Mamadou Fofana (footballer, born 1998)

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Mamadou Fofana
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Fofana in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 New England Revolution
Number –
Youth career
2014–2016 Stade Malien
2016–2017 Alanyaspor
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Alanyaspor 25 (0)
2017 → Bandırmaspor (loan) 10 (0)
2018–2021 Metz 69 (0)
2021–2024 Amiens 114 (0)
2024– New England Revolution 0 (0)
International career‡
2015 Mali U17 7 (0)
2017–2018 Mali U20 3 (0)
2017– Mali 44 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:27, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Mamadou Fofana (born 21 January 1998), also known as Nojo, is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defender for MLS side New England Revolution [1] and the Mali national team. [2]

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Club career

Fofana transferred to Alanyaspor in 2016, joining from the academy of Stade Malien. [3] Fofana made his professional debut for Alanyaspor in a 2–3 Süper Lig loss to Çaykur Rizespor on 14 January 2017. [4]

On 12 August 2021, he moved to Ligue 2 club Amiens and signed a five-year contract. [5]

December 2nd 2024 New England Revolution signed Mamadou Fofana from French Ligue 2 side Amiens SC [6] . Fofana joined the Revolution for a reported fee of €1.7 million (~$1,783,000). Trésarrieu also reported Fofana signed a three-year contract with the Revolution. [7] The deal also includes a club option for 2028. [7]

International career

Fofana represents Mali internationally, and represented the Mali U17s at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, [8] and the Mali U20s at 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. [9]

Fofana made his senior debut for the Mali national football team in a 2018 World Cup qualification tie against Ivory Coast on 6 October 2017. [10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Alanyaspor 2016–17 Süper Lig 1000—0010
2017–18 Süper Lig24020——260
Total25020—00270
Bandırmaspor (loan) 2016–17 TFF First League 100———100
Metz 2018–19 Ligue 2 3204030—390
2019–20 Ligue 22000010—210
2020–21 Ligue 1 16030——190
2021–22 Ligue 11000——10
Total6907040—800
Amiens 2021–22 Ligue 232040——360
2022–23 Ligue 235021——371
2023–24 Ligue 233010——340
2024–25 Ligue 214000——140
Total114070——1211
Career total218016140002381

International

As of matches played on 19 November 2024 [11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mali 201720
201851
2019100
202020
202150
202261
202380
202490
Total442
Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fofana goal.
List of international goals scored by Mamadou Fofana [11]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 October 2018 Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura, BurundiFlag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 1–11–1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
215 November 2022 Oran Olympic Stadium, Oran, AlgeriaFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1–11–1 Friendly match

Honours

Mali U17

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References

  1. ↑ "Revolution acquire Malian center back Mamadou Fofana from Amiens SC". revolutionsoccer.net. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  2. ↑ Mamadou Fofana: «en Ligue 1, les erreurs ne pardonnent pas» footmercato.net
  3. ↑ "Mamadou Fofana: " Je suis très heureux à Analyaspor"". 5 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "AYTEMİZ ALANYASPOR ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR A.Ş. - Match Details TFF". www.tff.org.
  5. ↑ "MAMADOU FOFANA EST AMIÉNOIS !" (in French). Amiens. 12 August 2021.
  6. ↑ Bogert, Tom (2 December 2024). "New England Revolution sign center back Mamadou Fofana: Sources". GiveMeSport. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  7. 1 2 Bird, Hayden (3 December 2024). "Revolution announce signing of center back Mamadou Fofana from Amiens SC". Boston.com. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Mamadou FOFANA". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015.
  9. ↑ Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - CAF 17-U20 Stats" (PDF). www.cafonline.com.
  10. ↑ FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Matches - Mali-Ivory Coast". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016.
  11. 1 2 "Mamadou Fofana". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  12. ↑ FIFA.com

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