Daniel-Kofi Kyereh

Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (born 8 March 1996) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward^[2] for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and the Ghana national team.^[3]

Daniel-Kofi Kyereh

Personal information
Full name	Daniel-Kofi Kyereh[1]
Date of birth	(1996-03-08) 8 March 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	SC Freiburg
Number	11
Youth career
	Eintracht Braunschweig
0000–2014	VfL Wolfsburg
2014–2015	TSV Havelse
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2018	TSV Havelse	61	(16)
2018–2020	Wehen Wiesbaden	62	(21)
2020–2022	FC St. Pauli	63	(21)
2022–	SC Freiburg	12	(2)
International career‡
2021–	Ghana	18	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:15, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Wehen Wiesbaden

On 6 June 2018, Kyereh signed with 3. Liga club, Wehen Wiesbaden.^[4] He helped Wehen secure promotion to the 2. Bundesliga with a goal in a 3–1 victory over Ingolstadt in a relegation match in May 2019.^{[citation needed]} Following the club's relegation in the 2019–20 season, Kyereh was released on 30 June 2020.^[5]

FC St. Pauli

In July 2020, Kyereh signed a three-year contract with FC St. Pauli. In his first game in 2020 he scored two late goals to secure a point.^[6]

SC Freiburg

On 27 June 2022, Kyereh signed with Bundesliga side SC Freiburg.^[7] He scored his first competitive goal for Freiburg in a league match against Mainz on 1 October 2022.^[8] Five days later, he scored his first goal in European football in a 2–0 win over FC Nantes in the group stage of the Europa League.^[8]

International career

Kyereh was born in Ghana to a German mother and Ghanaian father, and moved to Germany at the age of 1.^[9] He debuted for the Ghana national team in a 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Ethiopia on 3 September 2021.^[10]

On 14 November 2022, Ghana manager Otto Addo selected Kyereh as part of the final squad to represent the nation at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.^[11] He featured as a second-half substitute in all three matches as the Black Stars were eliminated in the group stage.^[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 November 2022^[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			DFB-Pokal		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
TSV Havelse	2014–15	Regionalliga Nord	4	2	0	0	–		–		4	2
	2015–16	Regionalliga Nord	1	0	0	0	–		–		1	0
	2016–17	Regionalliga Nord	27	3	0	0	–		–		27	3
	2017–18	Regionalliga Nord	29	11	0	0	–		–		29	11
	Total		61	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	61	16
Wehen Wiesbaden	2018–19	3. Liga	34	15	2	0	–		2[a]	2	38	17
	2019–20	2. Bundesliga	28	6	1	1	–		0	0	29	7
	Total		62	21	3	1	0	0	2	2	67	24
FC St. Pauli	2020–21	2. Bundesliga	34	9	1	0	–		–		35	9
	2021–22	2. Bundesliga	29	12	3	1	–		–		32	13
	Total		63	21	4	1	0	0	0	0	67	22
SC Freiburg	2022–23	Bundesliga	9	2	2	0	4[b]	1	–		15	3
Career total			195	60	9	2	4	1	2	2	190	65

1. Appearances in 2. Bundesliga relegation play-offs
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Wehen Wiesbaden

• Hessian Cup: 2018–19^[14]