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Daniel-Kofi Kyereh

Daniel-Kofi Kyereh

Ghanaian footballer

Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (born 8 March 1996) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward[2] for SC Freiburg and the Ghana national team.[3]

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Club career

Wehen Wiesbaden

On 6 June 2018, Kyereh signed with 3. Liga club, Wehen Wiesbaden.[4] He helped Wehen secure promotion to the 2. Bundesliga with a goal in a 3–1 victory over Ingolstadt in a relegation match in May 2019.[citation needed] Following the club's relegation in the 2019–20 season, Kyereh was released on 30 June 2020.[5]

FC St. Pauli

In July 2020, Kyereh signed a three-year contract with FC St. Pauli. In his first game in 2020 he scored two late goals to secure a point.[6]

SC Freiburg

On 27 June 2022, Kyereh signed with Bundesliga side SC Freiburg.[7] He scored his first competitive goal for Freiburg in a league match against Mainz on 1 October 2022.[8] Five days later, he scored his first goal in European football in a 2–0 win over FC Nantes in the group stage of the Europa League.[8]

International career

Kyereh was born in Ghana to a German mother and Ghanaian father, and moved to Germany at the age of 1.[9] He debuted for the Ghana national team in a 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Ethiopia on 3 September 2021.[10]

On 14 November 2022, Ghana manager Otto Addo selected Kyereh as part of the final squad to represent the nation at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[11] He featured as a second-half substitute in all three matches as the Black Stars were eliminated in the group stage.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 November 2022[13]
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  1. Appearances in 2. Bundesliga relegation play-offs
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Wehen Wiesbaden

References

  1. [1]
    "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Ghana (GHA)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 14. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Black Stars player admits poor performance after early AFCON exit". Adomonline.com. 23 January 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Daniel-Kofi Kyereh". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  4. [4]
    "HERZLICH WILLKOMMEN, DANIEL-KOFI KYEREH!n". svwehen-wiesbaden.de. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Daniel Kofi Kyereh released by SV Wehen Wiesbaden". footballghana.com.
  6. [6]
    ""Dynamik und Tempo": St. Pauli verpflichtet Kyereh". kicker (in German). 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Herzlich Willkommen, Kofi!". www.scfreiburg.com (in German). 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  8. [8]
    "Kyereh scores for the second straight game in Freiburg 2-0 Nantes". Footy Ghana. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  9. [9]
    "SV Wehen Wiesbaden: Youngster Kyereh hat sich vor Spiel in Rostock an Startelf herangetastet". 29 July 2020. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020.
  10. [10]
    "FIFA". fifa.com.
  11. [11]
    "Otto Addo announces squad for World Cup finals". Ghana Football Association. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  12. [12]
    "Ghana midfielder Daniel-Kofi Kyereh presented with Hearts of Oak jersey". Ghana Soccer Net. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  13. [13]
    Daniel-Kofi Kyereh at Soccerway
  14. [14]
    Kopp, Manuel (25 June 2019). "Hessenpokal-Finale: Wiesbaden viel zu stark für Baunatal". HNA. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
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