Ibrahim K. Fofanah, also known as Ike Fofanah (born 13 February 1994) is a Sierra Leonean international

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays professionally for Swedish club

Syrianska IF Kerburan Syrianska IF Kerburan is a Swedish based football club in the city of Västerås. The club, formed in 1977 by Aramean (Syriac) immigrants, has advanced through the league system and is currently playing in the fourth highest Swedish league, ...

as a forward.

Career

Fofanah played for

Kamboi Eagles The Kamboi Eagles Football Club commonly known as Kamboi Eagles, is a Sierra Leonean football club based in Kenema City, Sierra Leone, currently a member of the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the highest division of football league in Sie ...

, Wellington People and

FC Kallon Football Club Kallon, commonly known as F.C. Kallon, is a football club based in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Founded as Sierra Fisheries, the club is one of the top clubs in the Sierra Leone National Premier League and play their home games at the Nat ...

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...

. In 2011, he was the

Sierra Leone National Premier League Sierra Leone National Premier League is a professional football league in Sierra Leone. It was founded in 1967. The league is sponsored by the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, one of the major Sierra Leonean banks. East End Lions and Mighty Blackpoo ...

top goal scorer with eight goals during the thirteen game season as well as voted best player of the league. He was also one of three nominees for the "2011 Sierra Leone Best Player" award, alongside European based players Teteh Bangura and

Mohamed Bangura Mohamed Bangura (born 27 July 1989) is a professional footballer from Sierra Leone. Club career IFK Värnamo On 19 March 2010, Swedish Football Division 1, Swedish third tier side IFK Värnamo (coached by the former Sweden midfielder Jonas Th ...

. Despite suffering from a broken leg injury at the start of his time with FC Kallon, he was still signed by Swedish club

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who brought him to Sweden to help with his rehabilitation. In October 2013 Djurgården announced that they would not be extending Fofanahs contract and that he would leave the club at the end of the year. He then signed for Norwegian club

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in 2014. He made his international debut for

in 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fofanah, Ibrahim 1994 births Living people Sierra Leonean men's footballers Sierra Leone men's international footballers F.C. Kallon players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Sierra Leonean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Syrianska IF Kerburan players Men's association football forwards