Jones_Kusi-Asare
Jones Kusi-Asare
Swedish-Ghanaian footballer
Jones Kusi-Asare (born 21 May 1980) is a Swedish-Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jones Kusi-Asare | ||
| Date of birth | (1980-05-21) 21 May 1980 (age 43) | ||
| 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) |
| International career | |||
| 2001 | Sweden U21 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 April 2012 | |||
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]
| Team | Season | Competition | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djurgårdens IF | 1999 | Allsvenskan | 15 | 1 |
| 2000 | Superettan | 15 | 3 | |
| 2001 | Allsvenskan | 22 | 7 | |
| Total | 52 | 11 | ||
| Grazer AK | 2002–2003 | Bundesliga | 24 | 6 |
| Denizlispor | 2003 | Süper Lig | 3 | 0 |
| Landskrona BoIS | 2003 | Allsvenskan | 11 | 3 |
| 2004 | Allsvenskan | 22 | 4 | |
| Total | 33 | 7 | ||
| Djurgårdens IF | 2005 | Allsvenskan | 24 | 12 |
| 2006 | Allsvenskan | 17 | 6 | |
| 2007 | Allsvenskan | 23 | 4 | |
| 2008 | Allsvenskan | 29 | 6 | |
| Total | 93 | 28 | ||
| Esbjerg fB | 2008–09 | Superliga | 6 | 0 |
| AaB | 2010 | Superliga | 3 | 1 |
| Assyriska FF | 2011 | Superettan | 19 | 5 |
| Total | 233 | 58 | ||
- Djurgårdens IF[4]
- "Första nyförvärvet klart". Dif.se. Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. 8 November 1998. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
- Kusi-Asare til AaB Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Jones Kusi Asare klar för Assyriska! Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf Archived 30 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
- Esbjerg fB profile Archived 18 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)
- Jones Kusi-Asare at DR (in Danish) (archived)
- Jones Kusi-Asare at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
- Jones Kusi Asare at SvFF at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-03-04) (in Swedish)