Mamadou Fofana (footballer, born 1998)
 Fofana in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Amiens | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2016 | Stade Malien | ||
| 2016–2017 | Alanyaspor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Alanyaspor | 24 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Bandırmaspor (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | Metz | 69 | (0) |
| 2021– | Amiens | 4 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | Mali U17 | 7 | (0) |
| 2017– | Mali U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017– | Mali | 19 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 September 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:25, 15 July 2019 (UTC) | |||
Mamadou Fofana (born 21 January 1998), also known as Nojo, is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 2 club Amiens and the Mali national team.[1]
Club career[]
Fofana transferred to Alanyaspor in 2016, joining from the academy of Stade Malien.[2] Fofana made his professional debut for Alanyaspor in a 2–3 Süper Lig loss to Çaykur Rizespor on 14 January 2017.[3]
On 12 August 2021, he moved to Ligue 2 club Amiens and signed a five-year contract.[4]
International career[]
Fofana represents Mali internationally, and represented the Mali U17s at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup,[5] and the Mali U20s at 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.[6]
Fofana made his senior debut for the Mali national football team in a 2018 World Cup qualification tie against Ivory Coast on 6 October 2017.[7]
Career statistics[]
- As of matches played on 15 July 2019[8]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fofana goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 October 2018 | Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura, Burundi |  Burundi |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Honours[]
Mali U17
- FIFA U-17 World Cup runner-up:2015[9]
References[]
- ^ Mamadou Fofana: «en Ligue 1, les erreurs ne pardonnent pas» footmercato.net
- ^ "Mamadou Fofana: " Je suis très heureux à Analyaspor"". 5 August 2016.
- ^ "AYTEMİZ ALANYASPOR ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR A.Ş. - Match Details TFF". www.tff.org.
- ^ "MAMADOU FOFANA EST AMIÉNOIS !" (in French). Amiens. 12 August 2021.
- ^ "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Mamadou FOFANA". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015.
- ^ Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - CAF 17-U20 Stats" (PDF). www.cafonline.com.
- ^ FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - Matches - Mali-Ivory Coast - FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Mamadou Fofana". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ FIFA.com
External links[]
- Mamadou Fofana at Soccerway
- Mamadou Fofana at the Turkish Football Federation
- Mamadou Fofana at Mackolik.com (in Turkish)
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Categories:
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bamako
- Malian footballers
- Mali youth international footballers
- Mali under-20 international footballers
- Mali international footballers
- Association football defenders
- Alanyaspor footballers
- Bandırmaspor footballers
- FC Metz players
- Amiens SC players
- Süper Lig players
- TFF First League players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Malian expatriate footballers
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate footballers in France
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 21st-century Malian people