John Pelu (born 2 February 1982) is a former Swedish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played for different clubs in Sweden, Norway and Azerbaijan.

Career

He formerly played for

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs IF (full name Helsingborgs Idrottsförening), commonly referred to as HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish first tier, Allsvenskan, following promotion in the 2021 Superet ...

and

Östers IF Östers Idrottsförening, commonly known as Östers IF or simply Öster, is a Swedish sports club located in Växjö, specializing in Association football, football, and playing in the second tier of Swedish football, Superettan. The club has ...

in Sweden and

Kongsvinger IL Kongsvinger Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from the city of Kongsvinger in Hedmark, founded in 1892. Its men's football team is well-known, and it has teams for several other sports. Athletics Kongsvinger IL has an athletics section. Unti ...

in Norway. In March 2009, the

Houston Dynamo Houston Dynamo FC (formerly officially, but still commonly, called the Houston Dynamo) is an American professional soccer club based in Houston. The Dynamo compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. Establi ...

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had him in for a one-week trial as they looked for a replacement for former striker

Nate Jaqua Jonathan "Nate" Jaqua (born October 28, 1981 in Eugene, Oregon) is an American former soccer player. Career High school Jaqua is a graduate of South Eugene High School, where he led his team to two Midwestern League titles and one co-championsh ...

. On 30 March, however, Pelu signed for

Norwegian First Division The Norwegian First Division, also called 1. divisjon and OBOS-ligaen (named sponsor is property developer OBOS), is the second-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Each year, the top finishing teams in the 1. divisjon are p ...

side

FK Haugesund Fotballklubben Haugesund (English: ''Football Club Haugesund''), usually referred to as FK Haugesund or FKH, is a professional Norway, Norwegian association football, football club from the city of Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway. The club currently ...

on loan, before signing on a permanent deal later on in that year.

References

External links

Player profile at Rosenborg.info
1982 births Living people Burkinabé emigrants to Sweden Swedish footballers Helsingborgs IF players Östers IF players Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players Rosenborg BK players FK Haugesund players FK Mughan players Ravan Baku FC players Strindheim IL players Eliteserien players Swedish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate footballers in Azerbaijan Association football forwards Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan {{Sweden-footy-forward-stub