Rene Osei Kofi

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René Osei Kofi
Personal information
Full name René Osei Kofi
Date of birth (1991-12-31) 31 December 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Zeeburgia
2007–2010 Ajax
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010 Ajax 0 (0)
2010 → Almere City (loan) 8 (0)
2011–2012 Comarca de Níjar
2012–2013 Haaglandia 15 (2)
2013 FK Drita 1 (0)
2013 Aris Limassol 7 (0)
2017 Chorley 0 (0)
2019 TEC 4 (0)
2022 DJK TuS Hordel 13 (9)
2022 Bamber Bridge 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:14, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Rene Osei Kofi (born 31 December 1991) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a defender. He has played for various clubs in the Netherlands, England, Spain, Cyprus and North Macedonia.

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Career

As a product of the Ajax Youth Academy, he began his professional career at Almere City in the Dutch Eerste Divisie on a season-long loan for the 2010–2011 season. [1]

On 10 November 2010, his loan spell was brought to an abrupt end following an incident in the Almere City locker room, where Osei Kofi put a gun to the head of teammate Christian Gandu. [2] Two days later his contract with Ajax was canceled with immediate effect as a result. [3]

Osei Kofi then went on trial in England at Birmingham City and Crystal Palace but was not offered a contract. In March 2012 he signed with the Spanish club CD Comarca de Níjar which plays in the Tercera División. [4] In the 2012/13 season he played for Haaglandia in the Topklasse. He finished the season with FK Drita Bogovinje in North Macedonia. In June 2013 he signed for a season with Aris Limassol in Cyprus. Then he was without a club for several years.

In October 2017 he signed for English non-league side Chorley, however was released after making just a single appearance in the FA Cup. [5]

From the 2019/20 season onward, he played for SV TEC in the Tweede Divisie.

In February 2022, Osei Kofi was playing Germany for Westfalenliga side DJK TuS Hordel. [6] In September 2022, he appeared in an FA Cup for Northern Premier League side Bamber Bridge. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ sports reference retrieved 2 June 2012
  2. ↑ Ajacied weg na dreigen met pistool, RTL.nl, 12 november 2010
  3. ↑ Almere City stuurt Ajacied Kofi Osei weg om bedreiging De Telegraaf, 12 november 2010
  4. ↑ El Comarca cierra la incorporación del defensa holandés René Osei Kofi, elalmeria.es, 6 maart 2012
  5. ↑ Locke, Mark. "Rene Osei KOFI". www.chorleyfc.com. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Rene Osei Kofi". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "Bamber Bridge through to the FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round". Bamber Bridge F.C. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2025.


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