Gilbert Koomson
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File:Gilbert Koomson (left) and Milan Jevtović, Sogndal-Rosenborg 07-15-2017.jpg Koomson in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 September 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Duhok | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2010 | Ajax Accra FC | ||
| 2011 | BEC Tero Sasana | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | BEC Tero Sasana | 46 | (7) |
| 2013 | → Samut Songkhram (loan) | 12 | (6) |
| 2013 | → Sogndal (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Sogndal | 56 | (10) |
| 2018–2020 | Brann | 72 | (11) |
| 2020–2021 | Kasımpaşa | 22 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Bodø/Glimt | 20 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Aalesund (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2023 | Sandefjord | 25 | (1) |
| 2024 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 7 | (0) |
| 2024– | Duhok | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | Ghana U16 | 7 | (2) |
| 2011 | Ghana U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015 | Ghana U23 | ||
| 2016 | Ghana | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 June 2015 | |||
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Gilbert Koomson (born 9 September 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Iraq stars league team Duhok SC.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Koomson was born in Accra, Ghana. He played for BEC Tero Sasana in the Thai FA Youth Cup and also being call to Ghana national under-17 team.
Previously, he spent time in the Ajax Accra F.C. in Ghana. Stoke City called him to go on trial but he had a problem with a visa and thus was unable to earn a work permit. He came to Thailand to improve his career of professional footballer under the guidance and recommendation from BEC Tero Sasana Technical Director Peter Butler, (Ex West Ham United) who was coaching Koomson while he was guest coaching at the Manchester City academy in Accra Ghana.
Koomson went to European football when signing for Sogndal in Norway. After two seasons at Sogndal, Koomson signed for Brann ahead of the 2018 season.[1]
International career
[edit | edit source]Koomson was called up to the senior Ghana side for a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Uganda in October 2016.[2] In 2016, Koomson debuted for Ghana against South Africa.
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 13 November 2022[3]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Samutsongkhram (loan) | 2013 | Thai League 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 6 | |
| Sogndal (loan) | 2013 | Eliteserien | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| Police Tero | 2014 | Thai League 1 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 26 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | |||
| Total | 46 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 46 | 7 | |||
| Sogndal | 2016 | Eliteserien | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 31 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 31 | 8 | |||
| Total | 56 | 10 | 6 | 1 | — | 62 | 11 | |||
| Brann | 2018 | Eliteserien | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2020 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 8 | |||
| Total | 72 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 11 | ||
| Kasımpaşa | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |
| Bodø/Glimt | 2021 | Eliteserien | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 2022 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 32 | 3 | ||
| Total | 20 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 41 | 4 | ||
| Sandefjord (loan) | 2023 | Eliteserien | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| Total | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2023–24 | Israeli Premier League | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Duhok | 2024–25 | Iraq Stars League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 278 | 37 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 316 | 39 | ||
Honours
[edit | edit source]Bodø/Glimt
Individual
[edit | edit source]- Eliteserien Top assist provider: 2016
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- profile at goal.com
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Accra
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Ghana men's international footballers
- Police Tero F.C. players
- Samutsongkhram F.C. players
- Sogndal Fotball players
- SK Brann players
- Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers
- FK Bodø/Glimt players
- Aalesunds FK players
- Sandefjord Fotball players
- Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players
- Duhok SC players
- Thai League 1 players
- Eliteserien players
- Süper Lig players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Iraq Stars League players
- Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
- Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Iraq
- Men's association football forwards
- Men's association football wingers
- 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen
- Ghanaian football biography stubs