Mechac Koffi

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Mechac Koffi
KoffivsKhaboura.jpg
Mechac with Al-Nasr in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-09-24) 24 September 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Bouna, Ivory Coast
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2006–2008 AS Denguélé
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2011 OC Khouribga 28 (3)
2011–2012 AS Khroub 20 (2)
2012–2013 ES Sétif 10 (1)
2013–2014 RC Arbaâ 0 (0)
2014 Ismaily 5 (1)
2014–2015 Al-Nasr 25 (19)
2015–2016 Ittihad Kalba 5 (3)
2016 Al-Nasr 10 (4)
2016–2017 Al-Shabab 9 (9)
2017 Al-Feiha 12 (3)
2018–2019 Churchill Brothers 10 (4)
2019–2020 Al-Taawon
2020–2021 Masafi 7 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mechac Koffi (born 24 September 1988) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a striker. [1]

Contents

Club career

Morocco

Mechac began his professional career in 2009 in Morocco with OC Khouribga in Botola (Moroccan top division league). He scored 14 goals in 28 appearances for the Moroccan side.

Algeria

On 1 July 2011, he moved to Algeria and signed a one-year contract with AS Khroub of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. He scored 13 goals in 20 league appearances for the Algerian side. On 6 August 2012, he again signed a one-year contract with an Algerian club, ES Sétif of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. [2] He scored 2 goals in 11 appearances for the Sétif-based club. On 17 June 2013, he signed a six-months contract with an Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club, RC Arbaâ.

Egypt

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Mechac Koffi – 2014–15 Oman Professional League

After spending a three-years spell in Algeria, he moved to Egypt and signed a contract with Ismaily SC of the Egyptian Premier League. He scored 4 goal in 5 appearances for the Ismaïlia-based club.

Oman

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Mechac Koffi – 2014–15 Oman Professional League

On 23 July 2014, he arrived in Oman and on 6 August 2014 he signed a two-years contract with Salalah-based club Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. [3] [4] He made his Oman Professional League debut and scored his first goal on 20 September 2014 in a 3–2 loss in the derby match against fierce rivals, Dhofar S.C.S.C. [5] He scored 19 goals in 25 appearances in the 2014–15 Oman Professional League which also included a hat-trick on 8 January 2015 in a 4–2 win over eventual runners-up of the 2014–15 Professional League season, Fanja SC, [6] thus emerging as the top scorer of the 2014–15 Oman Professional League season. He also made an appearance and scored a goal in the 2014–15 Oman Professional League Cup. He scored 5 goals in 6 appearances in the 2014–15 Sultan Qaboos Cup, thus emerging as the top scorer and he also helped his team reach the semi-finals of the competition where his side lost 2–1 on aggregate to the eventual winners of the 2014–15 Sultan Qaboos Cup and also the 2014–15 Oman Professional League, Al-Oruba SC.

United Arab Emirates

On 27 May 2015, he arrived in the United Arab Emirates and on the very next day he signed a two-year contract with UAE First Division League side, Ittihad Kalba SC. [7] [8] [9] He made his debut for the club on 24 October 2015 in a 1–1 draw against Hatta Club in the UAE League Cup [10] and scored his first goal for the club in the same competition on 14 November 2015 in a 3–1 win over Dibba Al-Hisn Sports Club. [11] He made his UAE First Division League debut and scored his first goal in the competition on 11 December 2015 in a 1–1 draw against Al-Urooba. [12]

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Mechac Koffi – 2015–16 Oman Professional League

Back to Oman

In January 2016, news speculated that the Ivorian striker could make a move back to Oman with clubs like Al-Suwaiq Club, Al-Nahda Club and his former side, Al-Nasr being the potential destinations. [13] [14] [15] [16] As a result, on 28 January 2016, he moved back to Oman and on the very same day signed a short-term contract with his former side, Al-Nasr until the end of the 2015–16 Oman Professional League season. [17] He made his first appearance in the 2015–16 Oman Professional League on 31 January 2016 in a 1–0 loss against Al-Oruba SC [18] and scored his first goal on 4 February 2016 in a 1–0 win over relegation threatened Al-Khaboura SC. [19] He scored 1 goal in 2 appearances in the 2015–16 Oman Professional League Cup, helping his side win the title for the first time in the history of the club. [20] [21] He made his first appearance in the 2015–16 Sultan Qaboos Cup on 15 February 2016 in a 0–1 loss against Fanja SC [22] and scored a brace in a 2–1 win against the same side in the 2nd leg of the Quarter-finals, [23] helping his side qualify for the semi-finals [24] where Al-Nasr lost 1–0 on aggregate to Saham Club.

On 20 July 2016, he signed a one-year contract with another Oman Professional League club, Al-Shabab Club. [25]

India

In December 2017, he moved to India and signed a short-term contract with Goan giants, Churchill Brothers S.C. He made his I-League debut and scored his first goal in the competition on 8 January in a 1–1 draw against Indian club East Bengal F.C. and helped his side secure their first point of the season. [26] [27] [28]

Personal life

Mechac has three brothers and has one younger sister. He has already lost a sister who was older than him back in 2012. His elder brother, Yao Simon Koffi is also a player.

Career statistics

Club

As of ? [1]
ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
OC Khouribga 2009–10 Botola 141000000141
2010–11 142000000142
Total283000004283
AS Khroub 2011–12 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 202000000202
ES Sétif 2012–13 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1101100000111
Ismaily 2013–14 Egyptian Premier League 5110000061
Al-Nasr 2014–15 Oman Professional League 25197600003225
Ittihad Kalba 2015–16 UAE First Division League 53510000104
Al-Nasr 2015–16 Oman Professional League104630000167
Al-Shabab 2016–17 Oman Professional League9400000094
Al-Feiha 2016–17 Saudi First Division 9300000093
Churchill Brothers 2017–18 I-League 9400000094
Career total128442010000015654

Honours

ES Sétif

Al-Nasr

Individual

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