Bundesliga
Highly-rated teenager Jonah Kusi-Asare has impressed since joining Bayern from AIK. bundesliga.com has the lowdown on the Swedish super talent at Bayern who made his Bundesliga debut on Matchday 31 of the 2024/25 season and is heading to the FIFA Club World Cup.
Stats correct as of 10 June 2025
Jonah Kusi-Asare
Age: 17 (born 4 July 2017)
Club: Bayern Munich
Position: Centre-forward
Country: Sweden U16 & U17 (8 caps, 5 goals)/ Ghana (uncapped)
Key stats
Kusi-Asare had been an unused Bayern substitute six times during the 2024/25 Bundesliga season before getting his first taste of top-flight action in the Matchday 31 win over Mainz. The teenager made a total of 12 matchday squads across that campaign, with 10 in the Bundesliga and two more across both legs of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final against Inter Milan. There was further reward for Kusi-Asare's progress when he was named in Bayern's Club World Cup squad.
Having signed a long-term deal with the club in February 2024, the plan was that he would initially play for the U19s, but three goals and an assist in six appearances quickly propelled him into the Bayern reserve team picture before breaking into the first team.
Pre-Bayern, Kusi-Asare made history AIK's youngest-ever player, having debuted for the club in Sweden's top tier one month and 24 days after turning 16. The 6'4" striker made four appearances in the Allsvenskan in 2023, the year he was promoted from the Sweden U16s to 17s. He made his debut in a UEFA Euro U17 qualifier against Moldova, marking the occasion with a hat-trick.
Plays a bit like: Alexander Isak
Kusi-Asare has a similar profile to Alexander Isak, the former Borussia Dortmund and Real Sociedad forward now banging in the goals for Newcastle United and Sweden. Strong, fast, tall, technical and a confident finisher, the Bayern teen also likes to drop deep to win back possession and kick-start counter-attacks.
Did you know?
Jonah is the son of Jones Kusi-Asare, who played professionally in Sweden, Austria and Denmark. A scorer of 26 goals across 132 competitive games, the Ghana-born striker - capped once by the Sweden U21s - got his hands on the 2001/02 Austrian Cup during a stint at Graz, before winning the domestic double with Sweden's Djurgårdens in 2005.
What they're saying
"Jonah has done really well in training and is improving all the time. He's been here for some time now already, and I'm delighted that he's now gotten his first minutes in the Bundesliga." - Christoph Freund, Bayern sporting director
"He's extraordinary. He's good at everything: strong, technical, can score from nothing, good in the air. It feels like he does what he wants. He has a great future, and is only going to get better." - George Mousally, Kusi-Asare's former U17s coach at AIK Solna
"I'm a big and physically strong player, I'm at home in the middle and like to look for the finish. My strength in the air and the ability to shoot with both feet help me in my game." - Kusi-Asare on his style of play