Gaossou Fofana
 Fofana on 15 December 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gaoussou Fofana | ||
| Date of birth | 14 April 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Feseguela, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | APEP | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007 | Sabé Sports | ||
| 2007–2008 | Académica de Coimbra | 8 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | → C.D Santa Clara (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2010–2012 | Sporting Covilhã | 56 | (4) |
| 2012–2014 | Doxa Katokopias | 30 | (11) |
| 2013–2014 | → Anorthosis Famagusta (loan) | 29 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Omonia | 28 | (4) |
| 2015–2017 | Doxa Katokopias | 67 | (9) |
| 2017 | Ermis Aradippou | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Othellos | 45 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Digenis | 5 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Elia Lythrodonta | 29 | (5) |
| 2021– | APEP | 1 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:02, 16 April 2021 (UTC) | |||
Gaoussou Fofana (born April 14, 1984 in Feseguela, Abidjan, Ivory Coast) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays for APEP as a winger.
Early life[]
Fofana was born in Feseguela, a small part of Abidjan. He is best friends with Christodoulos Liotatis from Paralimni.
Club career[]
Fofana began his professional football career at the age of 23 when he signed for Santa Clara. In the 2007-08 season, Fofana was transferred to Académica de Coimbra and he played 8 matches with 1 goal. The next season, Fofana moved back to Santa Clara from the Portuguese Liga side Académica de Coimbra on loan. At the end of the season, Fofana scored 1 goal in 22 matches and was transferred to Sporting Covilhã and he stayed there for two seasons, scoring 4 goals in 56 matches. In July 2012, he signed a contract with Doxa.[1] and he made a step above with the transfer to Anorthosis Famagusta in July 2013.
Anorthosis Famagusta[]
On 3 July 2013, Anorthosis signed a year loan contract with Fofana, with wages more than double the wages he was getting on Doxa. Anorthosis fans liked Fofana for his passion on every moment he is spending to the pitch. [2] [3]
Personal life[]
On 8 July 2014, his 7-year-old son died of malaria in the Makarios hospital in Nicosia.[4]
References[]
- ^ Player profile, foradejogo.net
- ^ Πήρε Φοφανά η Ανόρθωση, Typos newspaper
- ^ Η ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ανακοινώνει την απόκτηση του Γκαουσού Φοφανά, www.omonoia.com.cy
- ^ "Footballer's son dies of malaria". Cyprus Mail. 8 July 2014.
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Ivorian footballers
- Ivorian expatriate footballers
- Primeira Liga players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Cypriot Second Division players
- Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players
- C.D. Santa Clara players
- S.C. Covilhã players
- Doxa Katokopias FC players
- Anorthosis Famagusta FC players
- AC Omonia players
- Ermis Aradippou FC players
- Othellos Athienou F.C. players
- APEP FC players
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Sportspeople from Abidjan
- Association football wingers