Abdoulaye Koffi (born 30 December 1991) is an Ivorian

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who plays for

Al-Hudood SC Al-Hudood Sports Club ( ar, نادي الحدود الرياضي, lit=''The Borders Sports Club'') is an Iraqi sports club based in Falastin Street, East Districts of the Tigris River, Baghdad. It has teams in various sports including Association ...

in the

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Personal life

Abdoulaye's elder brother,

Mohamed Koffi Mohamed Koffi (born 30 December 1986) is an Ivorian-born Burkinabé footballer. Personal life Mohamed's younger brother is also a football player, Abdoulaye Koffi. Club career Youth career Mohammed began his footballing career in 1995 with hi ...

is a former Burkinabé international footballer who plies his trade for

Smouha SC Smouha Sporting Club ( ar, نادي سموحة الرياضي), simply known as Smouha, is an Egyptian sports club based in Alexandria, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Pr ...

in the Egyptian Premier League.

Club career

Egypt

Abdoulaye began his professional career in

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in 2008 with

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-based Grand Hotel FC. In his two-year spell at the Hurghada-based club, he scored 26 goals in 44 appearances. At the end of the

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season, he received the "Top Scorer" award of the 2010–11 Egyptian Second Division League for his outstanding performance in the season and for scoring 16 league goals in 24 matches. In 2011, he moved to another Egyptian Second Division club, Eastern Company. In his three-year spell at the club, he scored 17 goals in 35 appearances.

Saham

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In August 2014, he moved to

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...

and on 27 August 2014 he signed a one-year contract with Saham SC of

Oman Professional League The Oman Professional League ( ar, دوري المحترفين عمان; known as the '' Omantel Professional League'' for sponsorship reasons), previously known as the Omantel Elite League, is the top division of the Oman Football Association, ...

. He made his Oman Professional League debut on 19 November 2014 in a 1-0 loss against Bowsher Club and scored his first goal on 27 September 2014 in a 2-0 win over

Al-Seeb Club Al-Seeb Club ( ar, نادي السيب; also known locally as ''The Emperor'', or "Master of the Clubs", or simply as Al-Seeb or Seeb Club) is an Omani professional football club based in Al-Seeb, that competes in the Oman Professional League, ...

. He also made his Sultan Qaboos Cup debut and scored his first goal on 1 December 2014 in a 3-0 win over Masirah SC in the Round of 32 of the competition. He also made his

Oman Professional League Cup The Oman Professional League Cup ( ar, كأس دوري المحترفين عمان) (known as the ''Mazda Professional Cup'' for sponsorship reasons), previously known as the Oman Federation Cup, is an Omani football competition. The first edition ...

debut on 13 November 2014 in a 3-1 win over Al-Nahda Club and scored his first and only goal of the competition on 5 January 2014 in a 3-2 win over fierce rivals, Al-Khabourah SC. He scored 2 goals in 5 appearances in the

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and 1 goal in 6 appearances in the

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for the Saham-based club.

Al-Suwaiq

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On January 6, 2015, he signed a six-month contract with another Oman Professional League club,

Al-Suwaiq Club Al-Suwaiq Club ( ar, نادي السويق) is an Omani sports club based in Al-Suwaiq. The club is currently playing in the Oman Professional League, top division of Oman Football Association. Their home ground is Al-Seeb Stadium. The stadium ...

. He made his club debut and scored his first goal on 3 January 2014 in a 2-2 draw against

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's Al-Taawon FC in the 2015 GCC Champions League. He scored 12 goals in 15 appearances in the 2014–15 Oman Professional League for the Al-Suwaiq-based club which included a hat-trick on 15 April 2015 in a 4-1 win over Al-Seeb Club. He also scored 2 goals in 3 appearances in the 2015 GCC Champions League. In August 2015, he signed a one-year contract extension with the Al-Suwaiq-based club. In the 2015-16 season, he made his first appearance and scored a brace on 5 September 2015 in a 3-1 win over

Al-Shabab Club Al-Shabab Football Club ( ar, نادي الشباب), or The Youth Football Club, in English, is a Saudi Arabian professional association football, football club based in Riyadh. It was founded in 1947, and was at first named ''Shabab Al Riyadh ...

in the 2015-16 Oman Professional League Cup. He made his first appearance in the 2015-16 Oman Professional League on 13 September 2015 in a 2-1 win over Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. and scored his first goal in the competition on 18 October 2015 in a 3-1 win over Al-Shabab Club. Moreover, the other two goals in the game for the Al-Suwaiq-based club also came from the Ivorian thus making him the first hat-trick scorer of the

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Al-Khaleej

After his eye catching performance in Oman Professional League, he caught the eye of various clubs in the region and as a result moved to

on 22 January 2016 where he moved on loan to

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side, Al-Khaleej on loan from Omani outfit, Al-Suwaiq Club. He made his Saudi Professional League debut on 29 January 2016 in a 0-0 draw against Al-Fateh SC at the

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and scored his first goal on 10 February 2016 in a 1-2 loss against Saudi giants, Al-Shabab FC.

Shillong Lajong

After various successful stints in the Middle East, the Ivorian finally made the decision to ply his trade in a new market and moved to

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in September 2017. He signed a one-year contract with

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side,

Shillong Lajong FC Shillong Lajong FC (founded as Lajong SC) is an Indian professional football club based in Shillong, Meghalaya, that competes in the Shillong Premier League. The club was established in 1983 with the prime objective of improving the declining ...

Club career statistics

Honours

Individual * 2010–11 Egyptian Second Division: Top Scorer *

: Second Top Scorer

References

External links

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