Kwame Karikari

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Kwame Karikari
Karikari playing for AIK in 2013
Personal information
Full name Kwame Amponsah Karikari
Date of birth (1992-01-20) 20 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Ghana
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Police Tero
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 International Allies 20 (13)
2011–2014 AIK 43 (8)
2012 → Degerfors (loan) 15 (6)
2013–2014 → Balıkesirspor (loan) 23 (11)
2015 Halmstad 9 (2)
2015 → Balıkesirspor (loan) 12 (0)
2016 Haugesund 13 (2)
2016 → Irtysh Pavlodar (loan) 0 (0)
2016–2017 Stal Kamianske 26 (7)
2017–2018 Al-Markhiya 12 (3)
2018 Al-Arabi 9 (5)
2018–2019 Neftchi Baku 8 (2)
2019 → Al Urooba (loan) 12 (2)
2019–2020 Dinamo Tbilisi 8 (2)
2020 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3 (0)
2021 Turon 5 (0)
2021–2022 Nakhon Ratchasima 29 (13)
2022–2023 Chennaiyin 16 (4)
2023– Police Tero 1 (0)
International career
2011 Ghana U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:44, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Kwame Amponsah Karikari (born 21 January 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Thai League 1 club Police Tero.

Career[edit]

Sweden[edit]

Karikari came to AIK in 2011 and made 18 appearances during the 2011 season, during which he scored on two occasions. Then he was loaned out to Superettan team Degerfors IF during the first half of the 2012 season. During his stay there he made 15 appearances and scored six goals. In August 2012 he was called back to AIK.

As he returned he came to score many vital goals for AIK in their Europa League adventure, he scored against PSV Eindhoven and CSKA Moscow.

Turkey[edit]

For the 2013–14 season, he was loaned to Balıkesirspor, a football club from Balıkesir, Turkey that competes in the TFF First League. In his first 12 matches for the club, he contributed 5 goals and 3 assists as Balıkesirspor topped the table.[1][2]

Haugesund[edit]

On 3 March 2016, Karikari signed an eighteen-month contract with FK Haugesund.[3]

Irtysh Pavlodar[edit]

On 30 June 2016, FC Irtysh Pavlodar confirmed the signing of Karikari, on loan from FK Haugesund until the end of the 2016 season.[4]

Neftchi Baku[edit]

On 29 June 2018, Karikari signed a two-year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side Neftçi PFK.[5]

In January 2019, Karikari joined UAE Division One side Al Urooba on loan from Neftçi.[6]

On 15 July 2019, Karikari's contract with Neftçi was terminated by mutual consent.[7]

Dinamo Tbilisi[edit]

On 15 July 2019, Dinamo Tbilisi announced signing of Karikari on a one-year contract, with the option of an additional year.[8]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 19 April 2023[9]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
AIK 2011 Allsvenskan 18 2 1[a] 0 0 0 — 19 2
2012 12 5 1[a] 0 0 0 8[b] 2 21 7
2013 9 1 3[a] 0 0 0 — 12 1
2014 4 0 0 0 0 0 2[b] 0 6 0
AIK total 43 8 5 0 0 0 10 2 58 10
Degerfors
(loan) 		2012 Superettan 15 6 0 0 0 0 — 15 6
Balıkesirspor
(loan) 		2013–14 1. Lig 23 11 3[c] 1 0 0 — 26 12
Halmstad 2015 Allsvenskan 9 2 3[a] 2 0 0 — 12 4
Balıkesirspor
(loan) 		2015–16 1. Lig 12 0 2[c] 0 0 0 — 14 0
Haugesund 2016 Eliteserien 13 2 1[d] 2 0 0 — 14 4
Stal Kamianske 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League 26 7 2[e] 0 0 0 — 28 7
Al-Markhiya 2017–18 Qatar Stars League 12 3 2[f] 0 0 0 — 14 3
Al-Arabi 2017–18 9 5 0 0 0 0 — 9 5
Neftchi Baku 2018–19 Azerbaijan Premier League 8 2 0 0 0 0 2[b] 0 10 2
Al Urooba (loan) 2018–19 UAE First Division League 12 2 0 0 0 0 — 12 2
Dinamo Tbilisi 2019 Erovnuli Liga 8 2 0 0 0 0 3[b] 1 11 3
Hapoel Petah Tikva 2020–21 Liga Leumit 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 0
Turon 2021 Uzbekistan Super League 5 0 1[g] 0 0 0 — 6 0
Nakhon Ratchasima 2021–22 Thai League 1 29 13 6[h] 4 1[i] 0 — 36 17
Chennaiyin 2022–23 Indian Super League 16 4 4[j] 1 3[k] 0 — 23 5
Career total 242 67 29 10 4 0 15 3 291 80
  1. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in Swedish Cup
  2. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Turkish Cup
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in Norwegian Football Cup
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in Ukrainian Cup
  6. ^ Appearance(s) in Qatari Stars Cup
  7. ^ Appearance(s) in Uzbekistan Cup
  8. ^ Appearance(s) in Thai FA Cup
  9. ^ Appearance(s) in Thai League Cup
  10. ^ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
  11. ^ Appearance(s) in Super Cup

References[edit]

  1. ^ Balıkesirspor signed with 4 new players Archived 2015-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Ghanaian Kwame Karikari quits Balikesirspor". GhanaWeb. 2015-12-28. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  3. ^ "Karikari signerte for FKH". fkh.no (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 3 March 2016. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Карикари – в Иртыше!". fcirtysh.kz (in Russian). FC Irtysh Pavlodar. 30 June 2016. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Qanalı hücumçu "Neftçi"də". neftchipfk.com (in Azerbaijani). Neftçi PFK. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Kvame Karikari icarəyə verildi". neftchipfk.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Neftçi PFK. 22 January 2019. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Kvame Karikari ilə müqaviləyə xitam verildi". neftchipfk.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Neftçi PFK. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  8. ^ "დინამომ ფორვარდი დაიმატა". fcdinamo.ge/ (in Georgian). FC Dinamo Tbilisi. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  9. ^ Kwame Karikari at Soccerway

External links[edit]

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