Julius Pongla Akosah ( ''Akosah'', born in

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) is a former Cameroonian-born

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professional

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who currently plays as an amateur for Hong Kong Second Division club

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. His position was striker. He was once called up by

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in 2006. Hong Kong football fans commonly use

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as a nickname for him because of his transcriptional name.

Club career

Akosah has played for a few clubs in

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including

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Sun Hei Sun Hei Sports Club () is a Hong Kong professional football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Second Division. The club has a long history in playing in the top flight, but decided to self-relegate in the 2013–14 season after de ...

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and

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. In summer 2009, Akosah returned to

as Eastern self-relegated to the Third Division League. Spending a year in

, Akosah decided not to extend his contract with

. On 12 August 2010,

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reports that Indonesian Super League club

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said it had secured the services of Julius Akosah. Akosah returned to

in September 2011, but on 5 January 2012, Sun Hei released him and he moved to

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. Akosah scored in the 60th minute on his debut for Tuen Mun on 7 January 2012 against

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, but the match ended 1–1.

International career

Akosah's outstanding performance in 2005 AFC Cup caught the attention of the coach of the

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. He was called for the training squad for

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but was left out of the final squad. In 2009, Akosah became a permanent resident of Hong Kong and applied for a Hong Kong passport, but his application failed, so he is not eligible to play for the Hong Kong football team in international matches. Akosah made his unofficial debut for

on 29 December 2009 in the Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup. He scored twice to secure a 2–1 victory for Hong Kong at

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.32nd Guangdong-HK Cup 1st leg official match result from HKFA
/ref> In the 2nd leg Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup match, on 2 January 2010, he received his first red card for Hong Kong.

Honours

Club

**Winner: 2003–04, 2004–05 *

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**Winner: 2003–04, 2004–05 *

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**Winner: 2004–05 *

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**Winner: 2004–05, 2005–06

**Winner: 2006–07

Individual

Top Scorer: 2003–04 *

Top Scorer: 2003–04

Statistics

Club

:''As of 28 July 2010''

References

External links

Julius Akosah
at HKFA
Profile
at ''Kitchee.com'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Akosah, Julius Pongla 1982 births Living people Cameroonian men's footballers Hong Kong men's footballers Cameroonian emigrants to Hong Kong Hong Kong people of Cameroonian descent Hong Kong Rangers FC players Sun Hei SC players Kitchee SC players Eastern Sports Club footballers Persija Jakarta players Bontang F.C. players Tuen Mun SA players Happy Valley AA players Hong Kong First Division League players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Men's association football forwards Sportspeople from Buea