Enoch Adu

Enoch Adu (born 17 September 1998), commonly called Adu , is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as right midfielder for Nyköpings BIS in the Swedish Division 1 Norra league.

Enoch Adu
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-09-17) September 17, 1998
Place of birth Kumasi, Ghana
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position(s) Right midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Nyköpings
Number 11
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– Nyköpings BIS 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early life

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. Whiles at the Academy, he had trials with English Premier League team Manchester City FC. Adu also traveled to Denish side FC Nordsjaelland for trails with teammate Abdul Mumin, Vejle football club in Denmark and SC Braga also in Portugal.

Club career

Inter Allies

Enoch Adu made his professional debut for Ghana Premier League team International Allies (Inter Allies FC) on June 26 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 FC which expired after the 2015-2016 Ghana Premier League season. On July 27 2016, Adu scored his debut goal for Inter Allies FC in a 2-0 against Wa All Stars in a Ghana Premier League game at the Tema Sports Stadium.

Östers IF

Adu joined Swedish Superettan team Östers IF on a two-year deal as midfielder after a successful trail in April 2017. On Monday 17 April 2017, Adu marks his debut game for Östers IF as they won 1-0 against Frej, he played for 58 minutes. Adu has featured in 8 Superettan games for Östers. On 30 May, Adu scored his first hat trick in a professional career for Östers IF as they beat Bors SK 12-0 in the Swedish Hyundai Cup.

International career

Adu was part of the Ghana U-17 team that won the four nations tournament in Namibia in April 2014. He was also an integral member of the Ghana U-17 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

Club
As of match played 9 June 2017[1]
Club Season League Cup[note 1] League Cup[note 2] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Inter Allies FC 2015/16 Ghana Premier League 13100000000
Total 131000000131
Östers 2017 Superettan 801300—93
Career Total 21113
Notes
  1. Includes Swedish Hyundai Cup
  2. Includes Ghana MTN FA Cup
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References
  1. "Enoch Adu profile". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
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