| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kwame Afriyie Adubofour Poku[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 August 2001[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Croydon, England | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Peterborough United | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cray Wanderers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Cray Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | Worthing | 12 | (2) |
| 2019–2021 | Colchester United | 62 | (5) |
| 2021– | Peterborough United | 81 | (12) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Ghana | 1 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 May 2022 (UTC) | |||
Kwame Afriyie Adubofour Poku (born 11 August 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League 1 side Peterborough United. Born in England, he represents Ghana internationally.
Born in Croydon,[3] Poku joined Worthing from Cray Wanderers in February 2019. With Cray Wanderers, he made one senior appearance in the Kent Senior Cup and scored twice in twelve appearances in the 2018–19 Isthmian League for Worthing. In May 2019, following a successful trial, he signed for Colchester United.[4]
On 3 September 2019, Poku made his professional debut for Colchester in a 3–2 EFL Trophy win against Gillingham.[5] He scored his first professional goal on 21 September 2019 in Colchester's 2–1 victory against Leyton Orient.[6]
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.[7]
On 2 August 2021, he signed a four-year contract with Peterborough United.[8] On 1 October 2022, Poku scored his first Peterborough goal in a 3–2 win against Milton Keynes Dons.
Born in England, Poku is of Ghanaian descent.[9]
On 19 March 2021, Poku was called up to the Ghana national team for the first time for their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying games against South Africa and São Tomé and Príncipe.[10] He made his debut on 28 March 2021 after coming on as a 79th-minute substitute for Mohammed Kudus in a 3–1 victory over São Tomé and Príncipe at the Accra Sports Stadium.[11][12]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Colchester United | 2019–20[13] | League Two | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 38 | 5 |
| 2020–21[14] | League Two | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 1 | 37 | 1 | |
| Career total | 62 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 75 | 6 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |