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 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*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Alanyaspor 25 (0)
2017 → Bandırmaspor (loan) 10 (0)
2018–2021 Metz 69 (0)
2021– Amiens 108 (0)
International career‡
2015 Mali U17 7 (0)
2017–2018 Mali U20 3 (0)
2017– Mali 42 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:28, 15 October 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]

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 5 October 2024
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 8 0 0 0 — — 8 0
Total 108 0 7 0 — — 115 1
Career total 212 0 16 1 4 0 0 0 232 1
  1. ^ Includes Turkish Cup, Coupe de France

International

As of matches played on 15 October 2024[8]
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 7 0
Total 42 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[8]
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

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. ^ a b "Mamadou Fofana". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  9. ^ FIFA.com