Joshua King (footballer)

**Joshua Christian Kojo King** (born 15 January 1992) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Norway national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|Manchester United|2009–10|rowspan=4|Premier League|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|
|2010–11|0|0|0|0|—|0|0|0|0||||||
|2011–12|0|0|—|0|0|0|0|0|0||||||
|2012–13|0|0|—|0|0|1|0|1|0||||||
|Preston North End (loan)|2010–11|Championship|8|0|—|2|1|—|10|1|||||
|Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan)|2011–12|Bundesliga|2|0|0|0|—|—|2|0|||||
|Borussia Mönchengladbach II (loan)|2011–12|Regionalliga West|4|2|—|—|—|4|2||||||
|Hull City (loan)|2011–12|Championship|18|1|1|0|—|—|19|1|||||
|rowspan="4"|Blackburn Rovers|2012–13|rowspan=3|Championship|16|2|4|0|—|—|20|2|||
|2013–14|32|2|2|0|1|0|—|35|2||||||
|2014–15|16|1|2|3|1|0|—|19|4||||||
|rowspan="7"|AFC Bournemouth|2015–16|rowspan=5|Premier League|31|6|2|1|2|0|—|35|7||
|2016–17|36|16|0|0|0|0|—|36|16||||||
|2017–18|33|8|0|0|1|1|—|34|9||||||
|2018–19|35|12|0|0|3|0|—|38|12||||||
|2019–20|26|6|0|0|1|0|—|27|6||||||
|2020–21|Championship|12|0|2|3|0|0|—|14|3|||||
|Everton|2020–21|Premier League|11|0|0|0|0|0|—|11|0||||
|Watford|2021–22|Premier League|32|5|0|0|1|0|—|33|5||||
|rowspan="3"|Fenerbahçe|2022–23|rowspan=2|Süper Lig|16|4|4|2|—|7|1|27|7||
|2023–24|12|1|2|0|—|9|3|23|4||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="11"|Norway|2012|4|1|
|2013|5|1|||
|2014|6|2|||
|2015|4|0|||
|2016|8|3|||
|2017|4|3|||
|2018|6|2|||
|2019|9|5|||
|2020|5|0|||
|2021|7|0|||
|2022|4|3|||

- _Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each King goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|16 October 2012|Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus||3–1|3–1|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|2|6 September 2013|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||2–0|2–0|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|3|10 October 2014|Ta' Qali National Stadium, Mdina, Malta||2–0|3–0|UEFA Euro 2016 qualification||||||||
|4|3–0|||||||||||||
|5|5 June 2016|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium||1–1|2–3|Friendly||||||||
|6|11 October 2016|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||4–1|4–1|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|7|11 November 2016|Eden Arena, Prague, Czech Republic||1–2|1–2|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|8|1 September 2017|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||1–0|2–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|9|5 October 2017|San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino||2–0|8–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|10|3–0|||||||||||||
|11|2 June 2018|Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland||2–2|3–2|Friendly||||||||
|12|6 June 2018|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|13|23 March 2019|Mestalla, Valencia, Spain||1–1|1–2|UEFA Euro 2020 qualification||||||||
|14|26 March 2019|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||2–0|3–3|UEFA Euro 2020 qualification||||||||
|15|5 September 2019|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||2–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2020 qualification||||||||
|16|12 October 2019|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||1–1|1–1|UEFA Euro 2020 qualification||||||||
|17|18 November 2019|National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Ta' Qali, Malta||1–0|2–1|UEFA Euro 2020 qualification||||||||
|18|29 March 2022|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||2–0|9–0|Friendly||||||||
|19|4–0|||||||||||||
|20|6–0|||||||||||||

## Honours

**Fenerbahçe**
- Turkish Cup: 2022–23

**Individual**
- Gullballen: 2017

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Joshua King
- **image**: Chelsea 0 Bournemouth 1 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: King playing for AFC Bournemouth in 2015
- **full name**: Joshua Christian Kojo King
- **birth place**: Oslo, Norway
- **height**: 1.80 m
- **position**: Forward (association football)#Centre-forward, Forward, left winger
- **currentclub**: Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe
- **clubnumber**: 15
- **youthyears1**: 1998–2006
- **youthclubs1**: Romsås IL, Romsås
- **youthyears2**: 2006–2008
- **youthclubs2**: Vålerenga Fotball, Vålerenga
- **youthyears3**: 2008–2010
- **youthclubs3**: Manchester United F.C. Reserves and Academy, Manchester United
- **years1**: 2009–2013
- **clubs1**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **caps1**: 0
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2010
- **clubs2**: → Preston North End F.C., Preston North End (loan)
- **caps2**: 8
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2011
- **clubs3**: → Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan)
- **caps3**: 2
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2011
- **clubs4**: → Borussia Mönchengladbach II (loan)
- **caps4**: 4
- **goals4**: 2
- **years5**: 2012
- **clubs5**: → Hull City A.F.C., Hull City (loan)
- **caps5**: 18
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 2012
- **clubs6**: → Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers (loan)
- **caps6**: 8
- **goals6**: 2
- **years7**: 2013–2015
- **clubs7**: Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers
- **caps7**: 56
- **goals7**: 3
- **years8**: 2015–2021
- **clubs8**: AFC Bournemouth
- **caps8**: 173
- **goals8**: 48
- **years9**: 2021
- **clubs9**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **caps9**: 11
- **goals9**: 0
- **years10**: 2021–2022
- **clubs10**: Watford F.C., Watford
- **caps10**: 32
- **goals10**: 5
- **years11**: 2022–
- **clubs11**: Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe
- **caps11**: 28
- **goals11**: 5
- **nationalyears1**: 2007
- **nationalteam1**: Norway U15
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 2008
- **nationalteam2**: Norway U16
- **nationalcaps2**: 3
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2009
- **nationalteam3**: Norway U18
- **nationalcaps3**: 2
- **nationalgoals3**: 2
- **nationalyears4**: 2010
- **nationalteam4**: Norway national under-19 football team, Norway U19
- **nationalcaps4**: 2
- **nationalgoals4**: 1
- **nationalyears5**: 2011–2013
- **nationalteam5**: Norway national under-21 football team, Norway U21
- **nationalcaps5**: 8
- **nationalgoals5**: 1
- **nationalyears6**: 2012–
- **nationalteam6**: Norway national football team, Norway
- **nationalcaps6**: 62
- **nationalgoals6**: 20
- **club-update**: 20:05, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 23:08, 9 June 2022 (UTC)