| Intro | Football player | |||||||
| Is |
Athlete |
|||||||
| From |
Ghana |
|||||||
| Type |
Sports |
|||||||
| Gender | male | |||||||
| Birth | 9 September 1994, Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana | |||||||
| Age: | 25 years | |||||||
| Star sign | Virgo | |||||||
| Stats |
|
|||||||
| Sports Teams |
|
Gilbert Koomson (born 9 September 1994 in Accra) is a Ghanaian football player. He is a midfielder who currently plays in the Norwegian Premier League for SK Brann and the Ghana national team.
Club career
He is a midfielder and played for BEC Tero Sasana in the Thai FA Youth Cup and also being call to Ghana national under-17 football team.
Previously, he spent time in the Ajax Accra F.C. in Ghana. Stoke City called him to go on trial but he had a problem with a visa and thus was unable to earn a work permit. He came to Thailand to improve his career of professional footballer under the guidance and recommendation from BEC Tero Sasana Technical Director Peter Butler, (Ex West Ham United) who was coaching Koomson while he was guest coaching at the Manchester City academy in Accra Ghana.
Koomson went to European football when signing for Sogndal in Norway. After two seasons at Sogndal, Koomson signed for Brann ahead of the 2018-season.
International career
He has represented Ghana at international level, making his debut in 2016.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 24 June 2020
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Samutsongkhram (loan) | 2013 | T1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 6 | |
| Total | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 6 | ||
| Sogndal (loan) | 2013 | Tippeligaen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| Police Tero | 2014 | T1 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | 26 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 20 | 1 | |||
| Total | 46 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 46 | 7 | ||
| Sogndal | 2016 | Tippeligaen | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | 31 | 3 | |
| 2017 | Eliteserien | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | – | 31 | 8 | ||
| Total | 56 | 10 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 62 | 11 | ||
| Brann | 2018 | Eliteserien | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 32 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 1 | |||
| Total | 58 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 179 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 191 | 28 | ||
International career
Koomson was called up to the senior Ghana side for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Uganda in October 2016. In 2016, Koomson debuted for Ghana against South Africa.