John Cofie
| John Cofie | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | John Erzuah Cofie | |
| birthday | January 21, 1993 | |
| place of birth | Aboso , Ghana | |
| size | 183 cm | |
| position | Storm | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| until 2009 | Burnley FC | |
| 2009-2011 | Manchester United | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2010-2013 | Manchester United | 0 (0) |
| 2012 | → Royal Antwerp (loan) | 13 (3) |
| 2012-2013 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 16 (2) |
| 2013 | → Notts County (loan) | 7 (1) |
| 2013– | Barnsley FC | 0 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 2009 | England U-16 | |
| 2010-2011 | England U18 | |
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1 Only league games are given. As of February 8, 2014 |
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John Erzuah Cofie (born January 21, 1993 in Aboso , Ghana ) is a Ghanaian - German - English football player . He plays primarily as a center forward in the storm . He has been under contract with Barnsley FC since 2013 .
Career
society
John Cofie began his career in the youth of Burnley FC . In November 2007, the changed from many top clubs such. B. Liverpool chased Cofie into the youth of Manchester United and signed for six years. In the 2009/10 season he made his debut in the Premier Reserve League at the age of seventeen years, three months and eight days under coach Ole Gunnar Solskjær , when he played 1-0 against the reserves of his former club Burnley FC in an away game ) came on in the 63rd minute for Etzaz Hussain . In the 2010/11 season he was mostly not used due to a protracted knee injury. He did not return until the end of the season and was then able to win the FA Youth Cup with ManU on May 24, 2011 . In the first half of the 2011/12 season he played again in the Premier Reserve League before he was loaned to the Belgian second division club Royal Antwerp for half a year in January 2012 . There he made his debut in professional football on January 14, 2012, the 20th matchday of the second division season. Cofie was surprisingly in the starting line-up in the home game against CS Visé (3-1) and prepared the goal for the 3-1 final score by Kevin Oris . He scored his first goal in professional football three game days later on January 29, 2012 in the away game against KFC Verbroedering Dender EH (1-1). At the end of the season he returned to Manchester. In July 2012 he was loaned to English third division club Sheffield United for a season. However, Cofie returned to Manchester in January 2013. In early February 2013, Cofie was awarded for a month to the third division club Notts County . There he was used in seven games and scored one goal.
National team
In February 2009, Cofie, who was also eligible to play for Ghanaian and German junior national teams, decided on the English U-16s. In November 2010 it was used for the first time in the English U-18.
successes
- FA Youth Cup : 2011
Web links
- John Cofie in the soccerbase.com database
- John Cofie in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Profile of John Cofie at manutd.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ sufc.co.uk: Cofie time , July 13, 2012, accessed September 15, 2012
- ↑ nottscountyfc.co.uk: Man Utd Striker Arrives On Loan , February 8, 2013, accessed February 13, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cofie, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cofie, John Erzuah (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ghanaian-German-English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1993 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aboso , Ghana |