Cliff Akurang has completed a move to Scottish side Kings Park Rangers AFC on a free transfer after a spell without a club, signing a contract that runs from 02/12/2025 to 30/06/2026.
The 44-year-old centre-forward, who holds both English and Ghanaian nationality, joins Kings Park as a free agent after last being on the books of Coggeshall Town in England before becoming unattached in late 2022. The move takes him back into club football following almost three years without a team and offers Kings Park an experienced option at the top end of the pitch.
Akurang arrives with a long and varied career in the English game behind him, having represented a series of non-league and lower-league clubs. His most prominent spell came with Barnet, who signed him from Histon in January 2008. He later had stints with Rushden & Diamonds, Weymouth, Maidenhead United, Braintree Town and Chelmsford City, before a sequence of moves across the semi-professional scene that included Bishop’s Stortford, Leiston, Hayes & Yeading, Maldon & Tiptree, Heybridge Swifts, Billericay Town, Canvey Island, Coggeshall United and Coggeshall Town.
Born in Accra and standing at 1.88m, Akurang has largely operated as a central striker throughout his career, most often deployed as a traditional centre-forward. His new club are listed under the Scottish flag, meaning the move takes him out of the English system and into a Scottish setup where the league is not specified in the available data. For a player whose career has been rooted in England, the switch represents a rare step into football abroad.
The transfer has been completed as a free move from his status as “Without Club”, with no transfer fee involved and no market valuation provided in the data. Having been unattached since leaving Coggeshall Town in October 2022, Akurang arrives in Scotland looking to extend a playing career that began in the early 2000s with Chesham United and Hitchin Town before his rise through Thurrock and Dagenham & Redbridge.
Over more than two decades, Akurang has experienced loans, permanent transfers and multiple returns between familiar clubs, reflecting a journeyman forward’s path through the English pyramid. His earlier years featured a jump from non-league football into the professional ranks with Dagenham & Redbridge and then Barnet, while the latter stages of his career were spent providing experience and physical presence for a range of non-league sides.
No recent match statistics, appearances or performance data are provided for his time without a club, and there are no recorded figures for goals or games in his most recent seasons in the information available. However, Kings Park’s decision to sign him suggests they see value in his height, experience and extensive background across a variety of English competitions.
For Kings Park, the acquisition adds depth to their attacking options and brings in a player who has been exposed to numerous tactical setups and competitive levels over many years. For Akurang, the deal presents an opportunity to resume his career in a new environment and potentially close out his playing days in Scottish football, aiming to contribute both on the pitch and through his experience in the dressing room.
