Richard Sukuta-Pasu

Richard Sukuta-Pasu (born 24 June 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward.[1]

Richard Sukuta-Pasu
Sukuta-Pasu with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-06-24) 24 June 1990
Place of birth Wuppertal, West Germany
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1998–2000 Grün-Weiß Wuppertal
2000–2008 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Bayer Leverkusen II 27 (11)
2008–2011 Bayer Leverkusen 4 (0)
2010–2011 → FC St. Pauli (loan) 22 (2)
2010–2011 → FC St. Pauli II (loan) 3 (1)
2011–2014 1. FC Kaiserslautern 24 (0)
2012 → 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 2 (0)
2012–2013 → Sturm Graz (loan) 31 (12)
2013–2014 → VfL Bochum (loan) 32 (6)
2014–2015 Cercle Brugge 24 (2)
2015–2016 Energie Cottbus 31 (10)
2016–2018 SV Sandhausen 52 (11)
2018–2019 MSV Duisburg 14 (1)
2019 Guangdong South China Tiger 12 (6)
2020 Seoul E-Land FC 23 (7)
2021 Police Tero 0 (0)
2021–2022 SV Meppen 19 (5)
2022–2023 Vejle 30 (8)
International career
2005–2007 Germany U-17 20 (9)
2007–2008 Germany U-18 5 (2)
2008–2010 Germany U-19 12 (6)
2009 Germany U-20 6 (2)
2008–2011 Germany U-21 10 (1)
Medal record
Germany U-17
Third placeFIFA U-17 World Cup2007
Germany U-19
WinnerUEFA U-19 Championship2008
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:56, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Sukuta-Pasu began his career in summer 1998 in his hometown Wuppertal with Grün-Weiß Wuppertal and was scouted by Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen in June 2000.[2] He played for Bayer in several youth teams and was promoted to the reserve team in summer 2008.[3] Since October 2008 he was also part of the Bayer's Bundesliga squad and earned his first four Bundesliga caps during the 2008–09 season. In December 2009, he was loaned to 2. Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli until 30 June 2011.[4]

He made his debut for St. Pauli on 16 January 2010 by coming off the bench to score with his second touch in the 88th minute of the match against Rot Weiss Ahlen. After leaving St. Pauli in June 2011, he has spells with 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Sturm Graz and VfL Bochum. In summer 2014, Sukuta-Pasu transferred to Belgian Cercle Brugge.[5] After only a year with Cercle, he returned to Germany joining 3. Liga side Energie Cottbus on a free transfer, signing a contract until 2017.[6]

In May 2018, MSV Duisburg announced Sukuta-Pasu would join from SV Sandhausen for the 2018–19 season having agreed a two-year contract until 2020.[7]

On 25 February 2019, Sukuta-Pasu transferred to China League One club Guangdong South China Tiger.[8][9]

On 29 January 2020, Sukuta-Pasu joined K League 2 club Seoul E-Land FC.

Sukuta-Pasu returned to Germany in October 2021, joining 3. Liga club SV Meppen. He signed a two-year contract.[10] On 22 June 2022 it was confirmed, that Sukuta-Pasu had signed with newly relegated Danish 1st Division club Vejle Boldklub, penning a deal until June 2024.[11] In August 2023, after Vejle was promoted to the 2023–24 Danish Superliga, Vejle confirmed that Sasu's contract had been terminated by mutual agreement, as the German was too far away from playing time.[12]

International career

Sukuta-Pasu played at the 2008 European U-19 championships, where he scored three goals, including the winner in the final against Italy, and the 2007 U-17 World Cup.

Personal life

He is son to a Congolese father and a French mother.[6] Fellow professional footballer Wilson Kamavuaka is his second cousin.[13]

Career statistics
As of 22 June 2020[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayer Leverkusen II2008–09Regionalliga West187——187
2009–1094——94
Total261100002711
Bayer Leverkusen2008–09Bundesliga4010—50
FC St. Pauli II2009–10Regionalliga Nord31——31
FC St. Pauli2009–102. Bundesliga13100—131
2010–11Bundesliga9100—91
Total2220000222
1. FC Kaiserslautern2011–12Bundesliga24021—261
1. FC Kaiserslautern II2011–12Regionalliga West20——20
Sturm Graz2012–13Austrian Bundesliga311220—3312
VfL Bochum2013–142. Bundesliga32620—346
Cercle Brugge2014–15Pro League2424110293
Energie Cottbus2015–163. Liga311000–3110
SV Sandhausen2016–172. Bundesliga25532—287
2017–1827610—286
Total521142005613
MSV Duisburg2018–192. Bundesliga14130–171
Guangdong South China Tiger2019China League One12611–137
Seoul E-Land FC2020K League 223710–247
Police Tero2021–22Thai League 10000–00
Career total299692051032174

References
  1. Richard Sukuta-Pasu at Soccerway
  2. "Sukuta-Pasu: Nächster Schritt am Millerntor" (in German). kicker. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  3. "Sukuta-Pasu zum FC St. Pauli ausgeliehen" (in German). Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  4. "19-Jähriger wechselt in der Winterpause auf Leihbasis" (in German). FC St. Pauli. 16 December 2009. Archived from the original on 20 December 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  5. "Richard Sukuta-Pasu komt de spitspositie versterken" (in Dutch). Cercle Brugge. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  6. "Energie Cottbus holt Stürmer Sukuta-Pasu" [Energie Cottbus Signs Forward Sukuta-Pasu] (in German). Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. 30 August 2015. Archived from the original on 31 August 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  7. "Sukuta-Pasu stürmt für die Zebras". kicker Online (in German). 31 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  8. 官宣!广东华南虎签3将 at sina.com 25 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019 (in Chinese)
  9. "Sukuta-Pasu verlässt den MSV in Richtung China". reviersport.de (in German). 25 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  10. "SV Meppen holt Sukuta-Pasu zurück nach Deutschland". kicker (in German). 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  11. Vejle Boldklub henter tysk target man, 22 June 2022
  12. Vejle Boldklub ophæver med Richard Sukuta-Pasu, vejle-boldklub.dk, 11 August 2023
  13. "Kamavuaka im Portrait" [Kamavuaka in Portrait] (in German). fussball-imnetz.at. 19 February 2015. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015.
  14. "Richard Sukuta-Pasu » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
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