Kingsford Adjei

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Kingsford Adjei
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-21) 21 January 1999 (age 25) [1]
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
One Knoxville
Number 45
Youth career
2011–2016 Right to Dream Academy
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018 Quincy Hawks 18 (9)
2019–2021 Dayton Flyers 36 (21)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Westfields
2019 Asheville City SC 1 (0)
2019 Dayton Dutch Lions 12 (3)
2021 Des Moines Menace 6 (5)
2022–2023 South Georgia Tormenta 59 (10)
2024– One Knoxville 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 October 2023

Kingsford Adjei (born 21 January 1999) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger for One Knoxville in the USL League One.

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Career

Youth

Adjei played with the Right to Dream Academy in Ghana for five years, where he was named the Academy Student of the Year. [2] [3]

College & amateur

In 2016, Adjei moved to the United Kingdom to attend Hartpury College and played non-league football with Westfields while studying. [4] [5] [6]

In 2018, Adjei moved to the United States to play college soccer at Quincy University. In his freshman season, he scored nine goals and tallied two assists for the Hawks in 18 appearances. [7] Adjei transferred to the University of Dayton in 2019, going on to make 36 appearances with the Flyers, scoring 21 goals and adding 12 assists to his name. He was named Midfielder of the Year twice for the Atlantic 10 Conference and made the A-10 First Team in three consecutive seasons. [8]

In 2019, Adjei played with National Premier Soccer League club Asheville City SC, making a single appearance. [9] and also with USL League Two side Dayton Dutch Lions later in the summer. [10] During the 2021 season, Adjei appeared for USL League Two side Des Moines Menace, scoring five goals in six games, helping the team to win the USL League Two Championship. [11]

Professional

On 11 January 2022, Adjei was selected 56th-overall in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft by New York City FC. [12] On 18 February 2022, Adjei signed his first professional deal, joining USL League One club South Georgia Tormenta ahead of their 2022 season. [13] He made his professional debut on 2 April 2022, starting in a 1–0 loss to North Carolina FC. [14] On December 22, 2023, Adjei made the move to One Knoxville ahead of their 2024 season in the USL League One. [15]

Honors

Des Moines Menace

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References

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  2. "Dayton's Kingsford Adjei is the next star from the Right to Dream Academy - Beautiful Game Network". 2 April 2021.
  3. "Kingsford Adjei" . Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  4. "Westfields – Bromsgrove Sporting – Bromsgrove Sporting Football Club" . Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  5. "FOOTBALL: Westfields' Ghanaian star on his dream to play professional football". Hereford Times. 19 September 2017.
  6. "Hartpury College link helps Fields through fixture pile-up | The Bolton News". www.theboltonnews.co.uk. 18 April 2018.
  7. "Kingsford Adjei - Men's Soccer". Quincy University Athletics.
  8. "Kingsford Adjei - Men's Soccer". University of Dayton Athletics.
  9. "Game Report | National Premier Soccer League". npsl.bonzidev.com.
  10. "Dayton Dutch Lions | uslleaguetwo.com". www.uslleaguetwo.com. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  11. "Des Moines Menace | uslleaguetwo.com". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  12. FC, New York City. "New York City FC Drafts Three Players In 2022 MLS SuperDraft". New York City FC.
  13. "Tormenta FC Signs Midfielder Kingsford Adjei". 18 February 2022.
  14. "Match Center | USLLeagueOne.com". www.uslleagueone.com. 2 April 2022.
  15. Staff, USLLeagueOne com (22 December 2023). "League One, League Two champion Kingsford Adjei joins Knoxville". USL League One.