![]() Fofana with Kocaelispor in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 15 August 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Conakry, Guinea | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hammarby IF | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2019 | FC Atouga | ||
2019–2020 | Diamants de Guinee | ||
2020 | Club Brugge | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2022 | Club NXT | 9 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Hammarby TFF (res.) | 26 | (7) |
2023– | Hammarby IF | 2 | (0) |
2023–2024 | → Kocaelispor (loan) | 14 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Guinea U17 | 5 | (0) |
2023– | Guinea U23 | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 July 2023 |
Ibrahima Breze Fofana (born 15 August 2002) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Allsvenskan club Hammarby IF.
Born and raised in Conakry, Guinea, Fofana played youth football with local clubs FC Atouga and Diamants de Guinee. [2]
On 17 September 2020, following a successful trial, Fofana signed a three-year contract with Club Brugge in the Belgian First Division A. [3] In 2020–21, Fofana made nine appearances for the club's reserve team Club NXT, competing in the second tier First Division B. [4] [5] He was regularly called up to train and play friendlies with the first-team squad, but failed to make any competitive appearances for Club Brugge. [6] [7] In late February 2021, Fofana sat on the bench in both legs against Dynamo Kyiv in the Europa League's round of 16, but remained an unused substitute. [8] [9]
On 22 July 2022, Fofana joined Hammarby TFF, the feeder team of Swedish Allsvenskan club Hammarby IF. He moved on a free transfer and signed a six month-deal, with an option for a further year. [10] In 2022, he made 16 league appearances for Hammarby TFF, scoring four goals, helping the side to finish 6th in the Ettan table. [11] On 30 January 2023, Fofana was promoted to Hammarby's senior squad, signing a four-year contract. [12] [13] On 17 July, before making any competitive appearances for Hammarby, Fofana was sent on a one-year loan to Kocaelispor in the TFF First League, with an option for a permanent transfer. [14]
In June 2023, Fofana was included in the final squad of the Guinean under-23 national team for the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted in Morocco, [15] where the Syli finished in fourth place. [16] [17]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Club NXT | 2020–21 | Proximus League | 9 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | ||
Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
Hammarby TFF | 2022 | Ettan | 16 | 4 | – | – | 16 | 4 | ||
2023 | 10 | 3 | – | – | 10 | 3 | ||||
Total | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 | ||
Career total | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 |
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