Mamadou Fofana (footballer, born 1998)

Not to be confused with Mamadou Fofana (footballer, born 2000).

Mamadou Fofana

Fofana in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	Bamako, Mali
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	New England Revolution
Number	2
Youth career
2014–2016	Stade Malien
2016–2017	Alanyaspor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(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	1	(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 February 2025 ‡ 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]

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] Fofana made his MLS debut, and recorded his first start for the Revolution, in the 2025 season opener, a 0-0 draw against Nashville SC on 22 February. ^[8]

International career

Fofana represents Mali internationally, and represented the Mali U17s at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, ^[9] and the Mali U20s at 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 February 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Alanyaspor	2016–17	Süper Lig	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
	2017–18	Süper Lig	24	0	2	0	—		—		26	0
	Total		25	0	2	0	—		0	0	27	0
Bandırmaspor (loan)	2016–17	TFF First League	10	0	—		—		—		10	0
Metz	2018–19	Ligue 2	32	0	4	0	3	0	—		39	0
	2019–20	Ligue 2	20	0	0	0	1	0	—		21	0
	2020–21	Ligue 1	16	0	3	0	—		—		19	0
	2021–22	Ligue 1	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		69	0	7	0	4	0	—		80	0
Amiens	2021–22	Ligue 2	32	0	4	0	—		—		36	0
	2022–23	Ligue 2	35	0	2	1	—		—		37	1
	2023–24	Ligue 2	33	0	1	0	—		—		34	0
	2024–25	Ligue 2	14	0	0	0	—		—		14	0
	Total		114	0	7	0	—		—		121	1
New England Revolution	2025	Major League Soccer	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
Career total			219	0	16	1	4	0	0	0	239	1

1. Includes Turkish Cup, Coupe de France

International

As of matches played on 19 November 2024 ^[12]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Mali	2017	2	0
	2018	5	1
	2019	10	0
	2020	2	0
	2021	5	0
	2022	6	1
	2023	8	0
	2024	9	0
Total		44	2

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 ^[12]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 October 2018	Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura, Burundi	Burundi	1–1	1–1	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2	15 November 2022	Oran Olympic Stadium, Oran, Algeria	Algeria	1–1	1–1	Friendly match

Honours

Mali U17

• FIFA U-17 World Cup runner-up:2015 ^[13]

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. Bird, Hayden (3 December 2024). "Revolution announce signing of center back Mamadou Fofana from Amiens SC". Boston.com. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
8. "Revolution battle Nashville SC to 0-0 draw in 2025 MLS season opener". revolutionsoccer.net. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
9. "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Mamadou FOFANA". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015.
10. Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - CAF 17-U20 Stats" (PDF). www.cafonline.com.
11. FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Matches - Mali-Ivory Coast". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016.
12. "Mamadou Fofana". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
13. FIFA.com

External links

• Mamadou Fofana at Soccerway
• Mamadou Fofana at the Turkish Football Federation
• Mamadou Fofana at www.mackolik.com (in Turkish)

https://www.givemesport.com/new-england-revolution-sign-mamadou-fofana/

 https://www.theblazingmusket.com/p/report-revolution-sign-mamadou-fofana