Kwame Karikari

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Kwame Karikari

Karikari playing for AIK in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Kwame Amponsah Karikari
Date of birth	(1992-01-20) 20 January 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth	Ghana
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Police Tero
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2011	International Allies	20	(13)
2011–2014	AIK	43	(8)
2012	→ Degerfors (loan)	15	(6)
2013–2014	→ Balıkesirspor (loan)	23	(11)
2015	Halmstad	9	(2)
2015	→ Balıkesirspor (loan)	12	(0)
2016	Haugesund	13	(2)
2016	→ Irtysh Pavlodar (loan)	0	(0)
2016–2017	Stal Kamianske	26	(7)
2017–2018	Al-Markhiya	12	(3)
2018	Al-Arabi	9	(5)
2018–2019	Neftchi Baku	8	(2)
2019	→ Al Urooba (loan)	12	(2)
2019–2020	Dinamo Tbilisi	8	(2)
2020	Hapoel Petah Tikva	3	(0)
2021	Turon	5	(0)
2021–2022	Nakhon Ratchasima	29	(13)
2022–2023	Chennaiyin	16	(4)
2023–	Police Tero	1	(0)
International career
2011	Ghana U20	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:44, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Kwame Amponsah Karikari (born 21 January 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Thai League 1 club Police Tero.

Career

Sweden

Karikari came to AIK in 2011 and made 18 appearances during the 2011 season, during which he scored on two occasions. Then he was loaned out to Superettan team Degerfors IF during the first half of the 2012 season. During his stay there he made 15 appearances and scored six goals. In August 2012 he was called back to AIK.

As he returned he came to score many vital goals for AIK in their Europa League adventure, he scored against PSV Eindhoven and CSKA Moscow.

Turkey

For the 2013–14 season, he was loaned to Balıkesirspor, a football club from Balıkesir, Turkey that competes in the TFF First League. In his first 12 matches for the club, he contributed 5 goals and 3 assists as Balıkesirspor topped the table. ^{[1] [2]}

Haugesund

On 3 March 2016, Karikari signed an eighteen-month contract with FK Haugesund. ^[3]

Irtysh Pavlodar

On 30 June 2016, FC Irtysh Pavlodar confirmed the signing of Karikari, on loan from FK Haugesund until the end of the 2016 season. ^[4]

Neftchi Baku

On 29 June 2018, Karikari signed a two-year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side Neftçi PFK. ^[5]

In January 2019, Karikari joined UAE Division One side Al Urooba on loan from Neftçi. ^[6]

On 15 July 2019, Karikari's contract with Neftçi was terminated by mutual consent. ^[7]

Dinamo Tbilisi

On 15 July 2019, Dinamo Tbilisi announced signing of Karikari on a one-year contract, with the option of an additional year. ^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 April 2023 ^[9]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
AIK	2011	Allsvenskan	18	2	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	—		19	2
	2012		12	5	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	8 [lower-alpha 2]	2	21	7
	2013		9	1	3 [lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	—		12	1
	2014		4	0	0	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	6	0
	AIK total		43	8	5	0	0	0	10	2	58	10
Degerfors (loan)	2012	Superettan	15	6	0	0	0	0	—		15	6
Balıkesirspor (loan)	2013–14	1. Lig	23	11	3 [lower-alpha 3]	1	0	0	—		26	12
Halmstad	2015	Allsvenskan	9	2	3 [lower-alpha 1]	2	0	0	—		12	4
Balıkesirspor (loan)	2015–16	1. Lig	12	0	2 [lower-alpha 3]	0	0	0	—		14	0
Haugesund	2016	Eliteserien	13	2	1 [lower-alpha 4]	2	0	0	—		14	4
Stal Kamianske	2016–17	Ukrainian Premier League	26	7	2 [lower-alpha 5]	0	0	0	—		28	7
Al-Markhiya	2017–18	Qatar Stars League	12	3	2 [lower-alpha 6]	0	0	0	—		14	3
Al-Arabi	2017–18		9	5	0	0	0	0	—		9	5
Neftchi Baku	2018–19	Azerbaijan Premier League	8	2	0	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	10	2
Al Urooba (loan)	2018–19	UAE First Division League	12	2	0	0	0	0	—		12	2
Dinamo Tbilisi	2019	Erovnuli Liga	8	2	0	0	0	0	3 [lower-alpha 2]	1	11	3
Hapoel Petah Tikva	2020–21	Liga Leumit	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
Turon	2021	Uzbekistan Super League	5	0	1 [lower-alpha 7]	0	0	0	—		6	0
Nakhon Ratchasima	2021–22	Thai League 1	29	13	6 [lower-alpha 8]	4	1 [lower-alpha 9]	0	—		36	17
Chennaiyin	2022–23	Indian Super League	16	4	4 [lower-alpha 10]	1	3 [lower-alpha 11]	0	—		23	5
Career total			242	67	29	10	4	0	15	3	291	80

1. Appearance(s) in Swedish Cup
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance(s) in Turkish Cup
4. Appearance(s) in Norwegian Football Cup
5. Appearance(s) in Ukrainian Cup
6. Appearance(s) in Qatari Stars Cup
7. Appearance(s) in Uzbekistan Cup
8. Appearance(s) in Thai FA Cup
9. Appearance(s) in Thai League Cup
10. Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
11. Appearance(s) in Super Cup

References

1. Balıkesirspor signed with 4 new players Archived 2015-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Ghanaian Kwame Karikari quits Balikesirspor". GhanaWeb. 2015-12-28. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
3. "Karikari signerte for FKH". fkh.no (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 3 March 2016. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
4. "Карикари – в Иртыше!". fcirtysh.kz (in Russian). FC Irtysh Pavlodar. 30 June 2016. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
5. "Qanalı hücumçu "Neftçi"də". neftchipfk.com (in Azerbaijani). Neftçi PFK. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
6. "UAE Football Association profile". www.uaefa.ae. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
7. "Kvame Karikari ilə müqaviləyə xitam verildi". neftchipfk.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Neftçi PFK. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
8. "დინამომ ფორვარდი დაიმატა". fcdinamo.ge/ (in Georgian). FC Dinamo Tbilisi. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
9. Kwame Karikari at Soccerway

External links

• Kwame Karikari at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
• Fotbolltransfers Profile
• Kwame Karikari at the Turkish Football Federation
• Kwame Karikari at Soccerway
• Kwame Karikari at FootballDatabase.eu
• Kwame Karikari – UEFA competition record ( archive ) 
• Kwame Karikari at WorldFootball.net