Ibrahima Breze Fofana

Ibrahima Breze Fofana
Fofana with Kocaelispor in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-08-15) 15 August 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hammarby IF
Number 17
Youth career
–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 13 (0)
2023–2024 → 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 10 November 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 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.