Kofi Yeboah Schulz (born 21 July 1989) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Austrian Football Bundesliga club WSG Tirol.
.jpeg) Schulz in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kofi Yeboah Schulz | ||
| Date of birth | 21 July 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Berlin, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | WSG Tirol | ||
| Number | 44 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1999 | Rapide Wedding | ||
| 1999–2004 | Hertha BSC | ||
| 2004–2008 | Milton Keynes Dons | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2011 | Kempston Rovers | ||
| 2011–2013 | SV Babelsberg 03 | 6 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | KFC Uerdingen 05 | 49 | (7) |
| 2015–2016 | Biel-Bienne | 24 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | St. Gallen | 20 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Winterthur | 25 | (4) |
| 2018–2019 | Apollon Smyrnis | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | SKU Amstetten | 11 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | SKN St. Pölten | 41 | (4) |
| 2022– | WSG Tirol | 73 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 | |||
Early life
Kofi Yeboah Schulz was born in Berlin, Germany. He has one older brother, Kwame Schulz (b. 1987) and one younger brother, Kwabenaboys Schulz (b. 1998), who also plays football for Regionalliga Nordost club FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin. Born in Germany, Schulz is of Ghanaian descent.[1]
Career
Schulz began his career in Rapide Wedding's youth team. In Sommer 1999 he moved to Hertha BSC's youth team. In June 2004 he signed for Milton Keynes Dons and stayed there for four seasons before signing for AFC Kempston Rovers.
On 16 July 2011, he left England and moved back to Germany, where he signed a two-year contract with 3. Liga club SV Babelsberg 03. After the season 2012–13 he left Babelsberg.[2]
He signed for Regionalliga West club KFC Uerdingen 05 in January 2004.[3] After a successful league campaign, he signed for Swiss Challenge League club FC Biel-Bienne in Switzerland.[4] Schulz became widely known for his pace and gained national attention for is mesmerising solo-assist against FC Aarau.[5] He signed for Super League club FC St. Gallen 1879 in January 2016 but remained at FC Biel-Bienne until the end of the season.[6] In October 2017 he signed for Swiss Challenge League club FC Winterthur.[7]
After four goals and three assists in the Swiss Challenge League, he signed for Greek Super League club Apollon Smyrnis.[8] in August 2019 he signed for Austrian Football Second League club SKU Amstetten.[9] He left the club on 6 February 2020, when he signed with SKN St. Pölten until the end of the season.[10]
References
External links
- Kofi Schulz at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Kofi Schulz at Soccerway