Ibrahima Breze Fofana

Guinean footballer (born 2002)
Ibrahima Breze Fofana
Fofana with Kocaelispor in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-08-15) 15 August 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Kocaelispor
(on loan from Hammarby IF)
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2019 FC Atouga
2019–2020 Diamants de Guinee
2020 Club Brugge
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Club NXT 9 (0)
2022–2023 Hammarby TFF (res.) 26 (7)
2023– Hammarby IF 0 (0)
2023– → Kocaelispor (loan) 14 (0)
International career‡
2019 Guinea U17 5 (0)
2023– Guinea U23 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 July 2023

Ibrahima Breze Fofana (born 15 August 2002) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Kocaelispor in the TFF First League, on loan from Allsvenskan club Hammarby IF.

Early life

Born and raised in Conakry, Guinea, Fofana played youth football with local clubs FC Atouga and Diamants de Guinee.[2]

Club career

Club Brugge

On 17 September 2020, following a successful trial, Fofana signed a three-year contract with Club Brugge in the Belgian First Division A.[3] In 2020–21, Fofana made nine appearances for the club's reserve team Club NXT, competing in the second tier First Division B.[4][5] He was regularly called up to train and play friendlies with the first-team squad, but failed to make any competitive appearances for Club Brugge.[6][7] In late February 2021, Fofana sat on the bench in both legs against Dynamo Kyiv in the Europa League's round of 16, but remained an unused substitute.[8][9]

Hammarby IF

On 22 July 2022, Fofana joined Hammarby TFF, the feeder team of Swedish Allsvenskan club Hammarby IF. He moved on a free transfer and signed a six month-deal, with an option for a further year.[10] In 2022, he made 16 league appearances for Hammarby TFF, scoring four goals, helping the side to finish 6th in the Ettan table.[11] On 30 January 2023, Fofana was promoted to Hammarby's senior squad, signing a four-year contract.[12][13] On 17 July, before making any competitive appearances for Hammarby, Fofana was sent on a one-year loan to Kocaelispor in the TFF First League, with an option for a permanent transfer.[14]

International career

In June 2023, Fofana was included in the final squad of the Guinean under-23 national team for the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted in Morocco,[15] where the Syli finished in fourth place.[16][17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 July 2023[18]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Club NXT 2020–21 Proximus League 9 0 – – 9 0
Total 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Hammarby TFF 2022 Ettan 16 4 – – 16 4
2023 10 3 – – 10 3
Total 26 7 0 0 0 0 26 7
Career total 35 7 0 0 0 0 35 7

References

  1. ^ "Ibrahima Breze Fofana". Club Brugge KV. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Ibrahima Breze Fofana s'engage avec le champion de Belgique" (in French). Conakry Sports. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Ibrahima Breze Fofana joins Club Brugge". Club Brugge KV. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Club NXT with season's first win against Lierse Kempenzonen". Club Brugge KV. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Club NXT (U21) open the season with a 0–8 win at Charleroi". Club Brugge KV. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Pictures pre-season tests – Day 1". Club Brugge KV. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Club draws 1–1 with Beerschot in first friendly". Club Brugge KV. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Club draws 1-1 with Dynamo Kyiv". Club Brugge KV. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Club out of the Europa League following 0–1 defeat against Dynamo Kyiv". Club Brugge KV. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  10. ^ "HTFF: Fofana och Alioum ansluter" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Ibrahima Breze Fofana" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Så byggs nya Hammarby: "Har tittat på RB Salzburg och Nordsjälland"" (in Swedish). Fotboll Sthlm. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Bajen tecknar avtal med Alioum, Fofana och Kingsley" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Ibrahima Fofana går på lån med option till turkiska Kocaelispor" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  15. ^ "La liste des 23 joueurs retenus pour la CAN U-23 2023". Guinean Football Federation (in French). 22 June 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  16. ^ "Mali's U23 team ends 20-year wait, qualifies for Paris Olympics | Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations 2023". CAFOnline.com. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  17. ^ "CAN 2023 : le Mali se qualifie aux JO 2024". Sport News Africa (in French). 7 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  18. ^ Ibrahima Breze Fofana at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
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