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Josh Koroma
English footballer
Joshua Abdulai Koroma (born 9 November 1998[4]) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Huddersfield Town.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joshua Abdulai Koroma[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-11-09) 9 November 1998 (age 25)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Southwark, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward[3] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Huddersfield Town | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2016 | Athenlay F.C | ||
| 0000–2016 | Leyton Orient | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Leyton Orient | 95 | (18) |
| 2019– | Huddersfield Town | 116 | (22) |
| 2020 | → Rotherham United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 2018 | England C | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:28, 14 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Leyton Orient
Koroma made his first-team debut for Leyton Orient on 9 April 2016 as a second-half substitute in a 3–0 league defeat away to Barnet.[5] He scored his first goals on 4 March 2017 with a hat-trick in a 4–0 win away to Newport County.[5]
Huddersfield Town
Koroma signed for newly relegated Championship club Huddersfield Town on 21 June 2019 on a three-year contract with the option of a further year for an undisclosed fee.[6]
On 31 January 2020, Koroma joined Rotherham United on a six-month loan deal.[7]
2020–21
He scored his first goal for Huddersfield in a 2–1 win at Swansea City on 17 October 2020.[8] On the 8 December he scored for the third consecutive home game in the 2–0 home victory over Sheffield Wednesday.[9] In the same game he injured a hamstring and was out for over 4 months.[10] He returned for the final four games of the season, in which he scored in the away 5–2 defeat to Blackburn Rovers and 2–2 draw away to Reading FC.[11][12]
Portsmouth (loan)
On 1 September 2022, Koroma joined EFL League One side Portsmouth on a season-long loan, reuniting him with Danny Cowley, who managed him at Huddersfield.[13] On 11 January 2023, Portsmouth opted to end Koroma's loan.[14]
Koroma is of Sierra Leonean descent. He has two sisters Chloe Koroma (26) and Hayley Koroma (20). Raised in Peckham, South London, he played football from 3 years old [15]
- As of 8 May 2023
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Leyton Orient | 2015–16[5] | League Two | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016–17[16] | League Two | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 24 | 3 | |
| 2017–18[17] | National League | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | 34 | 6 | ||
| 2018–19[17] | National League | 39 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 45 | 11 | ||
| Total | 95 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 106 | 20 | ||
| Huddersfield Town | 2019–20[18] | Championship | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
| 2020–21[19] | Championship | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 8 | ||
| 2021–22[20] | Championship | 34 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 38 | 5 | ||
| 2022–23[21] | Championship | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 4 | ||
| Total | 80 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 17 | ||
| Rotherham United (loan) | 2019–20[18] | League One | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Portsmouth (loan) | 2022–23[21] | League One | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | 24 | 5 |
| Career total | 196 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 223 | 40 | ||
- Appearances in Football League Trophy
- Appearances in FA Trophy
Leyton Orient
- "Notification of shirt numbers: Huddersfield Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 34. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- "Josh Koroma". Huddersfield Town. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- "Josh Koroma". ESPN FC. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- "Josh Koroma - Midfielder - First Team - Huddersfield Town". Huddersfield Town. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- "Games played by Josh Koroma in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- "Josh Koroma: Huddersfield Town sign forward from Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- "SIGNING | Loan deal complete for Terriers attacker". Rotherham United FC. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- "Swansea 1-2 Huddersfield". BBC. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- "Terriers beat Owls in Yorkshire derby". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- "REPORT: TOWN 0–1 BARNSLEY". www.htafc.com. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- "Armstrong shines as Rovers thrash Terriers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- "Huddersfield grab late draw at Reading". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- "LOAN: JOSH KOROMA JOINS PORTSMOUTH". Huddersfield Town AFC. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- "Pompey End Koroma Loan". www.portsmouthfc.co.uk. 11 January 2023.
- "Youngster Joshua Koroma scores Leyton Orient hat-trick". Football Sierra Leone. FSL Media. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- "Games played by Josh Koroma in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- "J. Koroma: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- "Games played by Josh Koroma in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- "Games played by Josh Koroma in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- "Games played by Josh Koroma in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- "Games played by Josh Koroma in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- "National League: 2018/19: Latest table". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
"Leyton Orient FC: Squad". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 6 May 2019. - Stevens, Rob (19 May 2019). "AFC Fylde 1–0 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- Josh Koroma at Soccerbase
