Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba

Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba (born 27 January 1992) is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for UAE Pro-League side Al Ain, and the Togo national team.

Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-01-27) 27 January 1992
Place of birth Lomé, Togo
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Al Ain
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Anges FC
2015–2016 US Bitam 49 (21)
2016–2019 RS Berkane 63 (29)
2019– Al Ain 93 (90)
International career‡
2016– Togo 45 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:41, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:43, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Lomé, Laba has played for Anges FC, US Bitam and RS Berkane.[2][3] He signed for Al Ain in June 2019.[4] On 25 October 2019, Laba scored four goals in a 7–1 league win against Fujairah.[5] On 21 February 2020, Laba again scored four times in a game; this coming in a 6–5 victory over Al Wasl in the quarter-finals of the UAE President's Cup.[6]

International career

He made his international debut in 2016,[2] and was named in the squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 24 October 2023[8]
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
US Bitam 2014–15 Championnat National D1 29700–––207
2015–16 201400–––2914
Total 492100–––4921
RS Berkane 2016–17 Botola 20400–––204
2017–18 21610–14[lower-alpha 3]4–3610
2018–19 221900–14[lower-alpha 3]8–3627
Total 632910–2812–9141
Al Ain 2019–20 UAE Pro League 1819145300–2426
2020–21 231310007[lower-alpha 4]2–3115
2021–22 222621541[lower-alpha 4]0–3031
2022–23 26287320001[lower-alpha 5]03631
2023–24 5400103[lower-alpha 4]30097
Total 949011813711510130110
Career total 204139128137391710270172
  1. Includes Moroccan Throne Cup, UAE President's Cup
  2. Includes UAE League Cup
  3. Appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
  4. Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  5. Appearance in UAE Super Cup

International
Scores and results list Togo's goal tally first.[2]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 June 2016Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia Liberia2–22–22017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.4 September 2016Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo Djibouti3–05–0
3.9 October 2016 Mozambique1–02–0Friendly
4.2–0
5.24 January 2017Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil, Gabon DR Congo1–21–32017 Africa Cup of Nations
6.4 June 2017Stade Paul Le Cesne, Marseille, France Comoros1–02–0Friendly
7.12 November 2017Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo Mauritius2–06–0
8.3–0
9.5–0
10.6–0
11.18 November 2018Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo Algeria1–31–42019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
12.6 September 2019Stade de Moroni, Moroni, Comoros Comoros1–01–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
13.5 June 2021Arslan Zeki Demirci Spor Kompleksi, Turkey Guinea1–02–0Friendly
14.2–0
15.24 March 2022Mardan Sports Complex, Turkey Sierra Leone3–03–0
16.29 March 2022 Benin1–01–1
17.3 Juin 2022Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo Eswatini1–02–22023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
18.27 September 2022Stade Larbi Zaouli, Casablanca, Morocco Equatorial Guinea2–02–2Friendly
19.28 March 2023Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo Burkina Faso1–11–12023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

RS Berkane

Al Ain

Individual

References
  1. "Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba". UAE Pro League. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  2. "Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  3. Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  4. "Al Ain's busy summer continues with signings of Abderrahmane Meziane and Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba". The National. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  5. "Fujairah vs. Al Ain". Soccerway. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  6. "الزعيم يتأهل إلى نصف نهائي البطولة 💪 العين يتغلب على فريق الوصل بنتيجة 6 – 5 ضمن منافسات دور الـ8 من بطولة كأس رئيس الدولة". Al Ain FC Twitter (in Arabic). Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  7. Oluwashina Okeleji (4 January 2017). "Afcon 2017: Adebayor to lead Togo in Gabon". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  8. "K. Laba". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  9. "AL AIN CLUB IS THE BOSS OF THE LEAGUE IN WORDS AND DEEDS.. THE BOSS CRUSHED AL JAZIRA BY 5-0 AND SNATCHES THE LEAGUE TITLE". Al Ain. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  10. "Al Ain vs. Shabab Al Ahli 2 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  11. "UAE League Top Scorers". uaefa. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  12. "UAE Pro League 2021/22 – Top Scorers & Top Assists". Soccerway.
  13. "UAE Arabian Gulf League: Al Ain duo Kodjo Laba and Khalid Eisa bag best awards for March". Goal. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  14. "UAE Pro League announces winners of "The Best" awards for August". Pro-League. 15 September 2021. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021.
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