Richard Sukuta-Pasu

Richard Sukuta-Pasu

200px 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
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Energie Cottbus
Number	19
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)
2010–2011	→ FC St. Pauli (loan)	22	(2)
2010–2011	→ FC St. Pauli II (loan)	3	(1)
2011–2014	1. FC Kaiserslautern	24	(0)
2012	→ 1. FC Kaiserslautern II	2	(0)
2012–2013	→ Sturm Graz (loan)	31	(12)
2013–2014	→ VfL Bochum (loan)	32	(6)
2014–2015	Cercle Brugge	25	(2)
2015–	Energie Cottbus	11	(3)
International career‡
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)
Medal record Bayer 04 Leverkusen U-19 Winner U-19 Bundesliga 2007 Germany U-17 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007 Germany U-19 Winner UEFA U-19 Championship 2008 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Runner-up DFB-Pokal 2008–09 FC St. Pauli Runner-up 2. Bundesliga 2009–10
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:28, 26 November 2015 (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 Energie Cottbus.

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. He played for Bayer in several youth teams and was promoted to the reserve team in summer 2008. 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.

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. 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.

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.

Career statistics

As of 19 May 2014

Club performance			League		Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Total
2008–09	Bayer 04 Leverkusen II	Regionalliga West	18	7	—		18	7
2009–10			9	4	—		9	4
2008–09	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Bundesliga	4	0	1	0	5	0
2009–10			0	0	0	0	0	0
2009–10	FC St. Pauli II	Regionalliga Nord	3	1	—		3	1
2009–10	FC St. Pauli	2. Bundesliga	13	1	0	0	13	1
2010–11		Bundesliga	9	1	0	0	9	1
2011–12	1. FC Kaiserslautern		24	0	2	1	26	1
2011–12	1. FC Kaiserslautern II	Regionalliga West	2	0	—		2	0
Austria			League		Austrian Cup		Total
2012–13	Sturm Graz	Bundesliga	31	12	2	0	33	12
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Total
2013–14	VfL Bochum	2. Bundesliga	32	6	2	0	34	6
Belgium			League		Belgian Cup		Total
2014–15	Cercle Brugge	Pro League	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Germany		114	20	5	1	119	21
	Austria		31	12	2	0	33	12
	Belgium		0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			145	32	7	1	152	33

Personal life

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

External links

• Richard Sukuta-Pasu profile at Fussballdaten
• Richard Sukuta-Pasu at Soccerway