Jones Kusi-Asare (born 21 May 1980) is a Swedish-Ghanaian former professional

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who played as a

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Career

He started his career at

Vasalunds IF Vasalunds IF is a Swedish football club based in Solna, Stockholm. The club is affiliated with Stockholms Fotbollförbund. History Vasalund was formed in 1934 and play in the Swedish Third Division: Division 1 Norra. In 2002 the club merged with ...

in the

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suburb of

Solna Solna Municipality ( sv, Solna kommun or , ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden, located just north of Stockholm City Centre. Its seat is located in the town of Solna, which is a part of the Stockholm urban area. Solna is one of t ...

. He was signed by Djurgården in 1998 and made his Allsvenskan against

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their ...

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 Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletiksport Klub (in Austria the abbreviation GAK is more common), is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria (''Steiermark''). The football section used to be on ...

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and

Denizlispor Denizlispor, due to current sponsorship Altaş Denizlispor, is a Turkish sports club based in Denizli. It is known by its distinct green and black colors. The club's branches include football, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, and gymnastics. ...

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, he returned to

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in 2003 when he signed for

Landskrona BoIS Landskrona Boll och Idrottsällskap ( en, Landskrona Ball and Sports Society, locally referred to as BoIS) is a Swedish professional football club located in Landskrona, Scania, which currently plays in Superettan, the second league tier of fo ...

. 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 Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, that plays in the 2nd division, the third-tier of the Danish football league system. Foun ...

starting from spring 2009 and signs a contract between 30 June 2011. At 1 September 2010

and AaB agreed that Kusi-Asare would join AaB on a loan-contract until 31 December 2010. On 26 January 2011 Jones signed with Assyriska FF from Södertälje Sweden.

Career statistics

Honours

; Djurgårdens IFhttp://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf : *

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

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References

External links

Esbjerg fB profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kusi-Asare, Jones 1980 births Living people Naturalized citizens of Sweden Swedish people of Ghanaian descent Swedish men's footballers Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Vasalunds IF players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Grazer AK players Denizlispor footballers Landskrona BoIS players Esbjerg fB players AaB Fodbold players Assyriska FF players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Süper Lig players Danish Superliga players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Footballers from Kumasi