Gaossou Fofana
 Fofana on 15 December 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gaossou Fofana | ||
| Date of birth | 14 April 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Feseguela, Côte d'Ivoire | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Othellos | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007 | Sabé Sports | ||
| 2007–2008 | Académica de Coimbra | 8 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | → C.D Santa Clara (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2010–2012 | Sporting Covilhã | 56 | (4) |
| 2012–2014 | Doxa Katokopias | 30 | (11) |
| 2013–2014 | → Anorthosis Famagusta (loan) | 29 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Omonia | 28 | (4) |
| 2015–2017 | Doxa Katokopias | 67 | (9) |
| 2017 | Ermis Aradippou | 1 | (0) |
| 2017– | Othellos | 19 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 February 2018 | |||
Gaoussou Fofana is a Côte d'Ivoire professional footballer who plays for Othellos Athienou as a winger.
Early life
Fofana was born in Feseguela a small part of Abidjan city in Côte d'Ivoire. He is best friends with Christodoulos Liotatis from Paralimni.
Club career
Fofana began his professional football career at the age of 23 when he signed for Santa Clara. The season 2007-2008 Fofana transferred to Académica de Coimbra and he play 8 matches with scoring 1 goal. The next season Fofana moved back to Santa Clara from the Portuguese Liga side Académica de Coimbra as a loan. At the end of the season Fofana scored 1 goal in 22 matches and transferred to Sporting Covilhã and he stayed there for two seasons scoring 4 goals in 56 matches. In July 2012 he signed a contract with Doxa.[1] and he made a step above with the transfer to Anorthosis Famagusta in July 2013.
Anorthosis Famagusta
On 3 July 2013, Anorthosis signed a year loan contract with Gaoussou Fofana, with wages more than double the wages he was getting on Doxa. Anorthosis fans liked Fofana for his passion on every moment he is spending to the pitch. [2] [3]
Personal life
On 8 July 2014, his 7-year-old son died of malaria in the Makarios hospital in Nicosia.[4]
References
- ↑ Player profile, foradejogo.net
- ↑ Πήρε Φοφανά η Ανόρθωση, Typos newspaper
- ↑ Η ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ανακοινώνει την απόκτηση του Γκαουσού Φοφανά, www.omonoia.com.cy
- ↑ "Footballer's son dies of malaria". Cyprus Mail. 8 July 2014.