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For the Ghanaian footballer born in 1990, see Enoch Kofi Adu.

Enoch Adu
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-09-17) 17 September 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Kumasi, Ghana
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Trollhättan
Number 17
Youth career
2009–2016 Right to Dream
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 → Inter Allies (loan) 13 (1)
2017– Östers 8 (0)
2017–2019 → Karlskrona 12 (1)
2019–2020 Nyköpings BIS 43 (6)
2021– Trollhättan 71 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 November 2023

Enoch Adu (born 17 September 1998) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Trollhättan in the Swedish Ettan-Norra league.[1]

Early life

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Adu, began his football career with a colts team in Kumasi, Ghana, and was scouted by Right to Dream Academy in the 2009 Milo tournament (A football tournament in Ghana for only basic school children). Adu was award a scholarship at the Right to Dream Academy in Ghana to study and also play football. He graduated from the academy in 2015 as one of the best players in his generation. While at the academy, he had trials with English Premier League team Manchester City FC. Adu also traveled to Denish side FC Nordsjælland for trials with teammate Abdul Mumin, Vejle football club in Denmark, and SC Braga in Portugal.

Club career

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Inter Allies

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Adu made his professional debut for Ghana Premier League team Inter Allies FC on 26 June 2016, in a 1–0 win against Sekondi Hasaccas where he came off the bench in the 55th minute after signing a loan deal with Inter Allies which expired after the 2015-2016 Ghana Premier League season. On 27 July 2016, Adu scored his debut goal for Inter Allies in a 2–0 against Wa All Stars in a Ghana Premier League game at the Tema Sports Stadium.

Östers IF

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Adu joined Swedish Superettan team Östers IF on a two-year deal as midfielder after a successful trial in April 2017. On Monday 17 April 2017, Adu marked his debut game for Östers as they won 1–0 against Frej, he played for 58 minutes. Adu has featured in eight Superettan games for Östers. On 30 May, Adu scored his first hat trick in a professional career for Östers as they beat Bors SK 12–0 in the Swedish Hyundai Cup.

International career

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Adu was part of the Ghana U17 team that won the four nations tournament in Namibia in April 2014. He was also an integral member of the Ghana U17 squad team that was disqualified after qualifying for the 2015 AYC in Niger.

He was also part of the Ghana U-20 team that were not able to qualify for the 2017 African U-20 Championship in Zambia.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 9 June 2017[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Inter Allies FC 2015–16 Ghana Premier League 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
Östers 2017 Superettan 8 0 1 3 0 0 — 9 3
Career Total 21 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 22 4
Notes
  1. ^ Includes Svenska Cupen, Ghanaian FA Cup

References

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  1. ^ Enoch Adu at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Enoch Adu profile". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
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