Jones Kusi-Asare

Jones Kusi-Asare
Personal information
Full name	Jones Kusi-Asare
Date of birth	21 May 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Kumasi, Ghana
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–1999	Vasalund
1999–2001	Djurgården
2002–2003	Grazer AK
2003	→ Denizlispor (loan)
2003–2004	Landskrona BoIS
2005–2008	Djurgården
2009–2010	Esbjerg
2010	→ AaB (loan)
2011	Assyriska FF
International career
2001	Sweden U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 April 2012

Jones Kusi-Asare (born 21 May 1980) is a Swedish-Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

He started his career at Vasalunds IF in the Stockholm suburb of Solna.^[1] He was signed by Djurgården in 1998^[1] and made his Allsvenskan against IFK Norrköping on 11 April 1999. He struggled in the first two seasons but in 2001 he became their top goalscorer despite the fact that he often started on the bench. After spells at Grazer AK in Austria and Denizlispor in Turkey, he returned to Swedish football in 2003 when he signed for Landskrona BoIS. After two seasons there (2003 and 2004), he returned to Djurgården.

In December 2008, it was announced that he would be playing at Esbjerg fB starting from spring 2009 and signs a contract between 30 June 2011. At 1 September 2010 Esbjerg fB and AaB agreed that Kusi-Asare would join AaB on a loan-contract until 31 December 2010.^[2] On 26 January 2011 Jones signed with Assyriska FF from Södertälje Sweden.^[3]

Career statistics

Team	Season	Competition	Apps	Goals
Djurgårdens IF	1999	Allsvenskan	15	1
	2000	Superettan	15	3
	2001	Allsvenskan	22	7
	Total		52	11
Grazer AK	2002–2003	Bundesliga	24	6
Denizlispor	2003	Süper Lig	3	0
Landskrona BoIS	2003	Allsvenskan	11	3
	2004	Allsvenskan	22	4
	Total		33	7
Djurgårdens IF	2005	Allsvenskan	24	12
	2006	Allsvenskan	17	6
	2007	Allsvenskan	23	4
	2008	Allsvenskan	29	6
	Total		93	28
Esbjerg fB	2008–09	Superliga	6	0
AaB	2010	Superliga	3	1
Assyriska FF	2011	Superettan	19	5
Total			233	58

Honours

Djurgårdens IF^[4]

Allsvenskan: 2005

References

^ ^a ^b "Första nyförvärvet klart". Dif.se. Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. 8 November 1998. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
^ Kusi-Asare til AaB Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ Jones Kusi Asare klar för Assyriska! Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf Archived 30 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine ^{[bare URL PDF]}

External links

Esbjerg fB profile Archived 18 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)
Jones Kusi-Asare at DR (in Danish) (archived)
Jones Kusi-Asare at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
Jones Kusi Asare at SvFF at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-03-04) (in Swedish)

[DIF-1] "Första nyförvärvet klart". Dif.se. Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. 8 November 1998. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2008.

[2] Kusi-Asare til AaB Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Jones Kusi Asare klar för Assyriska! Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[4] ttp://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf Archived 30 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]