Ibrahim Fofanah

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Ibrahim Fofanah
Personal information
Full name Ibrahim K. Fofanah
Date of birth (1994-02-13) 13 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Sierra Leone
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Syrianska IF Kerburan
Number 15 [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Wellington People
2011 [2] → Kamboi Eagles (loan) 13 (8)
2012 [3] FC Kallon 2 (0)
2012–2013 Djurgårdens IF 0 (0)
2013 → Arameiska-Syrianska IF (loan) 14 (5)
2014 HamKam 10 (0)
2015– Syrianska IF Kerburan
International career‡
2012– Sierra Leone 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 October 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:30, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Ibrahim K. Fofanah, also known as Ike Fofanah (born 13 February 1994) is a Sierra Leonean international footballer who plays professionally for Swedish club Syrianska IF Kerburan as a forward. [4] [5]

Career

Fofanah played for Kamboi Eagles, Wellington People and FC Kallon in Sierra Leone. In 2011, he was the Sierra Leone National Premier League top goal scorer with eight goals during the thirteen game season as well as voted best player of the league. [6] He was also one of three nominees for the "2011 Sierra Leone Best Player" award, alongside European based players Teteh Bangura and Mohamed Bangura. [7]

Despite suffering from a broken leg injury at the start of his time with FC Kallon, he was still signed by Swedish club Djurgården who brought him to Sweden to help with his rehabilitation. [8] In October 2013 Djurgården announced that they would not be extending Fofanahs contract and that he would leave the club at the end of the year. [9] He then signed for Norwegian club HamKam in 2014. [10]

He made his international debut for Sierra Leone in 2012. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Svenskfotboll.se".
  2. ↑ "Ibrahim K Fofana wins best player". Awoko. 23 November 2012. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Sierra Leone: Fc Kallon Striker to Go Under the Knife Today". allAfrica. 23 November 2012.
  4. ↑ Lövberg, Kristoffer. "Anfallare sist in i truppen". Syrianska IF Kerburan. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Ibrahim Fofanah at Soccerway
  6. ↑ Mohamed Fajah Barrie (23 November 2012). "Premier League best player breaks his left leg". Sierra Leone Football. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013.
  7. ↑ Mohamed Fajah Barrie (23 November 2012). "Teteh & Poborsky Bangura shortlisted for 2011 Sierra Leone best player award". Sierra Leone Football. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013.
  8. ↑ Mohamed Fajah Barrie (21 March 2012). "Injured Premier League best player Ibrahim K. Fofanah to join Swedish club Djurgården". Sierra Leone Football. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Förändringar i spelartruppen". Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. 17 October 2013. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013.
  10. ↑ Ike Fofanah klar for HamKam Archived 2014-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ Ibrahim Fofanah at National-Football-Teams.com
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