Paul Kpaka
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Kpaka | ||
| Date of birth | August 7, 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Kenema, Sierra Leone | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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free agent | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kamboi Eagles | |||
| Degerfors | |||
| Östers | |||
| 1998–1999 | Feyenoord | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Brussels | 56 | (22) |
| 2001–2003 | Germinal Beerschot | 59 | (45) |
| 2003–2006 | Genk | 43 | (6) |
| 2005–2006 | → RBC Roosendaal (loan) | 29 | (5) |
| 2006–2008 | Roeselare | 58 | (8) |
| 2008–2010 | Germinal Beerschot | 19 | (1) |
| 2010 | EN Paralimni | 5 | (0) |
| 2011 | Chalkanoras Idaliou | 7 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2002–2008 | Sierra Leone | 14 | (5) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Paul Kpaka (born 7 August 1981 in Kenema) is a former Sierre Leonean footballer. He is a striker who last played for Enosis Neon Paralimni and Chalkanoras Idaliou in the Cyprus Division A.
Paul Kpaka was born into the Sherbro Rogers family in Kenema, the third largest city in Sierra Leone. He is a member of the famous Sherbro Kpaka or Rogers family originally from Bonthe District. Kpaka grew up in Kenema and Bo. He attended one of Sierra Leone's most prominent secondary school, the Bo Government Secondary School (commonly known as Bo School) in Bo, Sierra Leone's second largest city. Kpaka who is commonly known by his nickname Senegal and was considered the best secondary footballer in Sierra Leone . After he completed his secondary school education, his hometown club, Kamboi Eagles of the Sierra Leone National Premier League signed him.
In 2002, Belgian club Germinal Beerschot signed him from FC Brussels, whom he had joined after playing for various clubs in Sweden and Feyenoord in the Netherlands. During his first season in Belgium, Kpaka was the top scorer in the Jupiler League, hitting 28 league goals in the 2002-03 campaign. He was third at the Ebony Shoe Award, an award given to the top African footballer in Belgium. He signed for fellow Belgian club Genk for the next season.
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