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
Amiens
Number 2
Youth career
2014–2016 Stade Malien
2016–2017 Alanyaspor
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Alanyaspor 25 (0)
2017Bandırmaspor (loan) 10 (0)
2018–2021 Metz 69 (0)
2021– Amiens 103 (0)
International career
2015 Mali U17 7 (0)
2017–2018 Mali U20 3 (0)
2017– Mali 40 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:08, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

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

Contents

Club career

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

On 12 August 2021, he moved to Ligue 2 club Amiens and signed a five-year contract. [4]

International career

Fofana represents Mali internationally, and represented the Mali U17s at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, [5] and the Mali U20s at 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. [6]

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. [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 August 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Alanyaspor 2016–17 Süper Lig 10000010
2017–18 Süper Lig24020260
Total2502000270
Bandırmaspor (loan) 2016–17 TFF First League 100100
Metz 2018–19 Ligue 2 3204030390
2019–20 Ligue 22000010210
2020–21 Ligue 1 16030190
2021–22 Ligue 1100010
Total6907040800
Amiens 2021–22 Ligue 232040360
2022–23 Ligue 235021371
2023–24 Ligue 233010340
2024–25 Ligue 2300030
Total1030701101
Career total207016140002271

International

As of matches played on 10 September 2024 [8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mali 201720
201851
2019100
202020
202150
202261
202380
202450
Total402
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 [8]
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. Mamadou Fofana: «en Ligue 1, les erreurs ne pardonnent pas» footmercato.net
  2. "Mamadou Fofana: " Je suis très heureux à Analyaspor"". 5 August 2016.
  3. "AYTEMİZ ALANYASPOR ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR A.Ş. - Match Details TFF". www.tff.org.
  4. "MAMADOU FOFANA EST AMIÉNOIS !" (in French). Amiens. 12 August 2021.
  5. "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Mamadou FOFANA". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015.
  6. Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - CAF 17-U20 Stats" (PDF). www.cafonline.com.
  7. FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Matches - Mali-Ivory Coast". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Mamadou Fofana". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  9. FIFA.com