Guessouma Fofana

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Guessouma Fofana
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Fofana in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31) [1]
Place of birth Le Havre, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al-Hilal SC
Number 27
Youth career
0000–2010 ES Mont-Gaillard
2010–2011 Le Havre
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2012 Le Havre B 20 (0)
2012–2013 Boulogne B 5 (0)
2013–2015 Lyon-Duchère 43 (1)
2015–2018 Amiens 77 (4)
2018–2021 Guingamp 34 (3)
2019–2020 → Le Mans (loan) 16 (1)
2021–2023 CFR Cluj 4 (0)
2023 Nîmes 12 (1)
2023–2024 Doxa Katokopias 24 (0)
2024- Al-Hilal SC
International career‡
2021– Mauritania 27 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 January 2024

Guessouma "Gus" Fofana (born 17 December 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Super D1 club Omdurman. He represents Mauritania at international level.

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Club career

In August 2018, Fofana joined En Avant de Guingamp on a three-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Amiens was estimated at €1 million. [2] At the end of the summer 2019 transfer window, he moved on loan to Le Mans, newly promoted to Ligue 2. [3]

On 17 September 2023, Fofana signed for Cypriot First Division club Daxo Katokopias. [4]

International career

Fofana was called for the Mauritania national team in November 2021 in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification against Zambia and Equatorial Guinea. [5] He debuted with Mauritania in a 1–1 tie with Equatorial Guinea on 16 November 2021. [6]

International stats

Mauritania national team
YearAppsGoals
202140
202260
202320
Total120

Personal life

Fofana was born in Le Havre, France. He holds French, Malian, and Mauritanian nationalities. [7] [8] He is the brother of the footballers Gueïda and Mamadou Fofana. [9]

Honours

Guingamp

CFR Cluj

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References

  1. 1 2 "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Mauritania" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 7. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Fofana, le chaînon manquant". Le Télégramme (in French). 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Fofana et Bilingi prêtés" [Fofana and Bilingi loaned] (in French). EA Guingamp. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "ΣΥΝΑΨΗ ΣΥΜΦΩΝΙΑΣ ΜΕ GUESSOUMA FOFANA" [SIGNING AN AGREEMENT WITH GUESSOUMA FOFANA]. doxafc.com.cy (in Greek). 17 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Mondial 2022 (Q) : la Mauritanie fait appel à Guessouma Fofana !". Afrik Foot. 8 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Match Report of Mauritania vs Equatorial Guinea - 2021-11-16 - WC Qualification". Global Sports Archive. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Guessouma FOFANA -".
  8. ↑ Lantheaume, Romain (5 November 2021). "Mondial 2022 (Q) : la Mauritanie fait appel à Guessouma Fofana !". Afrik-Foot.
  9. ↑ "Football – Ligue 2 : Mamadou Fofana, le digne héritier". www.paris-normandie.fr.
  10. ↑ Kezzouf, Youmni (31 March 2019). "Strasbourg remporte la Coupe de la Ligue aux tirs au but". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2023.
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