Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 27 January 1992 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | Anges FC | ||
2015–2016 | US Bitam | 49 | (21) |
2016–2019 | RS Berkane | 63 | (29) |
2019– | Al Ain | 102 | (97) |
International career‡ | |||
2016– | Togo | 47 | (19) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:41, 25 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:43, 29 January 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.
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]
He made his international debut in 2016, [2] and was named in the squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. [7]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
US Bitam | 2014–15 | Championnat National D1 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 20 | 7 | |||
2015–16 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 29 | 14 | |||||
Total | 49 | 21 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 49 | 21 | |||||
RS Berkane | 2016–17 | Botola | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 20 | 4 | |||
2017–18 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | – | 14 [lower-alpha 3] | 4 | – | 36 | 10 | ||||
2018–19 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 [lower-alpha 3] | 8 | – | 36 | 27 | ||||
Total | 63 | 29 | 1 | 0 | – | 28 | 12 | – | 91 | 41 | ||||
Al Ain | 2019–20 | UAE Pro League | 18 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 26 | |
2020–21 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 [lower-alpha 4] | 2 | – | 31 | 15 | |||
2021–22 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | – | 30 | 31 | |||
2022–23 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 36 | 31 | ||
2023–24 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 [lower-alpha 4] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17 | ||
Total | 102 | 97 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 144 | 120 | ||
Career total | 212 | 146 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 42 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 284 | 182 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 5 June 2016 | Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia | Liberia | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
2. | 4 September 2016 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo | Djibouti | 3–0 | 5–0 | |
3. | 9 October 2016 | Mozambique | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |
4. | 2–0 | |||||
5. | 24 January 2017 | Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil, Gabon | DR Congo | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations |
6. | 4 June 2017 | Stade Paul Le Cesne, Marseille, France | Comoros | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
7. | 12 November 2017 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo | Mauritius | 2–0 | 6–0 | |
8. | 3–0 | |||||
9. | 5–0 | |||||
10. | 6–0 | |||||
11. | 18 November 2018 | Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo | Algeria | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
12. | 6 September 2019 | Stade de Moroni, Moroni, Comoros | Comoros | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
13. | 5 June 2021 | Arslan Zeki Demirci Spor Kompleksi, Turkey | Guinea | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
14. | 2–0 | |||||
15. | 24 March 2022 | Mardan Sports Complex, Turkey | Sierra Leone | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
16. | 29 March 2022 | Benin | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||
17. | 3 Juin 2022 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo | Eswatini | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
18. | 27 September 2022 | Stade Larbi Zaouli, Casablanca, Morocco | Equatorial Guinea | 2–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
19. | 28 March 2023 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo | Burkina Faso | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
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