Julius Akosah

Julius Akosah
Personal information
Full nameJulius Pongla Akosah
Date of birth16 October 1982
Place of birthCameroon
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionStriker
Centre Back
Club information
Current team
Happy Valley
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2002–2003Rangers (HKG)
2003–2006Sun Hei(24)
2006–2008Kitchee27(19)
2008–2009Eastern18(7)
2009–2010Sun Hei15(3)
2010–2011Persija Jakarta2(0)
2010–2011→ Bontang (loan)14(3)
2011Sun Hei2(0)
2012Tuen Mun9(1)
2013–Happy Valley0(0)
National team‡
2006Cameroon0(0)
2009–2010Hong Kong0(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 June 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 December 2011

Julius Pongla Akosah (Chinese: 阿古沙 Akosah, born 16 October 1982) is a Cameroonian-Hongkonger professional association football player, his position is striker. He was called for Cameroon but he is eligible to play for Hong Kong in international tournaments. Hong Kong football fans commonly use Agumon as a nickname for him because of his transcriptional name. He is currently playing for Hong Kong First Division club Happy Valley.

Club career

Akosah has played for a few clubs in Hong Kong First Division League including Buler Rangers, Sun Hei, Kitchee and Eastern. In summer 2009, Akosah returned to Sun Hei as Eastern returned to Third Division League.

Spending a year in Sun Hei, Akosah decided not to extend his contract with Sun Hei. On 12 August 2010, The Jakarta Globe reports that Indonesian Super League club Persija Jakarta said it had secured the services of Julius Akosah.[1]

Akosah returned to Sun Hei in September 2011, but on 5 January 2012, Sun Hei released him and he moved to Tuen Mun SA.[2] Akosah scored in the 60th minute on his debut for Tuen Mun on 7 January 2012 against Wofoo Tai Po, but the match ended 1–1.[3]

International career

Akosah's outstanding performance in 2005 AFC Cup caught the attention of the coach of the Cameroon national football team. He was called for the training squad for 2006 Africa Cup of Nations but was left out of the final squad.

In 2009 Akosah became a permanent resident of Hong Kong and applied for a Hong Kong passport, but his application failed, so he is not eligible to play for the Hong Kong football team in international matches. Akosah made his debut for Hong Kong on 29 December 2009 in the Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup. He scored twice to secure a 2:1 victory for Hong Kong at Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground.[4] In the 2nd leg Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup match, on 2 January 2010, he received his first red card for Hong Kong.

# Date Venue Opponent Result Scored Competition
2009–10
1[5] 29 December 2009 Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong Guangdong 2–1 2 2010 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
2[6] 2 January 2010 Zhaoqing Sports Center, Zhaoqing, China Guangdong 0–2 0 2010 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup

Honours

Club

Sun Hei

Kitchee

Individual

Statistics

Club

As of 28 July 2010
Club Season League Senior Shield League Cup FA Cup AFC Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sun Hei 2003–04 12 3 3 2N/A 20
2004–05 8 1 1 1 7 18
2005–06 4 0 3 056 9
All 24 4 7 3 13 47
Kitchee 2006–07 1715305222N/A2719
2007–08 104313111N/A177
All 2719618353N/A4426
Eastern 2008–09 18710311051289
All 18710311051289
Sun Hei 2009–10 15321N/A10N/A184
All 15321N/A10N/A184

International

As of 3 March 2010
National team Club Season Apps Goals
Hong Kong Sun Hei 2009–10 0 0
Persija Jakarta 2010–11 0 0
Total 0 0

References

  1. ↑ Persija hopes new faces would end title drought.
  2. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))晨曦周六鬥飛馬 爭做首循環冠軍 The Sun (Hong Kong). 5 January 2012. 文： 黎永淦
  3. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))晨曦打少兩個慘負飛馬 Oriental Daily. 8 January 2012.
  4. ↑ 32nd Guangdong-HK Cup 1st leg official match result from HKFA
  5. ↑ 32nd Guangdong-HK Cup – Match Results, Hong Kong Football Association, 29 December 2009
  6. ↑ 32nd Guangdong-HK Cup – Match Results, Hong Kong Football Association, 2 January 2010

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