Kofi Yeboah Schulz (born 21 July 1989) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left-back club Mes Rafsanjan.

Kofi Schulz
Schulz in 2014
Personal information
Full name Kofi Yeboah Schulz
Date of birth (1989-07-21) 21 July 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Mes Rafsanjan
Number 44
Youth career
0000–1999 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)
2022–2024 WSG Tirol 73 (4)
2024– Mes Rafsanjan 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024

Early life

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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

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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]

On 14 December 2021, Schulz signed with WSG Tirol.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Free agent Ghanaian defender Kofi Schulz hopes to find a club soon". GhanaSoccernet. 1 October 2021.
  2. ^ Michael Meyer, "Von London an den Babelsberger Park", "Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten" | language = German | 16 Juli 2011
  3. ^ "Schulz, Ammi und Sevinc unterschreiben beim KFC", "kicker" | language = German | 29 January 2014
  4. ^ "Das Kader des FC Biel nimmt weiter Form an", "Bieler Tagblatt" | language = German | 24 June 2015
  5. ^ "Der Usain Bolt des FC Biel: Kofi Schulz", "Blick" | language = German | 5 November 2015
  6. ^ "St.Gallen verpflichtet Kofi Schulz", "St.Galler Tagblatt" | language = German | 23 January 2016
  7. ^ "Kofi Schulz wechselt zum FC Winterthur", "sport.ch" | language = German | 2 October 2017
  8. ^ "Kofi Schulz officially joins Apollon Smyrnis", "sand" | language = English | 22 June 2018
  9. ^ Thomas Lettner, "SKU Amstetten verpflichtet deutschen Abwehrspieler Kofi Schulz", "Tips Redaktion" | language = German | 28 August 2019
  10. ^ Zwei Neuzugänge beim SKN St. Pölten, skysportaustria.at, 6 February 2020
  11. ^ "Kofi Schulz wechselt zur WSG" (Press release) (in German). WSG Tirol. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
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