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{{short description|Ghanaian footballer (born 1995)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Courage Pekuson
| image =
| caption =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|1|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ghana
| height = 1.77 m
| currentclub = [[Safa SC|Safa]]
| clubnumber = 23
| position = [[Attacking midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 2014–2016
| youthclubs1 = [[Al-Nasr Dubai SC|Al-Nasr]]
| years1 = 2014–2015
| clubs1 = → [[Sohar SC]] (loan)
| caps1 = 16
| goals1 = 6
| years2 = 2016–2017
| clubs2 = [[FC Koper|Koper]]
| caps2 = 23
| goals2 = 4
| years3 = 2017–2019
| clubs3 = [[Kerala Blasters]]
| caps3 = 30
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2020–
| clubs4 = [[Safa SC|Safa]]
| caps4 = 80
| goals4 = 20
| nationalyears1 = 2015–2016
| nationalteam1 = [[Ghana national under-23 football team|Ghana U23]]
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| club-update = 15:51, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
| ntupdate =
}}
'''Courage Pekuson''' (born 2 January 1995) is a Ghanaian professional [[association football|footballer]] who play as an [[attacking midfielder]] for {{Lebanese football updater|Safa}} club [[Safa SC|Safa]].

==Club career==
===Sohar SC===
Pekuson joined Sohar on loan from [[Al-Nasr Dubai SC|Al-Nasr]] in the 2014–2015 season.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

===Koper===
Pekuson signed for [[Slovenian PrvaLiga]] side [[FC Koper|Koper]] in August 2016.<ref name="U23">{{cite news|title=Ghana U23 midfielder Courage Pekuson joins Slovenian Club Koper FC|url=http://ghanasportsonline.com/index.php/international-news/item/9931-ghana-u23-midfielder-courage-pekuson-joins-slovenian-club-koper-fc|accessdate=10 August 2017|work=Ghana Sports Online|date=26 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810210931/http://ghanasportsonline.com/index.php/international-news/item/9931-ghana-u23-midfielder-courage-pekuson-joins-slovenian-club-koper-fc|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> He made his professional debut for the club on 20 August against [[NK Radomlje]]. He came on as a 61st-minute substitute for [[Joel Valencia]] as Koper won 3–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=Koper 3-0 Radomlje|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/08/20/slovenia/1-snl/fc-koper/nk-radomlje/2252043/|website=Soccerway}}</ref> Pekuson scored his first goal for the club on 22 October against [[NK Domžale]]. His 2nd-minute goal gave Koper the lead but the club still ended the match losing 3–1.<ref>{{cite web|title=Koper 1-3 Domzale|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/10/22/slovenia/1-snl/fc-koper/nogometni-klub-domale/2252083/|website=Soccerway}}</ref> In March 2017, Pekuson received Player of the Week honours for the Slovenian PrvaLiga after he scored a brace 11 March 2017 against NK Radomlje.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ghana's Courage Pekuson adjudged Player of the Week in Slovenia|url=http://footballghana.com/ghanas-courage-pekuson-adjudged-player-of-the-week-in-slovenia|accessdate=10 August 2017|work=Football Ghana|date=15 August 2017}}</ref>

===Kerala Blasters===
On 10 August 2017 it was announced that Pekuson had signed with the [[Kerala Blasters FC|Blasters]] of the [[Indian Super League]]. He made his debut on 17 November 2017 in a home game against ATK which ended in a tie, 0-0.<ref>{{cite web|title=Courage Pekuson signs with Kerala Blasters|url=https://twitter.com/KeralaBlasters/status/895648088911519744|website=Kerala Blasters FC (Twitter)}}</ref> He scored his first goal in a 1–3 loss to Bengaluru FC. Pekuson continued his stint with the Blasters FC in the 2018–19 season.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

===Safa===
In July 2022, Pekuson joined [[Lebanese Premier League]] side [[Safa SC|Safa]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-29 |title=الصفاء اللبناني يعلن وصول بيكيسون وأوودي |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1159498 |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=كووورة}}</ref>

==International career==
Pekuson represented the [[Ghana national under-23 football team|Ghana U23]] side.<ref name="U23"/>

==Career statistics==
{{updated|16 March 2019}}<ref>{{soccerway|456016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Domestic Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[FC Koper|Koper]]
|[[2016–17 FC Koper season|2016–17]]
|[[2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga|PrvaLiga]]||23||4||—||—||1||0||—||—||24||4
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]]
|[[2017–18 Indian Super League season|2017–18]]
|[[2017–18 Kerala Blasters FC season|ISL]]||17||1||0||0||1||0||—||—||18||1
|-
|[[2018–19 Indian Super League season|2018–19]]
|[[2018–19 Kerala Blasters FC season|ISL]]||13||1||0||0||0||0||—||—||13||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Blasters total
!30!!2!!0!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!31!!2
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!53!!6!!0!!0!!3!!0!!0!!0!!56!!6
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pekuson, Courage}}
[[Category:1995 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Ghanaian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Al-Nasr SC (Dubai) players]]
[[Category:Sohar SC players]]
[[Category:FC Koper players]]
[[Category:Kerala Blasters FC players]]
[[Category:Safa SC players]]
[[Category:Slovenian PrvaLiga players]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]

[[Category:Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia]]
[[Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in India]]
[[Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in India]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon]]

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