Youssouf Fofana (French footballer)

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.

For the Ivorian footballer, see Youssouf Fofana (Ivorian footballer).

Youssouf Fofana
Fofana playing for France U20 in 2019
Personal information
Full name Youssouf Fofana
Date of birth (1999-01-10) 10 January 1999
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*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Strasbourg B 34 (4)
2018–2020 Strasbourg 30 (3)
2020– Monaco 112 (2)
International career‡
2018 France U19 1 (0)
2018–2019 France U20 9 (1)
2019 France U21 1 (0)
2022– France 13 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up2022
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:04, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:03, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Early life

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

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 13 August 2023[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Strasbourg B 2017–18 Championnat National 3 293———293
2018–19 Championnat National 3 51———51
Total 344———344
Strasbourg 2018–19 Ligue 1 1721041—223
2019–20 Ligue 1 13110203[lower-alpha 3]0191
Total 303206130414
Monaco 2019–20 Ligue 1 70———70
2020–21 Ligue 1 35050——400
2021–22 Ligue 1 33040—9[lower-alpha 4]1461
2022–23 Ligue 1 36210—10[lower-alpha 5]0472
2023–24 Ligue 1 1000——10
Total 1122100—1911413
Career total 17691206122121611
  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 17 October 2023[20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
France 202280
202350
Total130

Honours

Strasbourg

France

References
  1. "Youssouf Fofana". AS Monaco FC. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  2. "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: France (FRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2022. p. 12. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  3. "Youssouf Fofana". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  4. "Joueurs maliens ou d'origines maliennes à travers le monde du 08/09/2017".
  5. "Youssouf FOFANA s'engage en faveur de STRASBOURG – JA Drancy". 21 February 2017.
  6. "Olympique Lyonnais vs. Strasbourg – 24 August 2018". Soccerway. Perform Group.
  7. Rainbot, Arthur (25 January 2020). "Monaco - RC Strasbourg: Le RC Strasbourg bat Monaco 1-3 à l'extérieur". 20 Minutes (in French). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  8. Chirat, Antoine (29 January 2020). "AS Monaco : Youssouf Fofana signe à son tour !". Onze Mondial (in French). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  9. Borne, Fabien (30 January 2020). "Officiel : Youssouf Fofana signe lui aussi à Monaco". Dailymercato (in French). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  10. "NÎMES / AS MONACO - (3 / 1) - J22 - 2019-2020" (in French). Ligue 1. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  11. "Monaco vs. Real Sociedad". Soccerway. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  12. "VIDÉO : Le premier but de Youssouf Fofana en Ligue 1". BeSoccer (in French). September 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  13. "Youssouf FOFANA convoqué en équipe de FRANCE U19 – JA Drancy". 15 February 2018. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  14. "France Nations League squad: Badiashile, Fofana and Kolo Muani receive first-ever call-up, Dembele and Giroud return". Football Today. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  15. "Youssouf Fofana sur sa sélection pour la Coupe du monde : « On ne peut pas faire plus grand »". L'Équipe (in French). 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  16. "France-Maroc : Fofana et Konaté titulaires à la place de Rabiot et Upamecano, malades". Le Parisien (in French). 14 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  17. "CdM : France 2-0 Maroc (fini)". Maxifoot.fr (in French). 14 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  18. "ARGENTINE - FRANCE COMPOSITIONS". Eurosport (in French). 18 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  19. "Y. Fofona: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  20. "Youssouf Fofana". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  21. Kezzouf, Youmni (31 March 2019). "Strasbourg remporte la Coupe de la Ligue aux tirs au but". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  22. McNulty, Phil (18 December 2022). "Argentina 3–3 France". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
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