanasoccernet.com. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Toptalent for OHL" [Toptalent voor OHL]. ohl.be. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "WAASLAND-BEVEREN VS. OH LEUVEN 0 - 2". Soccerway. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "OH LEUVEN VS. RFC WETTEREN 6 - 0". Soccerway. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Kamal Sowah signs for Club Brugge". Leicester City FC. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Sowah winteraanwinst AZ" (Press release) (in Dutch). AZ. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Noite de horror no Dragão deixa FC Porto em último" [Horror night in Dragão leaves FC Porto in last] (in European Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Perfect Brugge beat Atletico as Griezmann blows penalty". beIN SPORTS. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Kamal SOWAH en prêt au Standard" [Kamal Sowah on loan at Standard] (in French). Standard de Liège. 6 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "Loan spell at Standard Liège for Kamal Sowah". Club Brugge. 6 September 2023.
  12. ↑ Kamal Sowah at Soccerway
  13. ↑ Oludare, Shine (17 July 2022). "Odoi, Sowah, Mata and Mbamba win Belgian Super Cup with Club Brugge". Goal. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
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