Joshua Abdulai Koroma (born 8 November 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League One side Portsmouth on loan from EFL Championship club Huddersfield Town.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joshua Abdulai Koroma[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 24)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Southwark, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Forward[3] | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Portsmouth (on loan from Huddersfield Town) | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2016 | Athenlay F.C | ||
0000–2016 | Leyton Orient | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2019 | Leyton Orient | 95 | (18) |
2019– | Huddersfield Town | 64 | (12) |
2020 | → Rotherham United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2022– | → Portsmouth (loan) | 10 | (2) |
National team | |||
2018 | England C | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2022 (UTC) |
Koroma made his first-team debut for Leyton Orient on 9 April 2016 as a second-half substitute in a 3–0 league defeat away to Barnet.[4] He scored his first goals on 4 March 2017 with a hat-trick in a 4–0 win away to Newport County.[4]
Koroma signed for newly relegated Championship club Huddersfield Town on 21 June 2019 on a three-year contract with the option of a further year for an undisclosed fee.[5]
On 31 January 2020, Koroma joined Rotherham United on a six-month loan deal.[6]
He scored his first goal for Huddersfield in a 2–1 win at Swansea City on 17 October 2020.[7] On the 8 December he scored for the third consecutive home game in the 2–0 home victory over Sheffield Wednesday.[8] In the same game he injured a hamstring and was out for over 4 months.[9] He returned for the final four games of the season, in which he scored in the away 5–2 defeat to Blackburn Rovers and 2–2 draw away to Reading FC.[10][11]
On 1 September 2022, Koroma joined EFL League One side Portsmouth on a season-long loan, reuniting him with Danny Cowley, who managed him at Huddersfield.[12]
Koroma is of Sierra Leonean descent.[13]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Leyton Orient | 2015–16[4] | League Two | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2016–17[14] | League Two | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 24 | 3 | |
2017–18[15] | National League | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | 34 | 6 | ||
2018–19[15] | National League | 39 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 45 | 11 | ||
Total | 95 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 106 | 20 | ||
Huddersfield Town | 2019–20[16] | Championship | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
2020–21[17] | Championship | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 8 | ||
2021–22[17] | Championship | 34 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 38 | 5 | ||
2022–23[17] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 62 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 13 | ||
Rotherham United (loan) | 2019–20[16] | League One | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Career total | 162 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 180 | 31 |
Leyton Orient
Portsmouth F.C. – current squad | |
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