Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 25 March 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Ghana | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FK Vojvodina Novi Sad | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
Charity Stars | |||
Liberty Professionals | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2022 | Liberty Professionals | 32 | (7) |
2021–2022 | → Dreams (loan) | 20 | (2) |
2022– | Jedinstvo Ub | 67 | (29) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 |
Kwaku Karikari (born 25 March 2002) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a forward for Serbian club FC Vojvodina Novi Sad.
Karikari was born and bred in Obuasi, a mining community in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1][2] He played for lower-tier side Charity Stars before being poached by Ghana Premier League side Liberty Professionals,[3] where he was assigned to the club's youth team before his promotion into the senior team in October 2020.[4]
Karikari started his senior career with Liberty Professionals in October 2020. He made his debut on 22 November 2020, after coming on in the 65th minute for Razak Boame in a 2–2 draw against Elmina Sharks.[4] In the process he scored his first competitive goal by scoring an equalizer in the 89th minute via a Emmanuel Paga assist help them salvage an away draw.[5]
On 7 February 2021, he scored a goal that earned Liberty a 1–0 victory against his native Ashanti Gold.[1] The win ended their six-game winless run.[2] On 10 April 2021, he scored Liberty Professionals third goal by scoring from the spot-kick in their 4–0 victory over Elmina Sharks.[6][7]
Within the season, he scored winning goals against Eleven Wonders and Karela United to help Liberty to victories and keep their relegation fight alive.[8][9] In both matches he was adjudged the man of the match.[10][11]
At the end of the 2020–21 season, he scored 7 goals and made 2 assists in 32 league appearances, ending the season as the club's joint top goal scorer with Abraham Wayo.[12][13]
Karikari scored 13 league goals in 31 appearances for Jedinstvo Ub in the 2022–23 Serbian First League.[14]
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