Gilbert Koomson

Gilbert Koomson
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-09-09) September 9, 1994
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Forward / Winger
Club information
Current team
Sogndal
Number 10
Youth career
2008-2010 Ajax Accra FC
2011 BEC Tero Sasana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 BEC Tero Sasana 50 (14)
2013Samut Songkhram (loan) 12 (6)
2013Sogndal (loan) 7 (0)
2016– Sogndal 27 (3)
National team
2009–2010 Ghana U16 7 (2)
2011 Ghana U17 3 (0)
2015– Ghana U23

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 6, 2015

Gilbert Koomson, (born September 9, 1994), in Accra, Ghana is a Ghanaian football player. He is a midfielder.

Club career

He is a midfielder and played for BEC Tero Sasana in the Thai FA Youth Cup and also being call to Ghana national under-17 football team.

Previously, he spent time in the Ajax Accra F.C. in Ghana. Stoke City called him to go on trial but he had a problem with visa. He came to Thailand to improve his career of professional footballer under the guidance and recommendation from BEC Tero Sasana Technical Director Peter Butler, (Ex West Ham United) who was coaching Koomson while he was guest coaching at the Manchester City academy in Accra Ghana.

Koomson went to European football when signing for Sogndal in Norway.

International career

Koomson was called up to the senior Ghana side for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Uganda in October 2016.[1]

References

  1. "Gilbert Koomson, Inusah Musah called up as Avram Grant names squad for Uganda clash". myjoyonline.com. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.



This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/10/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.