Richard Sukuta-Pasu

Richard Sukuta-Pasu

Sukuta-Pasu with Kaiserslautern in 2011
Personal information
Full name Richard Sukuta-Pasu
Date of birth (1990-06-24) 24 June 1990
Place of birth Wuppertal, West Germany
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
SV Sandhausen
Number 10
Youth career
1998–2000 Grün-Weiß Wuppertal
2000–2008 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Bayer 04 Leverkusen II 27 (11)
2008–2011 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4 (0)
2010–2011FC St. Pauli (loan) 22 (2)
2010–2011FC St. Pauli II (loan) 3 (1)
2011–2014 1. FC Kaiserslautern 24 (0)
20121. FC Kaiserslautern II 2 (0)
2012–2013Sturm Graz (loan) 31 (12)
2013–2014VfL Bochum (loan) 32 (6)
2014–2015 Cercle Brugge 25 (2)
2015–2016 Energie Cottbus 31 (10)
2016– SV Sandhausen 1 (0)
National team
2005–2007 Germany U-17 20 (9)
2007–2008 Germany U-18 5 (2)
2008–2010 Germany U-19 12 (6)
2009 Germany U-20 6 (2)
2008–2011 Germany U-21 10 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:18, 7 August 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 February 2011

Richard Sukuta-Pasu (born 24 June 1990 in Wuppertal) is a German football striker of Congolese descent who plays for SV Sandhausen.[1][2][3]

Club career

Sukuta-Pasu began his career in summer 1998 in his hometown Wuppertal with Grün-Weiß Wuppertal and was scouted by Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen in June 2000.[4] He played for Bayer in several youth teams and was promoted to the reserve team in summer 2008.[5] Since October 2008 he was also part of the Bayer's Bundesliga squad and earned his first four Bundesliga caps during the 2008–09 season. In December 2009, he was loaned to 2. Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli until 30 June 2011.[6]

He made his debut for St. Pauli on 16 January 2010 by coming off the bench to score with his second touch in the 88th minute of the match against Rot Weiss Ahlen. After leaving St. Pauli in June 2011, he has spells with 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Sturm Graz and VfL Bochum. In summer 2014, Sukuta-Pasu transferred to Belgian Cercle Brugge.[7] After only a year with Cercle, he returned to Germany joining 3. Liga side Energie Cottbus on a free transfer, signing a contract until 2017.[8]

International career

He played at the 2008 European U-19 championships, where he scored three goals, including the winner in the final against Italy, and the 2007 U-17 World Cup.[2]

Career statistics

As of 19 May 2014[3][1]

Club performanceLeagueCupTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GermanyLeagueDFB-PokalTotal
2008–09Bayer 04 Leverkusen IIRegionalliga West187187
2009–109494
2008–09Bayer 04 LeverkusenBundesliga401050
2009–10000000
2009–10FC St. Pauli IIRegionalliga Nord3131
2009–10FC St. Pauli2. Bundesliga13100131
2010–11Bundesliga910091
2011–121. FC Kaiserslautern24021261
2011–121. FC Kaiserslautern IIRegionalliga West2020
AustriaLeagueAustrian CupTotal
2012–13Sturm GrazBundesliga3112203312
GermanyLeagueDFB-PokalTotal
2013–14VfL Bochum2. Bundesliga32620346
BelgiumLeagueBelgian CupTotal
2014–15Cercle BruggePro League000000
TotalGermany114205111921
Austria3112203312
Belgium000000
Career total145327115233

Personal life

He is son to a Congolese father and a French mother.[8] Fellow professional footballer Wilson Kamavuaka is his second cousin.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sukuta-Pasu, Richard" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  2. 1 2 Holzapfel, Alexander (28 July 2008). "Ich bin der schwarze Poldi" (in German). Bild. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Richard Sukuta-Pasu" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  4. "Sukuta-Pasu: Nächster Schritt am Millerntor" (in German). kicker. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  5. "Sukuta-Pasu zum FC St. Pauli ausgeliehen" (in German). Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  6. "19-Jähriger wechselt in der Winterpause auf Leihbasis" (in German). FC St. Pauli. 16 December 2009. Archived from the original on 20 December 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  7. "Richard Sukuta-Pasu komt de spitspositie versterken" (in Dutch). Cercle Brugge. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  8. 1 2 "Energie Cottbus holt Stürmer Sukuta-Pasu" [Energie Cottbus Signs Forward Sukuta-Pasu] (in German). Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  9. "Kamavuaka im Portrait" [Kamavuaka in Portrait] (in German). fussball-imnetz.at. 19 February 2015. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015.
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