Jo Kuffour

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Jo Kuffour
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Osei-Kuffour
Date of birth 17 November 1981 (1981-11-17) (age 26)
Place of birth    London, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Bournemouth
Number 10
Youth clubs
Arsenal
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1998–2002
2001
2002-2006
2006-2007
2007-		 Arsenal
→ Swindon Town (loan)
Torquay
Brentford
Bournemouth		 000 0(0)
011 0(2)
148 (30)
039 (12)
038 (10)   
National team2
2007– Ghana 0 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 02 Jan 08.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 11 Feb 07.
* Appearances (Goals)

Jonathan Osei-Kuffour (or Jo Kuffour), born Edmonton, London, 17 November 1981, is a professional footballer currently playing for Bournemouth in Football League One in England. He is a striker.

After secondary school at St. Ignatius College, Enfield (Where he enjoyed playing upfront with Derek Boateng), he joined Arsenal as a trainee, winning the FA Youth Cup in 2000. He failed to break into the first team at Highbury and was allowed to join Swindon Town on loan in August 2001. His league debut came on 25 August as a substitute as Swindon lost 2-0 at home to Oldham Athletic. He left Arsenal at the end of the 2001-02 season and joined Torquay United, initially on non-contract terms, in October 2002. His Torquay debut came as a substitute in the 4-1 home defeat to Hull City. He quickly became a regular in Leroy Rosenior's side, scoring ten times in the 2003-04 side that won automatic promotion to the third tier of English football. He remained with Torquay, until 16 June 2006 when he joined Brentford on a free transfer, linking up again with Leroy Rosenior.

Kuffour's club form was rewarded with a call-up to the Ghana squad for the game against Nigeria on February 6, 2006. He was one of the few shining lights in a disastrous 2006/7 season for Brentford, scoring 12 league goals despite the team finishing bottom of the table.

Kuffour signed for Bournemouth on June 19, 2007 on a Bosman free transfer after rejecting a contract offer from Brentford that would have made him the best paid player at the club. It's since been suggested that Kuffour rejected approaches from Swindon Town, Bristol City and Preston North End in order to secure the Bournemouth transfer. It was also revealed that he rejected a move to Huddersfield Town, because it was too far north and that he would only move north if it was to a Championship side.

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1 Moss • 3 Garry • 5 Gowling • 7 Cooper • 8 Anderton • 10 Kuffour • 13 Pryce • 14 Hollands • 15 Pearce • 16 Bartley • 21 McQuoid • 22 Partington • 23 Bradbury • 26 Pitman • 28 Cummings • 29 Billy Franks • 30 James Queree • 33 Jamie Davidson • Manager: Bond