Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 October 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Mankono, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Adanaspor | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
Right to Dream Academy | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2021 | Varbergs BoIS | 75 | (4) |
2021–2024 | Dijon | 65 | (0) |
2024– | Adanaspor | 2 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022– | Burkina Faso | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:54, 25 September 2022 (UTC) |
Adama Fofana (born 11 October 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Turkish club Adanaspor. [1] Born in the Ivory Coast, Fofana plays for the Burkina Faso national team.
Fofana attended the Right to Dream Academy before joining Swedish club Varbergs BoIS in 2018. [2]
On 31 August 2021, he moved to Dijon in France on a three-year contract. [3]
Born in the Ivory Coast, Fofana is of Burkinabé descent. [4] He debuted with the Burkina Faso national team in a friendly 1–0 win over DR Congo on 23 September 2022. [5]
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