Kwame Sarkodie
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | April 27, 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Dayton, Ohio, USA | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender/Midfielder | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2006 | Cincinnati Bearcats | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006 | Indiana Invaders | 8 | (1) |
2007 | Cincinnati Kings | 14 | (3) |
2008 | Cleveland City Stars | 5 | (0) |
2008 | Colorado Rapids | 0 | (0) |
2009 |
Rochester Rhinos | 24 | (1) |
2010–2013 | Cincinnati Kings (indoor) | 43 | (42) |
2013–2014 |
Cincinnati Saints (indoor) | 9 | (10) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kwame Sarkodie (born April 27, 1985) is an American former professional soccer player.
Career
College and amateur
Born in
Professional
Sarkodie signed his first professional contract in 2008, playing for the Cleveland City Stars in the USL Second Division, and helping them to the USL-2 championship. Following the title game, Sarkodie played two games for the Colorado Rapids reserve team, and signed a brief professional contract to play with the team during the playoffs, but he never made a senior appearance for the team and was waived on March 3, 2009.
On March 26, 2009, the
Personal life
Sarkodie's parents are from Ghana. He has two younger brothers who also played soccer at the collegiate level: Ofori Sarkodie at
References
- ^ "Sarkodie to Take Part in InfoSport, Inc. Combine". University of Cincinnati Athletics.
- ^ "2006 Indiana Invaders". Archived from the original on October 3, 2012.
- ^ "2007 Cincinnati Kings". Archived from the original on June 10, 2011.
- ^ "Rochester signs Sarkodie".
- ^ "(pronounced sar-KO-dee), 24, is a speedy first-year Rhinos defender/midfielder from..." Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
- ^ 2009 Indiana University Athletics Archived June 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Accessed July 12, 2009
- ^ Woosley, Zach (January 13, 2011). "MLS Draft 2011: Kofi Sarkodie and Will Bruin Join the Dynamo". Dynamo Theory.
- ^ "Sarkodie brothers are soccer royalty". ESPN.com. September 18, 2009.