Richard Sukuta-Pasu

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Richard Sukuta-Pasu

Sukuta-Pasu with Kaiserslautern in 2011.
Personal information
Full nameRichard Sukuta-Pasu
Date of birth (1990-06-24) 24 June 1990
Place of birthWuppertal, West Germany
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current clubVfL Bochum
(on loan from 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
Number9
Youth career
1998–2000Grün-Weiß Wuppertal
2000–2008Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2008–2011Bayer 04 Leverkusen II27(11)
2008–2011Bayer 04 Leverkusen4(0)
2010–2011→ FC St. Pauli (loan)22(2)
2010–2011→ FC St. Pauli II (loan)3(1)
2011–1. FC Kaiserslautern24(0)
2012→ 1. FC Kaiserslautern II2(0)
2012–2013→ SK Sturm Graz (loan)31(12)
2013–→ VfL Bochum (loan)18(3)
National team‡
2005–2007Germany U-1720(9)
2007–2008Germany U-185(2)
2008–2010Germany U-1912(6)
2009Germany U-206(2)
2008–2011Germany U-2110(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 December 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 February 2011

Richard Sukuta-Pasu (born 24 June 1990, in Wuppertal) is a German football striker of Congolese descent playing for VfL Bochum on loan from 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[1][2][3]

Career

Sukuta-Pasu began his career in summer 1998 in his hometown Wuppertal with Grün-Weiß Wuppertal and was in June 2000 scouted by Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.[4] He played for Bayer in several youth teams and was in summer 2008 promoted to the reserve team.[5] Since October 2008 was part of the Bundesliga from Bayer 04 Leverkusen and earned in the 2008/2009 season his first four Bundesliga caps. In December 2009 Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen loaned the 19-year old striker to cult club FC St. Pauli until 30 June 2011.[6]

He made his debut for St Pauli on 16 January 2010 by coming off the bench to score with his second touch in the 88th minute of the match against Rot Weiss Ahlen.

International

He played at the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, where he scored 3 goals, including the winner in the final against Italy, and the 2007 U-17 World Cup.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Richard Sukuta-Pasu" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 17 June 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Sukuta-Pasu, Richard" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 17 June 2012. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Holzapfel, Alexander (28 July 2008). "Ich bin der schwarze Poldi". Bild (in German). Retrieved 27 July 2010. 
  4. ↑ "Sukuta-Pasu: Nächster Schritt am Millerntor". Kicker (in German). 16 December 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2010. 
  5. ↑ "Sukuta-Pasu zum FC St. Pauli ausgeliehen". Bayer 04 Leverkusen (in German). 17 December 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2010. 
  6. ↑ "19-Jähriger wechselt in der Winterpause auf Leihbasis". FC St. Pauli (in German). 16 December 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2010. 

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