Richard Sukuta-Pasu (born 24 June 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Regionalliga club Eintracht Hohkeppel.
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. 官宣!广东华南虎签3将 at sina.com 25 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019
On 29 January 2020, Sukuta-Pasu joined K League 2 club Seoul E-Land FC.
Sukuta-Pasu returned to Germany in October 2021, joining 3. Liga club SV Meppen. He signed a two-year contract. On 22 June 2022 it was confirmed, that Sukuta-Pasu had signed with newly relegated Danish 1st Division club Vejle Boldklub, penning a deal until June 2024.Vejle Boldklub henter tysk target man , 22 June 2022 In August 2023, after Vejle was promoted to the 2023–24 Danish Superliga, Vejle confirmed that Sasu's contract had been terminated by mutual agreement, as the German was too far away from playing time.Vejle Boldklub ophæver med Richard Sukuta-Pasu, vejle-boldklub.dk, 11 August 2023
International career Sukuta-Pasu 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.
Personal life He is son to a Congolese father and a French mother. Fellow professional footballer Wilson Kamavuaka is his second cousin.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBayer Leverkusen II2008–09Regionalliga West187——1872009–1094——94Total261100002711Bayer Leverkusen2008–09Bundesliga4010—50FC St. Pauli II2009–10Regionalliga Nord31——31FC St. Pauli2009–102. Bundesliga13100—1312010–11Bundesliga9100—91Total22200002221. FC Kaiserslautern2011–12Bundesliga24021—2611. FC Kaiserslautern II2011–12Regionalliga West20——20Sturm Graz2012–13Austrian Bundesliga311220—3312VfL Bochum2013–142. Bundesliga32620—346Cercle Brugge2014–15Pro League2424110293Energie Cottbus2015–163. Liga311000–3110SV Sandhausen2016–172. Bundesliga25532—2872017–1827610—286Total521142005613MSV Duisburg2018–192. Bundesliga14130–171Guangdong South China Tiger2019China League One12611–137Seoul E-Land FC2020K League 223710–247Police Tero2021–22Thai League 10000–00Career total299692051032174
Honours Vejle Danish 1st Division: 2022–23
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