Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba

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Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-01-27) 27 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Lomé, Togo
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Al Ain
Number 9
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2014 Anges FC
2015–2016 US Bitam 49 (21)
2016–2019 RS Berkane 63 (29)
2019– Al Ain 115 (112)
International career‡
2016– Togo 53 (20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:41, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:30, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba (born 27 January 1992) is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for UAE Pro-League side Al Ain, and the Togo national team.

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Club career

Born in Lomé, Laba has played for Anges FC, US Bitam and RS Berkane. [2] [3] He signed for Al Ain in June 2019. [4] On 25 October 2019, Laba scored four goals in a 7–1 league win against Fujairah. [5] On 21 February 2020, Laba again scored four times in a game; this coming in a 6–5 victory over Al Wasl in the quarter-finals of the UAE President's Cup. [6]

International career

He made his international debut in 2016, [2] and was named in the squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 December 2024 [8]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
US Bitam 2014–15 Championnat National D1 29700–––207
2015–16201400–––2914
Total492100–––4921
RS Berkane 2016–17 Botola 20420–––224
2017–18 21671–14 [c] 4–4211
2018–19 221931–14 [c] 8–3928
Total6329122–2812–10243
Al Ain 2019–20 UAE Pro League 1819145300–2426
2020–21 231310007 [d] 2–3115
2021–22 222621541 [d] 0–3031
2022–23 26287320001 [e] 03631
2023–24 191210407 [d] 8003120
2024–25 71411115 [f] 0101516
Total115112139178201020167139
Career total2251612511198482220318203

International

As of match played 13 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Togo 201664
2017126
201861
201971
202020
202152
202264
202341
202451
Total5320
Scores and results list Togo's goal tally first. [2]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 June 2016 Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, LiberiaFlag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 2–22–2 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.4 September 2016 Stade de Kégué, Lomé, TogoFlag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 3–05–0
3.9 October 2016Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1–02–0 Friendly
4.2–0
5.24 January 2017 Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil, GabonFlag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 1–21–3 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
6.4 June 2017Stade Paul Le Cesne, Marseille, FranceFlag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 1–02–0Friendly
7.12 November 2017Stade de Kégué, Lomé, TogoFlag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 2–06–0
8.3–0
9.5–0
10.6–0
11.18 November 2018 Stade Municipal, Lomé, TogoFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1–31–4 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
12.6 September 2019 Stade de Moroni, Moroni, ComorosFlag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 1–01–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
13.5 June 2021 Arslan Zeki Demirci Spor Kompleksi, Manavgat, TurkeyFlag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 1–02–0Friendly
14.2–0
15.24 March 2022 Mardan Sports Complex, Aksu, TurkeyFlag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 3–03–0
16.29 March 2022Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 1–01–1
17.3 Juin 2022Stade de Kégué, Lomé, TogoFlag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 1–02–2 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
18.27 September 2022 Stade Larbi Zaouli, Casablanca, MoroccoFlag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 2–02–2Friendly
19.28 March 2023Stade de Kégué, Lomé, TogoFlag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 1–11–12023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
20.9 September 2024 Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial GuineaFlag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 2–22–2 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

RS Berkane

Al Ain

Individual

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