Kamal Sowah

Kamal Sowah (born 9 January 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club Club Brugge and the Ghana national team.

Kamal Sowah
Personal information
Full name Kamal Sowah[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-09) 9 January 2000
Place of birth Sabon Zango, Ghana
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Club Brugge
Number 19
Youth career
0000–2018 Right to Dream Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Leicester City 0 (0)
2018–2021 → OH Leuven (loan) 63 (11)
2021– Club Brugge 9 (1)
2022 → AZ (loan) 8 (0)
International career‡
2022– Ghana 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2022

Club career

Leicester City

After a successful trial, Sowah signed his first professional contract with Leicester City on 31 January 2018, tying him to the club until the summer of 2022.[2] Later that same day Sowah was loaned to Oud-Heverlee Leuven, a club also owned by King Power, for one and a half seasons to gain more experience.[3] Sowah played his first match on 14 April 2018, coming on as a substitute for Joeri Dequevy in a 2–0 win at Waasland-Beveren.[4] On 23 August 2019, Sowah scored his first two professional goals in a 6–0 victory against RFC Wetteren in the Belgian Cup.[5]

Club Brugge

On 27 August 2021, Sowah joined Club Brugge for an undisclosed fee.[6]

Loan to AZ

On 31 January 2022, Sowah was loaned to AZ in Dutch Eredivisie until the end of the season.[7]

In the 2022-2023 season he came back to Club Brugge. This time with better performances with even goals in the UEFA Champions League.

Career statistics
As of match played 2 August 2020.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leicester City 2017–18 Premier League 0000000000
2018–19 0000000000
2019–20 0000000000
Total 0000000000
OH Leuven (loan) 2017–18 Belgian First Division B 0 0 0 0 0 0 4[8] 0 4 0
2018–19 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2019–20 25 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 29 5
Total 273320060365
Career total 273320060365

Honours

Club Brugge

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Ghana (GHA)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 14. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. "Ghanaian youngster Kamal Sowah pens Leicester City deal". Ghanasoccernet.com. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  3. "Toptalent for OHL" [Toptalent voor OHL]. ohl.be. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  4. "WAASLAND-BEVEREN VS. OH LEUVEN 0 - 2". Soccerway. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  5. "OH LEUVEN VS. RFC WETTEREN 6 - 0". Soccerway. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  6. "Kamal Sowah signs for Club Brugge". Leicester City FC. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  7. "Sowah winteraanwinst AZ" (Press release) (in Dutch). AZ. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  8. Europa League play-offs
  9. Oludare, Shine (17 July 2022). "Odoi, Sowah, Mata and Mbamba win Belgian Super Cup with Club Brugge". Goal. Retrieved 18 July 2022.


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