Joachim Adukor

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

Joachim Adukor
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-05-02) 2 May 1993
Place of birth Tema, Ghana
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Aktobe
Number 50
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– Aktobe 27 (1)
International career‡
2022– Liberia 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:21; 29 September 2022 (UTC)

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.

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
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gefle 2011 Allsvenskan 0000—00
2012 Allsvenskan 3010—40
2013 Allsvenskan 801030120
Total 1102030160
Trofense 2014–15 LigaPro 12041—161
Béziers 2015–16 Championnat National 23010—240
OFI Crete 2016–17 Football League Greece 17150—221
Sarajevo 2017–18 Bosnian Premier League 2020000202
2018–19 Bosnian Premier League 1510040191
Total 3530040393
Diósgyőri 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 7000—70
Sarajevo 2020–21 Bosnian Premier League 1506000210
Career total 1204181701455

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. "J. Adukor: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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