Kwasi Poku

Kwasi Poku (born February 6, 2003) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Forge FC in the Canadian Premier League.

Early life
Poku began playing youth soccer at age six with Brampton East SC. He later played youth soccer with the Woodbridge Strikers, with whom he won the 2017 U14 Ontario Indoor Cup, scoring a hat-trick against Ottawa St. Anthony. He was also part of the provincial Team Ontario that year. He later played for Unionville Milliken SC. He later joined the Toronto FC Academy.

Club career
In 2021, he played with Toronto FC III in the League1 Ontario Summer Championship division making his debut on July 31 against Alliance United. After the season, he joined the second team Toronto FC II in USL League One. He made his debut on October 1, 2021 against North Carolina FC. In February 2022, he departed the Toronto FC organization.

In February 2022, he signed a professional contract with Canadian Premier League side Forge FC. He made his debut for his new club on February 16 in a 2022 CONCACAF Champions League match against Cruz Azul. Poku scored his first goal on October 9, 2022 in a 1-0 victory over HFX Wanderers FC. In January 2023, Poku went on trial with Swedish Allsvenskan club BK Häcken. In 2023, he played one game on loan with Forge's affiliate Sigma FC in League1 Ontario. In later September 2023, he was named the CPL player of the week. At the end of the 2023 season, he was nominated for the CPL U21 Player of the Year award. In October of the same year, he helped Forge win their fourth league title, following a 2–1 win over Cavalry FC in the play-off final. During the 2024 season, he was moved from his typical left-back position to centre forward, after several injuries to the team's forwards. On June 23, 2024, he scored a brace in a 2-1 victory over Valour FC. He was named the league's Player of the Month for June 2024. On July 10, he scored a backheel goal against Major League Soccer club Toronto FC in a 2-1 victory in the first leg of the 2024 Canadian Championship semi-finals. On July 14, he scored another brace in a 2-1 victory over Pacific FC, earning league Player of the Week honours.

International career
Born in Canada, Poku is of Ghanaian descent. In April 2022, he was called up to the Canadian Under-20 team for two matches against Costa Rica. In June 2022, he was named to the Canadian U-20 team for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. He appeared in all four of the team's matches, playing a total of 385 minutes, prior to their elimination in the round of 16.