Kwame Afriyie Adubofour Poku (born 11 August 2001) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for EFL Championship side

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing ...

. Born in England, he represents

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internationally.

Club career

Born in

Croydon Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensi ...

, Poku joined

Worthing Worthing () is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Ho ...

from

Cray Wanderers Cray Wanderers Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in Sidcup, London. Based on later reports, the club has a claim to have been established some time in 1860 in the twin villages of St Mary Cray and St Paul's Cr ...

in February 2019. With Cray Wanderers, he made one senior appearance in the

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and scored twice in twelve appearances in the

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for Worthing. In May 2019, following a successful trial, he signed for

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...

. On 3 September 2019, Poku made his professional debut for Colchester in a 3–2 EFL Trophy win against Gillingham. He scored his first professional goal on 21 September 2019 in Colchester's 2–1 victory against

Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a profession ...

. On 5 December 2019, Poku signed a new two-and-a-half year deal with Colchester to keep him with the Essex club until summer 2022. On 2 August 2021, he signed a four-year contract with

. On 1 October 2022, Poku scored his first Peterborough goal in a 3-2 win against

Milton Keynes Dons Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (), usually abbreviated to MK Dons, is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system. The ...

International career

Born in England, Poku is of Ghanaian descent. On 19 March 2021, Poku was called up to the Ghana national football team for the first time for their

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qualifying games against

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and São Tomé and Príncipe. He made his debut on 28 March 2021 after coming on as a 79th-minute substitute for

Mohammed Kudus Mohammed Kudus (born 2 August 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Ghana national team. Club career Nordsjælland Kudus arrived at Danish club Nordsjælland from the Ghanaian ...

in a 3–1 victory over São Tomé and Príncipe at the Accra Sports Stadium.

Career statistics

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International

References

2001 births Living people Association football midfielders English footballers Citizens of Ghana through descent Ghanaian footballers English people of Ghanaian descent Ghanaian people of English descent Cray Wanderers F.C. players Worthing F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Isthmian League players English Football League players Black British sportspeople Footballers from Croydon Ghana international footballers Peterborough United F.C. players {{Ghana-footy-midfielder-stub