Geyda Fofana ( fr. Gueïda Fofana ; May 16, 1991 , Le Havre , France ) - French footballer of Malian origin, a defensive midfielder , known for his performances for Le Havre and Olympic Lyon .
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| Born | Le Havre , France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth | 182 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Club
Heyda Fofana is a pupil of the Le Havre football club. He made his debut on August 18, 2009 in a League 2 match against Tours , replacing Cedric Basei at the 78th minute of the meeting [5] . On November 27, 2009, the midfielder scored the first goal in his professional career (in the match of the 15th round of the championship against Ajaccio [5] ). Geida Fofana played for Le Havre until the summer of 2011, when he moved to Lyon Olympic .
The midfielder first played for Lyon on September 14, 2011 in the Champions League match against Ajax [6] . In the 2011/12 season, Heyda Fofana as part of Lyon won the French Cup and the League Cup finalist . The following season, Fofana scored his first goals for Lyon. In the group stage match of the Europa League against Hapoel from Kiryat Shmona) , played on October 4, 2012, the midfielder scored twice [7] , and on January 25, 2013 he scored a goal in League 1 (in the match against Valenciennes [8] ) .
On January 18, 2017, the 25-year-old midfielder announced the end of his professional career due to chronic ankle injury [9] .
Team
Geida Fofana played for the youth teams of France of various ages. As part of the national team until the age of 19, he took part in the European Championship-2010 victory for the French (4 matches). A year later, participated in the youth world championship ; at the tournament, the midfielder played 7 matches and scored 2 goals (against the peers from South Korea and Nigeria ) [10] .
As part of the youth team of France, Fofana made his debut on February 28, 2012 in a friendly match with the Italians , replacing Josua Gilavoghi in the 77th minute of the meeting [11] . In his next match for the youth team, the midfielder scored a goal against the Chilean team [12] .
Achievements
- Olympic Lyon
- French Cup Winner (1): 2011/12
- French Super Cup Winner (1): 2012
- French League Cup Finalist (1): 2011/12
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- Youth national team of France (under 19 years)
- European Youth Champion (1): 2010
Statistics
| Club | Season | National championship | National cups | Eurocups | Total | |||||
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| League | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | ||
| Le Havre | 2009/10 | League 2 | thirty | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | thirty | one |
| 2010/11 | League 2 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | |
| Total for Le Havre | 64 | four | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | four | ||
| Lyon | 2011/12 | League 1 | 18 | 0 | four | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | League 1 | sixteen | one | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 3 | |
| Just for Lyon | 34 | one | 7 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 50 | 3 | ||
| Total career | 98 | five | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 116 | 7 | ||
Notes
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
- ↑ http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/le-havre-ac/2011/2/
- ↑ http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/gueida-fofana/profil/spieler/85863
- ↑ http://www.transfermarkt.com/gueida-fofana/profil/spieler/85863
- ↑ 1 2 Official site of the Professional Football League of France (French) . - “Tour” - “Le Havre” 2-0. Archived February 7, 2013.
- ↑ Transfermarkt.at (German) . - “Ajax” - “Lyon” 0-0. Archived February 7, 2013.
- ↑ Transfermarkt.at (German) . - “Hapoel” K-Sh - “Lyon” 3: 4. Archived February 7, 2013.
- ↑ Official site of the Professional Football League of France (French) . - “Valenciennes” - “Lyon” 0: 2. Archived February 6, 2013.
- ↑ Official website of Olympic Lyon (Fr.) . - GUEIDA FOFANA: "JE NE PEUX PLUS JOUER".
- ↑ Transfermarkt.at (German) (inaccessible link) . - Statistics of player appearances in the 2010/11 season. Archived February 6, 2013.
- ↑ Transfermarkt.at (German) . - France (mol.) - Italy (mol.) 1: 1. Archived December 18, 2012.
- ↑ Transfermarkt.at (German) . - France (mol.) - Chile (mol.) 4: 0. Archived February 7, 2013.
- ↑ Official site of the Professional Football League of France (French) . - profile of a football player. Archived February 7, 2013.