Bennard Yao Kumordzi
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Bennard Yao Kumordzi | ||
| Date of birth | 21 March 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Genk | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Klagon Youth Academy | |||
| Supreme FC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005 | FC Norrköping | 11 | (17) |
| 2005–2006 | IFK Norrköping | 9 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Egaleo | 21 | (5) |
| 2007–2012 | Panionios | 117 | (16) |
| 2012 | Dijon FCO | 16 | (1) |
| 2012– | KRC Genk | 65 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007– | Ghana | 8 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:06, 23 May 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:00, 15 November 2011 (UTC) |
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Bennard Yao Kumordzi (born 21 March 1985) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays for KRC Genk in Belgium and the Ghana national team as a midfielder. He previously played for IFK Norrköping and more recently Panionios and Dijon FCO.
Kumordzi started his career playing street football at Klagon FC Youth before being snapped up by lower-league side Supreme FC, where he had stints in only two 3rd Division league matches in Ghana before leaving for Sweden to pursue a European career in 2005 in the city of Norrköping.Before Kumordzi training At Bordeux.He struggled early on to get a club, until he got a break with a Division 6 amateur club called FC Norrköping where he played as a midfielder though he left Ghana as a central defender. He made a big impression while playing in the division 6 amateur league and he became the leading goal scorer with 17 goals in 11 matches from the offensive midfield role.
During a cup match in July 2005 between FCN amateurs and IK Sleipner, a Second Division club, Kumordzi performed magnificently to win the match for his amateur club. Stefan Hellberg, the then-coach of Swedish Superettan side IFK Norrkoping, who was at the game, told journalists that he had just discovered a gem. He gave him a trial with his club and Kumordzi jumped four levels from the sixth Division amateurs to the Superettan (Swedish 2nd Div.). However, he never became a regular starter in the team. His stay there was ended after Kumordzi going on a strike on contractual disputes with his former club FC Norrköping.
During the strike he had gone to Greece to practice with Greek Super League side Egaleo FC. He signed a five-year contract with the Greek outfit.
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