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Richard Sukuta-Pasu (born 24 June 1990) is a German football striker of Congolese descent who plays for Guangdong South China Tiger.
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.
In May 2018, MSV Duisburg announced Sukuta-Pasu would join from SV Sandhausen for the 2018–19 season having agreed a two-year contract until 2020.
On 25 February 2019, Sukuta-Pasu transferred to China League One club Guangdong South China Tiger.
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 5 February 2019
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen II | 2008–09 | Regionalliga West | 18 | 7 | — | — | 18 | 7 | ||
| 2009–10 | 9 | 4 | — | — | 9 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11 | ||
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2008–09 | Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| FC St. Pauli II | 2009–10 | Regionalliga Nord | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||
| FC St. Pauli | 2009–10 | 2. Bundesliga | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | |
| 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | ||
| Total | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 26 | 1 | |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern II | 2011–12 | Regionalliga West | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sturm Graz | 2012–13 | Austrian Bundesliga | 31 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 12 | |
| VfL Bochum | 2013–14 | 2. Bundesliga | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 6 | |
| Cercle Brugge | 2014–15 | Pro League | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| Energie Cottbus | 2015–16 | 3. Liga | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | 31 | 10 | |
| Sandhausen | 2016–17 | 2. Bundesliga | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 28 | 7 | |
| 2017–18 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 28 | 6 | |||
| Total | 52 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 13 | ||
| MSV Duisburg | 2017–18 | 2. Bundesliga | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 17 | 1 | |
| Career total | 265 | 56 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 285 | 60 | ||
Personal life
He is son to a Congolese father and a French mother. Fellow professional footballer Wilson Kamavuaka is his second cousin.
