Jones Kusi-Asare

Jones Kusi-Asare (born 21 May 1980) is a Swedish-Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Jones Kusi-Asare
Personal information
Full name Jones Kusi-Asare
Date of birth (1980-05-21) 21 May 1980
Place of birth Kumasi, Ghana
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Vasalund
1999–2001 Djurgården 53 (12)
2002–2003 Grazer AK 24 (6)
2003 → Denizlispor (loan) 3 (0)
2003–2004 Landskrona BoIS 33 (7)
2005–2008 Djurgården 93 (28)
2009–2010 Esbjerg 9 (0)
2010 → AaB (loan) 4 (1)
2011 Assyriska FF 19 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 April 2012

Career

He started his career at Vasalunds IF in the Stockholm suburb of Solna.[1] He was signed by Djurgården in 1998[1] and made his Allsvenskan against IFK Norrköping on 11 April 1999. He struggled in the first two seasons but in 2001 he became their top goalscorer despite the fact that he often started on the bench. After spells at Grazer AK in Austria and Denizlispor in Turkey, he returned to Swedish football in 2003 when he signed for Landskrona BoIS. After two seasons there (2003 and 2004), he returned to Djurgården.

In December 2008, it was announced that he would be playing at Esbjerg fB starting from spring 2009 and signs a contract between 30 June 2011. At 1 September 2010 Esbjerg fB and AaB agreed that Kusi-Asare would join AaB on a loan-contract until 31 December 2010.[2] On 26 January 2011 Jones signed with Assyriska FF from Södertälje Sweden.[3]

Career statistics
Team Season Competition Apps Goals
Djurgårdens IF 1999Allsvenskan151
2000Superettan153
2001Allsvenskan227
Total 52 11
Grazer AK 2002–2003Bundesliga246
Denizlispor 2003Süper Lig30
Landskrona BoIS 2003Allsvenskan113
2004Allsvenskan224
Total 33 7
Djurgårdens IF 2005Allsvenskan2412
2006Allsvenskan176
2007Allsvenskan234
2008Allsvenskan296
Total 93 28
Esbjerg fB 2008–09Superliga60
AaB 2010Superliga31
Assyriska FF 2011Superettan195
Total23358

Honours
Djurgårdens IF[4]

References
  1. "Första nyförvärvet klart". Dif.se. Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. 8 November 1998. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
  2. Kusi-Asare til AaB Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Jones Kusi Asare klar för Assyriska! Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf Archived 30 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine
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