USA international striker Jordan Pefok joins Union Berlin from Swiss team Young Boys. The news was broken by the German club with a lot of hope that the 26-year-old son of Cameroonian parents would fill the gap left by the departure of Taiwo Awoniyi, who left Berlin to sign for the Premier League’s newly-promoted side Nottingham Forest.The deal is worth around $6 million, with the attacker putting pen to paper on a four-year contract with the Iron Union.Friday, 21.45: (3.60) Bohemians D. (3.30) Derry City (2.00)Pefok was the Swiss league’s top scorer with 22 last season but will be required to raise his game considerably to repeat such a feat in the German top flight. He believes he can do it.”After two successful years in Bern, where I had the perfect environment to develop as a young player, I now have the next step in my career ahead of me. I want to prove myself in the Bundesliga and I’m convinced that I’ve found the right club in Union.”👋 Welcome, @Theosonsmith pic.twitter.com/QgjJAJWUQK— 1. FC Union Berlin (@fcunion_en) June 30, 2022 Pefok helped Reims to promotion in 2018 before joining Stade Rennes. He was loaned in 2020 to Young Boys, where he impressed to make the loan move permanent. Pefok scored 27 goals in 45 games across all competitions last season, including the Champions League and qualifying for that competition.Pefok, whose full name is Theoson-Jordan Siebatcheu, memorably scored a stoppage-time winner in Young Boys’ 2-1 victory over Manchester United in their Champions League group-stage opening game last September.
