Kamal Sowah

Kamal Sowah
Personal information
Full name Kamal Sowah[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-09) 9 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Sabon Zango, Ghana
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Standard Liège
(on loan from Club Brugge)
Number 18
Youth career
0000–2018 Right to Dream Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Leicester City 0 (0)
2018–2021 → OH Leuven (loan) 67 (11)
2021– Club Brugge 36 (0)
2022 → AZ (loan) 8 (0)
2023– → Standard Liège (loan) 4 (2)
International career‡
2022– Ghana 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2022

Kamal Sowah (born 9 January 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège, on loan from Club Brugge, and the Ghana national team.

Club career

Leicester City

After a successful trial, Sowah signed his first professional contract with Leicester City on 31 January 2018, tying him to the club until the summer of 2022.[2] Later that same day Sowah was loaned to Oud-Heverlee Leuven, a club also owned by King Power, for one and a half seasons to gain more experience.[3] Sowah played his first match on 14 April 2018, coming on as a substitute for Joeri Dequevy in a 2–0 win at Waasland-Beveren.[4] On 23 August 2019, Sowah scored his first two professional goals in a 6–0 victory against RFC Wetteren in the Belgian Cup.[5]

Club Brugge

On 27 August 2021, Sowah joined Club Brugge for an undisclosed fee.[6]

AZ Alkmaar (loan)

On 31 January 2022, Sowah was loaned to AZ Alkmaar in Dutch Eredivisie until the end of the season.[7]

Return to Club Brugge

In the 2022–23 season Sowah returned to Club Brugge. On 13 September 2022, he scored his first goal for the club, in a 4–0 away win at FC Porto in the UEFA Champions League.[8] On 4 October, Sowah scored again in the competition, in a 2–0 home win over Atlético Madrid.[9]

Standard Liège (loan)

On 6 September 2023, Club Brugge sent Sowah on a season-long loan with an option-to-buy to fellow Belgian Pro League side Standard Liège.[10][11]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 March 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leicester City 2017–18 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
OH Leuven (loan) 2017–18 Belgian First Division B 4 0 0 0 — — — 4 0
2018–19 2 0 1 0 — — — 3 0
2019–20 27 3 2 2 — — — 29 5
2020–21 Belgian First Division A 34 8 2 0 — — — 36 8
Total 67 11 5 2 — — — 72 13
Club Brugge 2021–22 Belgian First Division A 9 0 3 0 — 5[a] 0 0 0 17 0
2022–23 Belgian Pro League 27 0 1 0 — 7[a] 2 1[b] 0 36 2
Total 36 0 4 0 — 12 2 1 0 53 2
AZ Alkmaar (loan) 2021–22 Eredivisie 8 0 1 0 — 2[c] 0 11 0
Standard Liège (loan) 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0
Career total 111 11 10 2 0 0 14 2 1 0 136 15
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Club Brugge

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Ghana (GHA)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 14. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Ghanaian youngster Kamal Sowah pens Leicester City deal". Ghanasoccernet.com. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Toptalent for OHL" [Toptalent voor OHL]. ohl.be. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  4. ^ "WAASLAND-BEVEREN VS. OH LEUVEN 0 - 2". Soccerway. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  5. ^ "OH LEUVEN VS. RFC WETTEREN 6 - 0". Soccerway. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Kamal Sowah signs for Club Brugge". Leicester City FC. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Sowah winteraanwinst AZ" (Press release) (in Dutch). AZ. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Noite de horror no Dragão deixa FC Porto em último" [Horror night in Dragão leaves FC Porto in last] (in European Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Perfect Brugge beat Atletico as Griezmann blows penalty". beIN SPORTS. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Kamal SOWAH en prêt au Standard" [Kamal Sowah on loan at Standard] (in French). Standard de Liège. 6 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Loan spell at Standard Liège for Kamal Sowah". Club Brugge. 6 September 2023.
  12. ^ Kamal Sowah at Soccerway
  13. ^ Oludare, Shine (17 July 2022). "Odoi, Sowah, Mata and Mbamba win Belgian Super Cup with Club Brugge". Goal. Retrieved 18 July 2022.

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