Mamadou Fofana (footballer, born 1998)

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]

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
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 24 (0)
2017 → Bandırmaspor (loan) 10 (0)
2018–2021 Metz 69 (0)
2021– Amiens 67 (1)
International career‡
2015 Mali U17 7 (0)
2017– Mali U20 3 (0)
2017– Mali 33 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:36, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

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
As of matches played on 15 November 2022[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mali 201720
201851
2019100
202020
202150
202261
Total282
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
116 October 2018Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura, Burundi Burundi1–11–12019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
215 November 2022Oran Olympic Stadium, Oran, Algeria Algeria1–11–1Friendly 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". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016.
  8. "Mamadou Fofana". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  9. FIFA.com
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