Joachim Adukor

Joachim Adukor
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-05-02) 2 May 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Tema, Ghana
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sliema Wanderers
Number 25
Youth career
2001–2010 Parma (Ghana)
2010–2011 Emirates Sporting Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 → Gefle (loan) 0 (0)
2012–2013 Gefle 11 (0)
2014–2015 Trofense 12 (0)
2015–2016 Béziers 23 (0)
2016–2017 OFI Crete 17 (1)
2017–2019 Sarajevo 35 (3)
2019–2020 Diósgyőr 7 (0)
2020–2021 Sarajevo 21 (0)
2021–2022 Aktobe 26 (1)
2023– Sliema Wanderers 11 (2)
International career‡
2022– Liberia 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:21; 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Joachim Adukor (born 2 May 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Maltese Premier League club Sliema Wanderers. Born in Ghana, he plays for the Liberia national team.

Club career

Adukor plays as a central midfielder. He previously played for Gefle in the Swedish Allsvenskan, for Trofense in the Portuguese Segunda Liga, Béziers in France and OFI Crete in the Football League Greece.[citation needed]

On 15 August 2017, Adukor signed with Bosnian Premier League club Sarajevo.[1] In the 2018–19 season, Adukor won the double with Sarajevo, winning both the Bosnian Premier League and the Bosnian Cup.[2][3] He left Sarajevo in June 2019 after his contract with the club expired.[4]

Shortly after leaving Sarajevo, on 1 July 2019, Adukor signed a contract with Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Diósgyőri.[5] Only one year later, on 8 September 2020, he came back to Sarajevo, signing a two-year contract.[6] Adukor played his first game for Sarajevo since his return in a cup match against Radnički Lukavac on 13 October 2020.[7]

International career

In October 2011, Adukor expressed his wish to link up with the Ghana under-20 national team ahead of the 2013 African U20 Championship.[8] In June 2012, he was selected to join the squad for the forthcoming qualification campaign.[9]

In May 2015, Adukor was invited to join the Ghana under-23 side for qualifiers for the All-Africa Games and the Olympic Games.

In June 2022 Adukor switched allegiances to represent Liberia internationally.[10] He debuted for Liberia in 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on 13 June 2022 playing whole 90 minutes in a loss to Morocco.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 May 2021.[12]
Club Season League League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gefle 2011 Allsvenskan 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2012 Allsvenskan 3 0 1 0 — 4 0
2013 Allsvenskan 8 0 1 0 3 0 12 0
Total 11 0 2 0 3 0 16 0
Trofense 2014–15 LigaPro 12 0 4 1 — 16 1
Béziers 2015–16 Championnat National 23 0 1 0 — 24 0
OFI Crete 2016–17 Football League Greece 17 1 5 0 — 22 1
Sarajevo 2017–18 Bosnian Premier League 20 2 0 0 0 0 20 2
2018–19 Bosnian Premier League 15 1 0 0 4 0 19 1
Total 35 3 0 0 4 0 39 3
Diósgyőri 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 7 0 0 0 — 7 0
Sarajevo 2020–21 Bosnian Premier League 15 0 6 0 0 0 21 0
Career total 120 4 18 1 7 0 145 5

Honors

Sarajevo[12]

References

  1. ^ E.B. (15 August 2017). "Joachim Adukor potpisao dvogodišnji ugovor sa Sarajevom" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  2. ^ E.B. (15 May 2019). "FK Sarajevo osvojio Kup Bosne i Hercegovine" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  3. ^ E.B. (18 May 2019). "Sarajevo je šampion!" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  4. ^ E. Čaušević (3 June 2019). "Joachim Adukor napušta FK Sarajevo, ali ostaje u Premijer ligi BiH?" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  5. ^ E. Oštraković (1 July 2019). "Bivši nogometaš Sarajeva od danas i zvanično u Mađarskoj" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. ^ N.K. (8 September 2020). "Joachim Adukor opet u dresu Sarajeva: Nadam se tituli i treću godinu zaredom" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  7. ^ E. Čaušević (13 October 2020). "Borba za osminu finala Kupa BiH: Poznati sastavi Radničkog i Sarajeva" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Sweden based Adukor keen on Satellites". Ghanaweb. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  9. ^ "19 foreign-based players called into U-20 team". Ghanaweb. June 2012. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  10. ^ "Former Ghana youth player Joachim Adukor switches international allegiance to represent Liberia". GHANAsoccernet. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Liberia vs. Morocco - 13 June 2022 - Soccerway".
  12. ^ a b "J. Adukor: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 26 May 2021.