Joshua King (footballer)

Joshua King
	; King playing for AFC Bournemouth in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Joshua Christian Kojo King
Date of birth	15 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Oslo, Norway
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Forward, left winger
Club information
Current team	Fenerbahçe
Number	15
Youth career
1998–2006	Romsås
2006–2008	Vålerenga
2008–2010	Manchester United
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:05, 3 February 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:08, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

Joshua Christian Kojo King (born 15 January 1992) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Norway national team.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 February 2024^[4]^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		League cup^[b]		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Manchester United	2009–10	Premier League	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	2010–11		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2011–12		0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	2012–13		0	0	—		0	0	1^[c]	0	1	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
Preston North End (loan)	2010–11	Championship	8	0	—		2	1	—		10	1
Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan)	2011–12	Bundesliga	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
Borussia Mönchengladbach II (loan)	2011–12	Regionalliga West	4	2	—		—		—		4	2
Hull City (loan)	2011–12	Championship	18	1	1	0	—		—		19	1
Blackburn Rovers	2012–13	Championship	16	2	4	0	—		—		20	2
	2013–14		32	2	2	0	1	0	—		35	2
	2014–15		16	1	2	3	1	0	—		19	4
	Total		64	5	8	3	2	0	0	0	74	8
AFC Bournemouth	2015–16	Premier League	31	6	2	1	2	0	—		35	7
	2016–17		36	16	0	0	0	0	—		36	16
	2017–18		33	8	0	0	1	1	—		34	9
	2018–19		35	12	0	0	3	0	—		38	12
	2019–20		26	6	0	0	1	0	—		27	6
	2020–21	Championship	12	0	2	3	0	0	—		14	3
	Total		173	48	4	4	7	1	0	0	184	53
Everton	2020–21	Premier League	11	0	0	0	0	0	—		11	0
Watford	2021–22	Premier League	32	5	0	0	1	0	—		33	5
Fenerbahçe	2022–23	Süper Lig	16	4	4	2	—		7^[d]	1	27	7
	2023–24	Süper Lig	12	1	2	0	—		9^[e]	3	23	4
	Total		28	5	6	2	0	0	16	4	50	11
Career total			339	66	19	9	14	2	17	4	387	80

↑ Includes FA Cup, DFB-Pokal, Turkish Cup
↑ Includes Football League Cup/EFL Cup
↑ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearance and one goal in UEFA Europa League
↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 9 June 2022^[6]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Norway	2012	4	1
	2013	5	1
	2014	6	2
	2015	4	0
	2016	8	3
	2017	4	3
	2018	6	2
	2019	9	5
	2020	5	0
	2021	7	0
	2022	4	3
Total		62	20

As of match played 29 March 2022

Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each King goal.

List of international goals scored by Joshua King
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 October 2012	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Cyprus	3–1	3–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	6 September 2013	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Cyprus	2–0	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	10 October 2014	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Mdina, Malta	Malta	2–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
4	10 October 2014	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Mdina, Malta	Malta	3–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
5	5 June 2016	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	1–1	2–3	Friendly
6	11 October 2016	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	San Marino	4–1	4–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	11 November 2016	Eden Arena, Prague, Czech Republic	Czech Republic	1–2	1–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	1 September 2017	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Azerbaijan	1–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	5 October 2017	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	2–0	8–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	5 October 2017	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	3–0	8–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	2 June 2018	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	Iceland	2–2	3–2	Friendly
12	6 June 2018	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Panama	1–0	1–0	Friendly
13	23 March 2019	Mestalla, Valencia, Spain	Spain	1–1	1–2	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
14	26 March 2019	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Sweden	2–0	3–3	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
15	5 September 2019	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Malta	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
16	12 October 2019	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Spain	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
17	18 November 2019	National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Ta' Qali, Malta	Malta	1–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
18	29 March 2022	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Armenia	2–0	9–0	Friendly
19				4–0
20				6–0

Honours

Fenerbahçe

Turkish Cup: 2022–23^[7]

Individual

Gullballen: 2017^[8]

Joshua King (footballer) Media

King in action for Manchester United in a pre-season friendly against Cork City in July 2012
King with Mönchengladbach in August 2011
King (right) playing for AFC Bournemouth in 2017

References

↑ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
↑ "Joshua King: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
↑ "7. Joshua King". watfordfc.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
↑ "Josh King". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
↑ "Joshua King". Altomfotball. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
↑ Joshua King (footballer) at National-Football-Teams.com
↑ "Cumhuriyetimizin 100. Yılında Türkiye Kupası Fenerbahçemiz'in". fenerbahce.org. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
↑ "King fikk Gullballen: – Fullt fortjent" [King won the Golden Ball: – Fully deserved]. vg.no (in norsk). Verdens Gang. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

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[6] Includes FA Cup, DFB-Pokal, Turkish Cup

[7] Includes Football League Cup/EFL Cup

[UCL-8] Appearance in UEFA Champions League

[9] Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearance and one goal in UEFA Europa League

[10] Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

[1] "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

[2] "Joshua King: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 7 February 2021.

[3] "7. Joshua King". watfordfc.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

[sbase-4] "Josh King". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

[5] "Joshua King". Altomfotball. Retrieved 12 April 2017.

[NFT-11] Joshua King (footballer) at National-Football-Teams.com

[12] "Cumhuriyetimizin 100. Yılında Türkiye Kupası Fenerbahçemiz'in". fenerbahce.org. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

[13] "King fikk Gullballen: – Fullt fortjent" [King won the Golden Ball: – Fully deserved]. vg.no (in norsk). Verdens Gang. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

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Personal information
King playing for AFC Bournemouth in 2015
Full name	Joshua Christian Kojo King^[1]
Date of birth	(1992-01-15) 15 January 1992 (age 32)^[2]
Place of birth	Oslo, Norway
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)^[3]
Playing position	Forward, left winger
Club information
Current team	Fenerbahçe
Number	15
Youth career
1998–2006	Romsås
2006–2008	Vålerenga
2008–2010	Manchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2013	Manchester United	0	(0)
2010	→ Preston North End (loan)	8	(0)
2011	→ Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan)	2	(0)
2011	→ Borussia Mönchengladbach II (loan)	4	(2)
2012	→ Hull City (loan)	18	(1)
2012	→ Blackburn Rovers (loan)	8	(2)
2013–2015	Blackburn Rovers	56	(3)
2015–2021	AFC Bournemouth	173	(48)
2021	Everton	11	(0)
2021–2022	Watford	32	(5)
2022–	Fenerbahçe	28	(5)
National team^‡
2007	Norway U15	4	(2)
2008	Norway U16	3	(1)
2009	Norway U18	2	(2)
2010	Norway U19	2	(1)
2011–2013	Norway U21	8	(1)
2012–	Norway	62	(20)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:05, 3 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:08, 9 June 2022 (UTC)