Kenneth Zohore
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albin Kenneth Dahrup Zohore[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 January 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Cardiff City (on loan from K.V. Kortrijk) | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| 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) |
| 2015–2016 | OB | 24 | (9) |
| 2016– | K.V. Kortrijk | 0 | (0) |
| 2016– | → Cardiff City (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009–2011 | Denmark U17 | 24 | (13) |
| 2012 | Denmark U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Denmark U19 | 16 | (6) |
| 2013– | Denmark U21 | 15 | (6) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 February 2016. | |||
Albin Kenneth Dahrup Zohore[1] (born 31 January 1994 in Copenhagen) is a Danish footballer who plays as a striker for Cardiff City on a loan from K.V. Kortrijk.
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]
K.V. Kortrijk
Zohore signed for Belgian side K.V. Kortrijk on Monday 1st of February before immediately being sent on loan to Cardiff City. [9]
Cardiff City
On transfer deadline day of January 2016, Zohore joined Championship side Cardiff City FC on loan from Belgian side K.V. Kortrijk who signed him that same day from OB.[10]
Career statistics
- As of 24 August 2014 [11]
| 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
- 1 2 "FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011 List of Players" (PDF). fifa.com. FIFA. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
- ↑ "FCK's Zohore: Drogba is my mentor". Sporten.dk. Sporten.dk. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ↑ "Afrejse tirsdag" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
- ↑ "Den nye Bendtner (The new Bendtner)" (in Danish). Sporten.dk. 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
- ↑ "Kenneth Zohore skifter til Fiorentina" (in Danish). fck.dk. 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
- ↑ "Comunicati Stampa N°123 (2011–12)" (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ↑ "Klart med Zohore" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ↑ "OB skriver kontrakt med Kenneth Zohore" (in Danish). ob.dk. 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35435452
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35435452
- ↑ http://brondby.com/spillere/spillerprofil/?playerid=324291
External links
- Kenneth Zohore DBU-statistics
- Kenneth Zohore on Soccerway
- Kenneth Zohore at OB
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