Kosi Saka

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Kosi Saka
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-02-04) 4 February 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Sportfreunde Baumberg
Youth career
SV Gadderbaum
0000–2000 Arminia Bielefeld
2000–2005 Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2007 Borussia Dortmund 11 (0)
2007–2009 Hamburger SV 0 (0)
2008Carl Zeiss Jena (loan) 7 (0)
2010–2014 KFC Uerdingen 130 (13)
2014– Sportfreunde Baumberg 131 (18)
International career
2008 DR Congo 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:54, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Kosi Saka (born 4 February 1986) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for German Oberliga side Sportfreunde Baumberg. [1] He made three appearances for the DR Congo national team in 2008.

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Club career

In the 2006–07 season, Saka played for FC Carl Zeiss Jena on loan from Hamburger SV. After being released by Hamburger SV in July 2009, he spent a half year without a club, and on 10 January 2010, he signed for KFC Uerdingen. [2]

International career

Born in Zaire, Saka earned three caps for the DR Congo national team. [3]

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References

  1. "Saka, Kosi" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  2. "Der nächste Ex-Profi unterschreibt" (in German). RevierSport. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  3. "Kosi Saka". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 July 2013.