Kenneth Zohore
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albin Kenneth Dahrup Zohore[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 January 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
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| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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OB | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2006 | BK Skjold | ||
| 2006–2009 | KB | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Copenhagen | 16 | (1) |
| 2012–2015 | Fiorentina | 0 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Brøndby IF (loan) | 25 | (5) |
| 2014 | → IFK Göteborg (loan) | 5 | (2) |
| 2015– | OB | 24 | (9) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2011 | Denmark U17 | 24 | (13) |
| 2012 | Denmark U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Denmark U19 | 16 | (6) |
| 2013– | Denmark U21 | 15 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 November 2015 |
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Albin Kenneth Dahrup Zohore[1] (born 31 January 1994 in Copenhagen) is a Danish footballer who plays as a striker for Danish Superliga side OB.
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Personal life
Kenneth Zohore is born into a football family. Kenneth Zohore's father is the second cousin of former Chelsea star-striker Didier Drogba.[2]
Career
Copenhagen
In the fall of 2009 Zohore was promoted to the under-19 squad at the age of 15. He joined the first team's training camp in Marbella, Spain on 2 February 2010 together with Thobias Skovgaard.[3]
On 7 March 2010, Zohore made his debut for the first team squad, being only 16 years and 35 days old, he became the youngest player to ever make his debut in the Danish Superliga. He replaced César Santin in the 73rd minute in a 5–0 victory against AGF. On 30 October 2010, Zohore scored his first goal for FC Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga against Lyngby Boldklub. He is the second youngest goalscorer ever in the Danish Superliga, after Mads Beierholm.
On the 20 October 2010, Kenneth Zohore made his first UEFA Champions League appearance for F.C. Copenhagen playing FC Barcelona on Camp Nou. The 16-year-old striker replaced César Santin in the 74th minute of the game.
On March 16, he made an appearance in Chelsea vs Copenhagen. He was one of the youngest players ever to play in the Champion's League. He has previously been on trial at Chelsea and Inter Milan.[4]
Fiorentina
On 31 January 2012, FC Copenhagen announced that Zohore was signed by Italian side ACF Fiorentina.[5] He was given shirt no. 33.[6]
Brøndby IF
On 8 August 2013, Brøndby IF announced that they had agreed a deal with ACF Fiorentina and Zohore on a season-long loan.
IFK Göteborg
On 11 August 2014 IFK Göteborg announced that Zohore had joined the club on a loan deal from Fiorentina.[7] He made his debut 13 August 2014 in an away game against Åtvidaberg BK coming on as a substitute. In his home game debut against Brommapojkarna, 17 August 2014, Zohore scored his first goal for IFK Göteborg when he only had been on the pitch three minutes after coming on as a substitute in the 83 minute.
Odense Boldklub
On 3 February 2015 Odense Boldklub announced that Zohore, who was unemployed, had joined the Danish Superliga club.[8]
Career statistics
- As of 24 August 2014 [9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europa League | Champions League | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tier | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FC Copenhagen  |
2009–10 | T1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 2010–11 | T1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| 2011–12 | T1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
Fiorentina  |
2011–12 | T1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | T1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brøndby IF |
2013–14 | T1 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 26 | 5 |
| Total | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | ||
IFK Göteborg  |
2014 | T1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 43 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 56 | 7 | ||
- (-) Not qualified
Honours
Club
- Danish Superliga: 2009–10 & 2010-11 (with Copenhagen)
References
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- ↑ http://brondby.com/spillere/spillerprofil/?playerid=324291
External links
- Kenneth Zohore DBU-statistics
- Kenneth Zohore on Soccerway
- Kenneth Zohore at OB
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Danish people of Ivorian descent
- Danish footballers
- Denmark under-21 international footballers
- Association football forwards
- F.C. Copenhagen players
- ACF Fiorentina players
- Brøndby IF players
- Danish Superliga players
- Danish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Danish expatriates in Italy
- IFK Göteborg players
- Allsvenskan players
- Odense Boldklub players
