Youssouf Fofana (French footballer)

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Youssouf Fofana
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Fofana playing for France U20 in 2019
Personal information
Full name Youssouf Fofana
Date of birth (1999-01-10) 10 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Monaco
Number 19
Youth career
2005–2013 Espérance Paris 19ème
2013–2014 Red Star
2014–2017 Drancy
2017–2018 Strasbourg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Strasbourg B 34 (4)
2018–2020 Strasbourg 30 (3)
2020– Monaco 136 (4)
International career‡
2018 France U19 1 (0)
2018–2019 France U20 9 (1)
2019 France U21 1 (0)
2022– France 17 (3)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2022 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:20, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:27, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Youssouf Fofana (born 10 January 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the France national team.

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Early life

Youssouf Fofana [2] was born on 10 January 1999 in Paris. [3] He is of Ivorian descent. [4]

Club career

Strasbourg

Fofana began his career with various youth academies in Paris, before joining the youth academy of Strasbourg on 21 February 2017. [5] He made his professional debut with Strasbourg in a 2–0 Ligue 1 loss to Lyon on 24 August 2018. [6]

Monaco

Fofana played his final game for Strasbourg on 25 January 2020, a 3–1 away win over Monaco. [7] Four days later, he was signed by Monaco for €15 million, [8] [9] and made his debut on 1 February, playing 71 minutes of a 3–1 away defeat to Nîmes. [10] On 25 November 2021, Fofana scored his first goal for Monaco, the winning goal in a 2–1 UEFA Europa League victory at home over Real Sociedad. [11] He scored his first league goal with the club in a 4–2 home defeat to Troyes on 31 August 2022. [12]

International career

Fofana was a youth international for France from under-19 to under-21 level. [13]

On 15 September 2022, Fofana received his first call-up to the France national team for two UEFA Nations League matches against Austria and Denmark. [14] In November, he was called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar by Didier Deschamps. [15] At the tournament, he played in six of France's seven matches, starting the ones against Tunisia in the group stage (1–0 loss) and Morocco in the semi-finals (2–0 win). [16] [17] In the final against Argentina on 18 December, Fofana came on as a 96th-minute substitute in extra time for Adrien Rabiot. The game ended with a score of 3–3, and Argentina came out victorious on penalties. [18]

On 18 November 2023, Fofana scored his first goal with France, the seventh goal of a 14–0 win over Gibraltar in UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying. [19] In the following match against Greece, he scored in a goal from twenty-five metres out in a 2–2 draw. [20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 March 2024 [21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Strasbourg B 2017–18 National 3 293———293
2018–19 National 351———51
Total344———344
Strasbourg 2018–19 Ligue 1 1721041—223
2019–20 Ligue 113110203 [lower-alpha 3] 0191
Total303206130414
Monaco 2019–20 Ligue 170———70
2020–21 Ligue 135050——400
2021–22 Ligue 133040—9 [lower-alpha 4] 1461
2022–23 Ligue 136210—10 [lower-alpha 5] 0472
2023–24 Ligue 125230——282
Total1364130—1911685
Career total200111506122124313
  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France
  2. ↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 26 March 2024 [22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
France 202280
202372
202421
Total173
Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fofana goal.
List of international goals scored by Youssouf Fofana
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
118 November 2023 Allianz Riviera, Nice, France14Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 7–014–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
221 November 2023 Agia Sophia Stadium, Athens, Greece15Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2–22–2 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
326 March 2024 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France17Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1–13–2 Friendly

Honours

Strasbourg

France

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