Courage Pekuson

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Courage Pekuson
Personal information
Full name Courage Pekuson
Date of birth (1995-01-02) 2 January 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth Ghana
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 withot club
Number 99
Youth career
2014–2016 Al-Nasr
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 → Sohar SC (loan) 16 (6)
2016–2017 Koper 23 (4)
2017–2019 Kerala Blasters 30 (2)
National team
2015–2016 Ghana U23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:18, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Courage Pekuson (born 2 January 1995) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who play as a midfielder.

Career[]

Sohar SC[]

Pekuson joined Sohar on loan from Al-Nasr in the 2014-2015 season.[citation needed]

Koper[]

Pekuson signed for Slovenian PrvaLiga side Koper in August 2016.[1] He made his professional debut for the club on 20 August against NK Radomlje. He came on as a 61st-minute substitute for Joel Valencia as Koper won 3–0.[2] Pekuson scored his first goal for the club on 22 October against NK Domžale. His 2nd-minute goal gave Koper the lead but the club still ended the match losing 3–1.[3] In March 2017, Pekuson received Player of the Week honours for the Slovenian PrvaLiga after he scored a brace 11 March 2017 against NK Radomlje.[4]

Kerala Blasters[]

On 10 August 2017 it was announced that Pekuson had signed with the Blasters of the Indian Super League. He made his debut on 17 November 2017 in a home game against ATK which ended in a tie, 0-0.[5] He scored his first goal in a 1-3 loss to Bengaluru FC. Pekuson continued his stint with the Blasters FC in the 2018-19 season.[citation needed]

International[]

Pekuson has represented the Ghana U23 side.[1]

Career statistics[]

As of 16 March 2019[6]
Club Season League League Cup Domestic Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Koper 2016–17 PrvaLiga 23 4 — — 1 0 — — 24 4
Kerala Blasters 2017–18 ISL 17 1 0 0 1 0 — — 18 1
2018–19 ISL 13 1 0 0 0 0 — — 13 1
Blasters total 30 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 31 2
Career total 53 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 56 6

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Ghana U23 midfielder Courage Pekuson joins Slovenian Club Koper FC". Ghana Sports Online. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Koper 3-0 Radomlje". Soccerway.
  3. ^ "Koper 1-3 Domzale". Soccerway.
  4. ^ "Ghana's Courage Pekuson adjudged Player of the Week in Slovenia". Football Ghana. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Courage Pekuson signs with Kerala Blasters". Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter).
  6. ^ Courage Pekuson at Soccerway
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