Youssouf Fofana

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Youssouf Fofana
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Youssouf Fofana (2019)
Personnel
birthday January 10, 1999
place of birth Paris ,  France
size 176 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
2005-2013 Espérance Paris
2013-2014 Red Star Paris
2014-2017 YES Drancy
2017-2018 Racing Strasbourg
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2017-2020 Racing Strasbourg II 34 (4)
2018-2020 Racing Strasbourg 30 (3)
2020– AS Monaco 7 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2018 France U19 1 (0)
2018-2019 France U20 9 (1)
2019– France U21 2 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of June 17, 2020

2 As of June 17, 2020

Youssouf Fofana (born January 10, 1999 in Paris ) is a French football player of Malian descent who has been under contract with the first division club AS Monaco since January 2020 . The midfielder has been a French U21 international since November 2019 .

Career

society

Born in the French capital Paris , Fofana is of Malian descent and played in the youth of various Parisian clubs, most recently for JA Drancy, before scouts from Racing Strasbourg discovered him in January 2017 and brought him into the club's youth department. After playing for the reserve team in the Championnat National 3 for a year , he signed his first professional contract with Racing on September 17, 2018 and was promoted to the first team. He made his Ligue 1 debut on August 24, 2018 (3rd matchday) in the 2-0 away defeat against Olympique Lyon , when he came on for Ibrahima Sissoko in the 84th minute of the game . As a result, he was used sporadically and scored his first goal on January 19 (21st matchday) in a 5-1 away win against AS Monaco . Head coach Thierry Laurey used him as a regular player from this time on, ending the 2018/19 season with 17 league games in which he scored a goal. After he was out for two months in the next 2019/20 season due to an early injury, he returned to the starting line-up in mid-October 2019.

On January 29, 2020, Youssouf Fofana moved to league rivals AS Monaco for a transfer fee of 15 million euros, where he signed a contract until June 30, 2024. On February 1, 2020 (22nd matchday) he made his debut in a 3-1 away defeat against Olympique Nîmes . At the Monegasque he quickly established himself in the starting lineup and finished with 20 league appearances in which he scored a goal.

National team

Fofana played an international match for the French U19 national team in February 2018 . With the U20 he took part in the U20 World Cup 2019 in Poland , where he was used in all four games and was able to score a goal.

He has been a French U21 international since November 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Youssouf Fofana  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joueurs maliens ou d'origines maliennes à travers le monde du 08/09/2017 In: Référence14Sport of September 8, 2017 (accessed on January 31, 2020)
  2. ↑ Football: Fofana (Strasbourg), l'ascension fulgurante In: Le Républicain Lorrain of March 29, 2019 (accessed on January 31, 2020)
  3. ↑ Strasbourg: Youssouf Fofana signe son premier contrat pro au Racing In: Franceinfo of September 17, 2018 (accessed on January 31, 2020)
  4. ↑ Ligue 1: Lyon se relance face à Strasbourg (2-0) In: Le Parisien from August 24, 2018 (accessed January 31, 2020)
  5. ↑ Monaco 1-5 Strasbourg In: BBC from January 19, 2019 (accessed January 31, 2020)
  6. ↑ Youssouf Fofana - performance data 18/19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on January 31, 2020)
  7. ↑ Ligue 1: Youssouf Fofana (Strasbourg) sort sur blessure face à Metz In: L'Équipe from August 11, 2019 (accessed January 31, 2020)
  8. ↑ a b Youssouf Fofana - performance data 19/20 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on June 17, 2020)
  9. ↑ Youssouf Fofana à l'AS Monaco In: AS Monaco from January 29, 2020 (accessed on January 31, 2020)
  10. ↑ Monaco agree € 15m fee with Strasbourg for Youssouf Fofana In: Onefootball from January 28, 2020 (accessed on January 31, 2020)
  11. ↑ Football - Ligue 1: Nîmes renoue avec le succès face à Monaco (3-1) In: Midi Libre from February 1, 2020 (accessed June 17, 2020)
  12. ↑ a b Profile of Youssouf Fofana In: FFF (accessed January 31, 2020)
  13. ↑ Youssouf Fofana - France U20 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on January 31, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Fofana, Youssouf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1999
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France